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I'm Jordan Rudolph! I'm a long-time voice actress with experience in animation, visual novels, audio podcasts, and more-- all from a professional home studio. Let's work together!
How to be a voice actor:
When youโre sixteen, voice in two or three anime โabridged seriesโ on YouTube that fall apart after the first four episodes. Then, start auditioning for literally everything you see. Donโt get paid, turn thirty, then youโll be hired by Crunchyroll. ๐ฏ
Voice actors are really good at making it look like we have consistent work, when in reality most of us are just announcing stuff we recorded for three years ago and right now weโre struggling to buy a pizza.
New voice actors:
Indie projects on an indie budget should not force you to do anything more than your job. They may ask you to join a Discord to keep easy contact with you, but if they start asking you to regularly commune with them and the team in this discord, thatโs a ๐ฉ
Just found this in my spam.
If youโre sad enough to send something hateful like this to a person trying to follow their passion, Iโm deeply disappointed and disturbed by you. Youโre a coward for sending it from a dummy email, and I hope you grow up.
What kind of voice actor are you?
January - Hopeful
February - Bitter
March - Busy
April - Relaxed
May - Stressed
June - Lazy
July - Constantly Promoโing
August - NSFW ๐
September - Anxietal
October - Cast in 10 Roles a Week
November - Popular
December - Passionate
Hereโs a tip, my dudes:
Do not reach out to voice actors, writers, artists, animators, or casting directors about your project unless you have your current development, timeline, and most importantly BUDGET prepared. Donโt waste our time, and save yours!
Recasting Kath Soucie is a crime. Donโt cast an actor into a role for a voice actor. The animation/voice make no sense with one another.
This sucks. ๐
I am a VA community mama.
Anyone under 21 is my child.
Anyone 22-26 is my younger sibling.
Anyone my age or older is my husband, wife, mom, or dad. Or all four at once.
What Iโm trying to say is that youโre family, and I love you all.
Casting Call Red Flag ๐ฉ
โIโm creating a full-series original animation all on my own. Iโm in high school/college, and I plan to pay you! But itโs all coming out of my own pocket, and Iโm on a budget. I donโt have anything else done yet, but Iโm hiring voice actors first.โ
If youโre privileged enough to speak with voice actors and other people in the industry that you admire/want to work with in a casual setting, donโt use it as an opportunity to try and sell yourself to them. Theyโre people too.
So weโre not celebrating 4th of July, right? Weโre not shooting off fireworks and praising this country for our โfreedomโ, right? Weโre not spending hundreds of dollars to barbecue, right? Weโre not contributing to an economy that actively works against us, RIGHT?
DRINK THAT RESPECTING VOICE ACTORS JUICE.
If you love our voice, awesome. If you love the characters we play, great! If you treat us like pretend objects because we are heard and not seen, thatโs a big no-no.
Respect us as people, please!
Donโt shame voice actors for using the resources available to them. Not all of us can afford or have the time to use pricey mics, fancy DAWs, or have a booth in our home.
If that makes me a lesser actor than you, I guess Iโm just gonna have to be lesser. โจ
Voice actors should be supporting each other.
We arenโt famous. People donโt recognize us on the street. Weโre not doing it for thatโ weโre doing this because we love it, we have a passion for it.
For people to come in and say โIโm more of a voice actor than youโ is ridiculous.
VA: Iโm so tired of seeing role announcements. How can these people be in anime and not me?!
Me: *have been watching these people grind for 4+ years and knows how hard theyโve worked and how much work theyโve done to deserve getting to this point*
Being friends with other voice actors online is like
โOh my God! You have the most incredible voice! I love you! I am such a huge fan! Youโre a fan of me, too?! Oh my Goddd, I hope we get in a project together! Youโre my best friend! Ah!โ
And then you donโt talk for two years.
If you aspire to be in anime, you should be concerned about this. You should be listening, supporting, and fighting with the people in the industry who are working to change the fact that dub VAs are being paid penniesโ for 12 episode anime and major theater releases alike.
The Crunchyroll merger has created the largest and most powerful anime company outside of Japan. Yet, pay rates for dubbing are among the lowest in the acting business, and the problem is even worse in anime.
Every time I post something about D&D I lose followers.
Yโall I know Iโm primarily a VO account, but I really love to share my personal life and the fun things I do sometimes.
