March-ing forward.....

A few more auditions in this weekend.  No jobs yet.  Down to the last week of March already!  Aggg!  It seems unlikely that I'm going to be successful in getting enough work to take that class!

Phoo.

I know that the studio's all will take money and put together a demo reel, and that would be fine if I could get the system started!  Do a job or two, buy a demo set-up.  Get a few more jobs, upgrade equipment/take classes.  But without the first job, I'm kind of left to scrape together what I can and save up for things.  If that is what is needed, I guess that is what I'll do.  I so hoped that I could get to the next class next month!  I'd even do that over Calgary Expo I think!

Anyhow, time to go make dinner.  I'll just have to keep watching for postings that fit me well and learn how to work the sound software better.  I think that will help.

....or win the loto and just buy studio time!

Winter Doldrums

It has been a fight to get down and record.  judging by the one article I read, it is a common thing this time of year in the VO industry.  It was good to read that, it give doubt to the whispers that say I'm just kidding myself with this whole thing.  I re-read Lee's letter to me, that helped too.  It is hard to drive forward though.  It is also frustrating that now is a slow time, when I desperately would like a couple jobs so I can pay to go to the class in April!  Arg!  Unfair!  Bad Form!

I must push harder I guess.

I begin to feel like The Doctor escaping his prison, punching the wall......

Fighting resistance......

I managed to get myself downstairs and record a few more auditions.  It has been a few weeks, and the forces that push to keep me away are very persistent.  But, I managed to zap a couple.  Not the greatest, but NOT submitting means NO chance.  There were three that had closed already, so I sent off three.  Yes, my sleep suffered.  But not doing something towards this was draining what hope I have left for change.  I even sent off a "What the heck is going on" e-mail to a realtor on the coast asking why house prices have jumped so much when the economy has not.

Regardless, I will try to punch out recordings on a more regular basis.  Really, if I am to get to that class next month I'm going to have to get a job or two!  I still need to get a demo of some kind up on my profile.  At this point, almost ANYTHING would be better than nothing!

Time to stop typing and go get some sleep.

I'm not used to this double life of tradesman/artist!