CNN Knows What’s Cool!
During my fairly ordinary morning routine of reading the news on CNN online while installing a bunch of new software the folks at Sweetwater just sent me, I noticed an eye grabbing story:
10 Jobs That Are Cooler Than Yours!
I quickly clicked on the link thinking to myself, we’ll see what these overly informed news-types consider to be “cool”.
Well, right there in the list somewhere between Food Critic and Video Game Tester, was Voice Actor! CNN somehow decided that our of every possible vocation, Voice Acting was one of the top 10 for cool factor.
They went on to suggest that an average Voice Actor earns $47,000.00 annually… more if an individual has a unique voice.
And keep in mind, most successful Voice Actors accomplish this in far less than 40 hours per week!
Now THAT”S cool!!
I’m off to have a super cool day!
Cheers!
David at Voice Coaches
And here I thought I had the greatest job in the world! What could be better than working with voice actors all day long?
As an English/Journalism major in college, I always view mainstream media with a critical eye, but once in a while they do actually approach things from a realistic point of view, and I’m glad that CNN recognizes what a fun and exciting profession voice acting is. With the amount of voice overs a network like that uses, I’m sure they have a real perspective on how important voice acting is to the world of media and entertainment. It’s nice to see they’re not keeping it a secret! Well done, CNN!
Being an ex-radio jock, I do a small amount of voice work on the side and absolutely love it! You know what they say, if you can do something you love and make money at it you’re a very lucky person.
I am currently a radio jock and finished my training with Voice Coaches last year and have been working as a voice actor on the side now for about a year and a half and loving it! I didn’t need CNN to tell me it was cool but it’s nice to get confirmation!
I must say, it is amusing that CNN got this close. I still think that they put voice acting too far down the list. But, then again, if they’ve never tried it themselves, they wouldn’t know just how much fun it could be.
I have only been pursuing voice acting since about the first of the year, but I am completely juiced! I’ve been through the Voice Coaches training, made my demo and am sending it out, and am in the process of setting up my home studio (buying equipment). I can think of nothing cooler than to be able to do voice over work full time. It is something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid- there was a top 40 song when I was a kid called “I wanna be a base man” about an acapella base singer- I used to practice that day and nite. Now in my 50’s it is actually in site! I’ve been reading the reports and transcripts from the Expo and they are awesome- hopefully I’ll be able to go next time. I can’t wait to call up and say I’ve got a paying gig! I’ve been told all my life I’ve got a great voice but I never knew how or what to do about it. Thanks to a one nite college seminar by John Gollogly I got the knowledge-Thanks Voice Coaches!