Iโm sorry if that bugs you, but the doorโs right over there.
โDonโt use this microphone! Itโs not professional!โ
โDonโt use this interface! This one is better!โ
โOh, you got the $200 piece of equipment? You wasted your moneyโ you shouldโve gotten this $500 piece of equipment.โ
Hey. Shut up.
Anyone that berates you or calls you unprofessional for your setup or the mic you use is a gatekeeping jerk.
Move at your own pace and learn what you can. Invest in what you find works best for you as a voice actor in a home studio.
Everyone starts somewhere. โค๏ธ
Discord Server Calls: Voice Actor Edition
- โWe should start an abridged series.โ
- โWe should do a project!โ
- โI LOVE deep voices.โ
- โWe should get drunk and play games and VOICE THEM.โ
- โWho wants to get drunk and do voices.โ
- โSEX STORIES ANYONE?โ
- *random singing*
The reality of being a part-time voice actor:
In the almost six months of 2022, I have taken seven VO-related classes. I have auditioned for over 50 projects since January. I have been cast in one single project out of it all.
It sucks but thatโs the biz, babes.
Mandatory team discussion is a red flag.
Mandatory VCs is a red flag.
Mandatory unpaid live rehearsals is a red flag.
Continuous communication with the director is a red flag.
Being expected to be involved with the project past VO is a red flag.
If you continue to stand with or defend a pedophile because โtheyโre your friendโ or because โtheyโre improving/getting betterโ, you are an enabler and just as bad.
Get these people out of the VO community and keep the door locked when theyโre gone. ๐๐ผ
โInstead of crying about moving deadlines, you should audition as soon as you see the casting call.โ
Thatโs great except not all of us are lucky enough to be able to drop our full-time jobs, our obligations, or our children and families to audition whenever we please.
Donโt steal peopleโs voices.
Donโt do that.
It makes me sick when I hear it on Tiktok, and on YouTube, and everywhere else. You are threatening peopleโs livelihoods. Companies donโt need more excuses to cut us out of the picture - stop. Itโs harmful. Stop.
CASTING CALL [PAID] 6M *including 1 TransM*, 1F
Snapped, a Horror Visual Novel
Deadline: June 5, 2021
Keith Mason just wanted to go on vacation with some friends; but when someone dies, he realizes he can't trust them.
See document for audition and rules!
Here is a friendly reminder to not include licensed characters that you have done fandubs or comic dubs for on your resume, website, or demo reel!
Those characters are not yours, and you are not their official voice actor. Those works are for fun, not professional!
IF YOU MESSAGE ME asking me to be in your project, I will always, always, ALWAYS ask about your previous work, and where you are in development in your project.
Unless itโs animation or a podcast/radio drama, voice actors are usually needed last.
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How to make a demo when you donโt have money/resources:
- Write your own script.
- Record several passes (each line in SEPARATE audio files, donโt record them all one after the other).
- Ask peers for feedback.
- Repeat until satisfied.
- Put it all together with music/SFX.
Hello, VA Twitter.
Please stop vague-posting about drama you arenโt involved in to try and get likes and follows and DMs.
It is not a good look for you.
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I just need to say that veteran VAs who do this full-time and are secure in their careers that are coming to these Spaces and workshops to speak and fight for the newer and aspiring people in the industry are LITERALLY THE BEST. I appreciate these folks so much.
Hey I am not going to elaborate on this, but if a fellow voice actor ever gets a little too cozy and starts up a casual, sexually-charged conversation in your DMs, do yourself a favor and block them or shut it down verbally.
Take it from a gal who knows.
Hereโs a VO tip! It seems obvious, but many people donโt know! I didnโt know until way late in the game.
Do NOT record in stereo. Record your lines in MONO, unless otherwise requested. Itโs very easy to switch in Audacity!
Youโll notice a big difference in quality! โจ
This stuff does not happen in professional productions. A director should not demand for you to be available 24/7 for their every thought and whim. You are not their creative consultant, you are a voice actor.
Do not let them bully you.
Reading about people who shame adults that go to Disney without children makes me so ANGRY.
Why are adults not allowed to have fun? Walt Disney made the park and the movies for EVERYONE. Not just kids.
