IT’S HAPPENING!
24hrs ONLY
From MIDDAY TODAY
Closing books tomorrow at midday (12pm GMT)
• apply via our website ONLY
• fill in EVERY field
(even if N/A = answer)
• do not apply if you have already done so in the last 18 months
Good luck - we listen to every single reel
From 12 NOON today our books will be open for 24 hours ONLY.
‼️ Submissions will ONLY be considered via the Representation link on our website.
‼️ If you have submitted already in the last 18 months please do not re-apply this time round
#booksopen
#representation
RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS DAY: We have one voicereel session to give away to a professional actor - valued at £250.
Follow us, Retweet this and then DM us with your details and our intern will choose one lucky recipient today.
#KindnessMatters
#RandomActsofKindnessDay
#voiceover
@VirginTrains
Are you crazy? We were involved in casting this years ago and now you're getting amateurs to do it. Shameful. It's comparable to having ones hairdresser also do my dentistry - they're not trained to do it! Do better Virgin Marketing people.
#shameful
@EquityUK
#damngoodvoices
Dear
@PepsiCo
@walkers_crisps
&
@DoritosUK
We provided a voiceover for an ad campaign for you in Sept 2022. You have not paid your invoice and thus you have breached copyright. You have ignored countless attempts to reach out to you.
You have thus been reported to
@ActorsEquity
🎙️ Thank you to everyone who has enquired about Representation recently.
We will be opening our books for a brief period in a few days - and we will be announcing this on our Insta stories!
Keep your eyes peeled 👀 📸
CASTING ALERT. This one is for a Greetings Card Company. £2000 for TVRs worth £5400. We pushed back and discovered the company casting had a £5k budget but were ‘creaming off’ 60% of the voiceover fee. How utterly shocking.
#notcool
#equity
@EquityAudio
Hi everyone. Hope you’re all staying safe? Just a tweet to say that the
@DamnGoodVoices
team is still very much active. Izzy will be remote from tomorrow, I will sleep under my desk and Gena is banished to home! If you’re casting voices, get in touch. Studios still open too!
#VO
RE VOICEOVER RATES: We have just lost yet another job because a competitor voice agency is selling a full online rights in perpetuity license for £1500 (all in). I am astounded at the shortsightedness of this and the continual damage it causes for the industry.
#voiceover
Come on voiceover industry. Why are you accepting £200 for a session including corporate usage in perpetuity. Say no. Push back. Get what you’re worth. Same goes to other agents. I’m lost for words and it’s ruining my breakfast.
#fairrate
#voiceover
🎙️ Thank you to everyone who sent their demos in over the last 24hrs!
We have another big batch to get through!
If you missed the deadline this time round, keep an eye on the socials for the last opening in 2023!
CASTING ALERT: Dear fellow voiceover agents and talent. There's a project for a well-known food company out today with an all UK TV buyout of under £1k and all Radio under £500. Please please please push back and say no. We have turned this away.
Delighted to be partnering with this exciting venture of passionate people. We're here to help open doors for their talent looking to expand in to voiceovers.
ARE YOU READY?
🌟OXFORD ADAMS, BOLAND & REEVE AND JOHN ROGERSON have formed
COLLECTIVE AGENTS🌟 Collaborating with Voiceover, Broadway & Australia. We have come together to protect the future of our clients, expand our network & create opportunities.
Working together as one.
Are you seriously trying to increase the hardships that performers are already going through by taking more work away from them? We urge you to re-think this and hire a professional. Just like when we have our eyes checked we expect a professional and not an amateur.
@EquityUK
🌟 OPPORTUNITY 🌟
We’re on the hunt for a real person to star in our new ad campaign. We need a MAN 50+ years old with a huge smile and big, sparkly eyes. You don’t need to be a Specsavers customer to get involved, this is open to all!
The Damn Good Voices studios will remain open during Lockdown 2.0 We have created a safe space for the performer separate from all studio staff. So if you're looking to cast or record voiceovers, give us a call. One voice at a time!
#voiceacting
#voiceoverartist
#recordingstudio
VO RATES: Still astounded that some VO Agents are STILL selling talent at £250 per hour. This has been the rate for 15+ years - maybe it's time to give your talent a pay rise?
We start at £275 per hour. I dare you!
The more the BSF, the more the buyout.