Let me meet princesses and go on rides. Screw you, Karen.
did you know?
to get into next seasonโs anime seriesโ, you have to kill other voice actors in a hunger games-like event until youโre the only one left
A reminder for anime dub hopefuls: CR is not the only dubbing company. Yes, itโs the monopoly and the most widely known, but not the only one. Start researching other dub companies and other outlets. Your journey doesnโt have to end here due to one companyโs decision.
Dubbing companies that recast roles because they refuse to pay the actor more or wonโt negotiate fair projects/wonโt work with unions are ugly and mean and also suck. โ๐ป
A tip for new voice actors:
Do not say โyesโ to everything. If an (indie) studio asks you to help write scripts, help edit audio or video, or do anything that is not voice actingโ especially unpaidโ just donโt. Do your job, put your foot down, and donโt succumb to pressure.
Moron: I am NOT paying more than $5 for this huge, time-consuming job. Itโs not like talking into a microphone and saying words is hard. Anybody can do it.
Then do it yourself, dick. ๐
A word of advice.
Do not mindlessly accept friend requests on Discord. Iโve gotten unhinged fans, generally weird people, or folks that try to scam me/get something from me/try to get close to me to get close to prolific friends.
Just figure out who they are before accepting!
Hey, casting directors.
Stop messaging and emailing voice actors to tell them that we made it onto your โshortlist before choosingโ or were your โsecond choiceโ or that โyou had all the right pieces but someone else fit betterโ.
Just stop doing that. ๐
Word to new VAsโ
Just because your friend is in a project or casting a project doesnโt mean you get an automatic in. If theyโre a good CD, you wonโt even get a bias from them. So donโt expect special treatment or assume youโll be locked in for a role.
In my early days of voice acting, I dealt with ALL OF THIS. Directors pushing me to consume their content, be their creative consultant, spend hours on voice chat with them, to the point where it got personal and scary.
I am warning you to be careful and professional. Be safe!
Messaging a 1st time client:
โGreetings, thank you so very much for considering me for your project. I look forward to working with you.โ
Messaging a 10th time client:
โWASSSSSUUUUP DADDYYYY WHATCHU GONNA PAY ME FOR TODAY ๐๐๐ฆโ
Hi! My name is Jordan Rudolph, and I'd love to be a voice in your project! Whether you need a bratty little boy, a moody teenage girl, a mama bear ready to fight, or a saucy seductress, I'm your girl!
It appears that a lot of people I thought were cool and trustworthy, uhhh... arenโt! And Iโm feeling spicy tonight.
So I created a handy-dandy list of SOME of the things that have happened to me as a woman in voice over! Buckle up, kids!
Me: *finds audition* *reads requirements for audition*
โWeโre going to have mandatory zoom calls every week, mandatory table reads, and you have to talk in the Discord once a day. ... Also you get $5 for the ten episodes youโll be in.โ
Me: *closes audition*
My employer just asked me my opinion:
Should a voice actor in an animated film (like a Disney movie) be paid as much as a live actor (like a Marvel film)?
What do you guys think?
You are in a project to do VO. If itโs any more than that, that is up to your discretion. But a professional director will never make you spend unpaid time with them or do unpaid work on the side. Remember that you are worth more than unpaid hours of labor.
I just watched Red Shoes & The Seven Dwarfs and what the heck! It was so cute and wholesome! Totally wrecked by bad marketing, the movie was absolutely precious!
As someone that shares casting calls, I feel the need to share this.
Audition with caution. This person has been spreading poor advice to the community for the past 24 hours and blocking many of us that are rebuffing it. He is a potential worry to newer voice actors.
โI donโt sound as good as ___โ
โI canโt afford vocal training.โ
โI never get any roles.โ
โI canโt change my voice.โ
โI donโt have a big range.โ
If youโve ever said or thought any of these phrases, or something similarโ boy, do I have a solution for you!
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LOOK! Look.
All Iโm saying is that if you get a bunch of voice actors in one voice call, it is nonstop chaos. We will talk VO, community drama, politics, sex, start impromptu karaoke competitionsโ we are the most annoying people in the world.
And we relish in it.
โSorry my voice sucks/Mic quality is bad/Iโm sick/Gave it my best shot I guess/I know it sounds bad/Iโll do better if I get the part.โ Please donโt do this. Donโt sell yourself short, and donโt try to guilt the casting director. 10/10 times it will NOT work in your favor.
Ten years ago, I struggled to save up $300 to take a VO class in a city I lived eight hours from.
Today, I can send $80-120 to a reputable studio and get four hours of class from an incredible actor all from the comfort of my own home.
Remote recording is opening many doors.
Really disappointed in whatโs happening yet again in this community.
Believe victims. Especially when the evidence is so damning and obvious.
And if you assaulted or harassed someone, it WILL eventually come out.
So sick of this.
@nessfoxx
This guy had been behaving this way for a LONG time.
Voice actorsโ do not work with this person. Do not engage. Block him. Artistsโ do not work with this person. Do not engage. Block him.
He is a disgusting manipulator. He is hateful and mean and controlling. Stay away.
Audition Tip:
If you decide to say the lines three times, read them in different tones/voices/inflections. If you read the lines three times in the EXACT SAME VOICE AND TONE, there is no reason to read them over and over.
Listen back to your auditions. Please.
How to be professional with voice actors:
If you want to hire a voice actor, or arrange an interview, or inquire about them auditioning for your project? Contact their business email or DM them directly. Do not tag them publicly on Twitter asking for THEM to contact YOU.
Director: Just listened to your lines. Thereโs static through all of them, and I canโt accept this. Youโll have to redo them.
Me: What? Thatโs impossible, theyโre perfectly clear on my end!
Director: *one hour later* My headphones werenโt plugged in all the way... nvm.
Me:
How many 18+ voices actors would be interested in a NSFW workshop? It would be free, perhaps a call through Discord, I could get together some other NSFW VAs and teach yโall some stuff.
So many people are getting interested and I wanna make sure everyone is safe and informed! โจ
Voice actors young and old, I come bearing an advice thread regarding submitting auditions.
I'm currently sorting through auditions for the casting call I'm running, and I have a few things to say. (Thread)
Howdy folks!
Please show respect to NSFW performers! We are people too! Please donโt send us dick pics, or porn, or talk about what you did while listening to our audios! Please donโt treat us like trash! This goes for sex workers, erotica writers and 18+ artists too!
Thanks!
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!
If you befriend a voice actor just to try and use them to get yourself connected to big-name people or get auditions to big-name companies, you are an asshole!
Thatโs not networkingโ itโs messed up.
*sips tea*
If you think that anime is the final, ultimate goal of a voice actor, you are sorely mistaken. Iโve had dozens of people ask me how to get into anime and when I tell them it isnโt as easy as all that, suddenly they donโt want to be a VA anymore.
Iโm just going to come out and say it.
Itโs frustrating and it sucks when you gotta watch everyone else make announcements about cool stuff theyโre in and you have nothing to show for it.
But you just gotta breathe and move onto the next.
Youโll get your moment, too.
Hereโs your Monday PSA.
Donโt become friends with creatives to get free stuff. This goes for voice work, audio work, art, and the like.
Donโt become friends with voice actors to try and get closer to another voice actor. Thatโs creepy.
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To my NSFW VAsโ
Do NOT let potential clients manipulate you into lowering your prices. Ever. Do not give in to their rude comments. Do not give them a discount. Tell them to find another VA if theyโre not willing to pay your prices.
You ARE worth it. Donโt believe otherwise.
A fiery anime debut for Jordan?!
So excited to announce that I was able to provide an additional voice for Fire in His Fingertips! Thank you so much to
@VAMichaelaLaws
and
@AscendedAnime
for giving me a shot! A great experience all around, I am honored! ๐๐ป๐ฅ
For everyone suffering with doubt and guilt:
One thing NVT was great for? Rallying people together and helping people in the community get to know one another. NEVER feel guilty for participating in a project that made you feel like you were a part of something bigger.
Psst. Voice actors.
Stop using art without crediting the artist. Stop using art if they ask you not to repost it. Just QRT or ask permission!
We donโt want it done with our voicesโ donโt do it to their art! Letโs show our fellow artists some respect!
I will never stop supporting other voice actors, sound engineers, artists, writers and creators.
Weโre all in this together, and networking is the # 1 way of getting the most out of this industry.
Good luck, friends. Keep on going!
Me before taking classes: I want to be in anime!
Me after taking classes: Original animation, video games, and commercials. Thatโs it. ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
Voice actors;
Youโre in a ring with all the other VAs you know. Weapons line the walls, there are rocks and trees surrounding us where we can hide. Itโs a VO Hunger Games arena, if you will. There can only be one.
Tag a VA friend and tell them how youโd take them out. ๐