#voiceover
#Payday
I should also say that without
@izzylbrom
and
@GenaaaaD
things would have spiralled out of control. If you’re repped by us then you will know that without their incredible perseverance and effortless adjustment to the New Norm, I would be insane by now!!
WARNING: Please read your VO contracts very carefully, as more and more clients are sneaking in "Pickup sessions to be included in the fee". This is simply not right and cannot continue. Push back and say no.
@EquityAudio
you need to stamp on this NOW.
#voiceover
#actor
... and suddenly the audition requests start flooding in. So many of our new signings (and older ones of course) are sending in fantastic auditions. Keep it up everyone.
#DamnGoodVoices
#voiceover
DAY 1: Welcome to lockdown 2.0.
@DamnGoodVoices
will be operating as usual. 2 staff remotely and 2 in the office. The 2 studios will also remain open and available to clients from 9am to 9pm.
#LetsRoll
OTHER AGENTS: if clients cancel sessions on the day why are you not still charging them? The actor has lost their income. Are we alone in our quest for a fair voiceover world?
#voiceover
One of those days where a representation application rejection ends up with them sending an email to us branding my company as "career suicide if you're a voice of colour", which made me very upset. I am lost for words when all we do is support ALL of our talent - no matter what.
To anyone who produces audio content ... please take to the time read this and consider the implications for the future, and start educating your clients as to how this might impact budgets for upcoming projects -
#abouttime
#equity
#voiceover
Did you know? Our two recording studios were made into 1 COVID safe Recording Zone a week after lockdown? The talent we represent have continued to ‘smash it’ every step of the way. Not one of them failed to deliver what was asked of them.
#proud
#damngoodforareason
#voiceover
A Dutch VO Company offering £125 for a corporate script? No thanks. They are online listing of nameless voices (Male 1 etc).
This has a value of £1500+
Please say no to this kind of work - it does nobody any favours except for the person hiring you who has saved over £1000
Just one of those days when you’re thankful for
@Apple
products when you need to cast, record and deliver voiceovers for a HUGE international brand with people across the world in under 2 hours, with nothing more than an iPhone in your hand
#NoPressure
#voiceover
#damngoodvoices
Instead of sending our fabulous clients a box of treats, we are donating 34 places to
@crisis_uk
to ensure homeless people have a place to go this Christmas. To see what they offer watch this:
#MerryChristmas
#voiceovers
#damngoodvoices
It’s time for some *yawn* STATISTICS!
1. 1353 actors applied for representation in 2019.
2. Our talent profiles had over 82k views in 2019.
3.
@JoelMWood
is the most listened to talent on our books.
4. 130 of our talent have home studios.
2020 figures are looking even higher.
Did You Know? On Saturday 19th Sept the
@OneVoiceConf
awards will reveal the 2020 winners at a 'virtual ceremony'!
@DamnGoodVoices
represents 41 of this year's nominees - something that we're very proud of, but even prouder of the individual talents achievements.
#GoTeam
CASTING ALERT. Major télécoms company. Online campaign and in perp on their website £500. No thanks. The creative agency confirmed that 4 other agencies accepted the fee without question. FFS. If you don’t ask the right questions how can you agree to the rates? It’s exhausting.
Today is a day when you really appreciate your youthful team of employees. Izzy
@izzylbrom
Gena
@GenaaaaD
Adam and of course the tech genius of Daryl (not so youthful)! Keep up it - you're nailing it. More bookings for pro home studio talent confirmed.
#FUcovid
Yesterday was just another normal day spent producing
@JoannaLumleyUK
performing 30 five minute stories. What an absolute pro. Her sight reading is stunning and her natural intonation and tone is like a timeless melody.
#voiceover
#FabulousFriday
Did you know that 50% of the
@DamnGoodVoices
staff are part of the LGBTQ+ community? 🏳️🌈
Our LGBTQ+ staff have been OUT and about this year with the full support of the rest of the team.
#proud
DID YOU KNOW that 66% of the staff that keep
@DamnGoodVoices
running on a daily basis are women? To recognise
#InternationalWomensDay
we're showcasing
@izzylbrom
and
@GenaaaaD
- Thank you for all that you do - you're amazing, especially during this slightly more challenging year!
VOICEOVER RATES: As the internet has a bigger audience than TV, why are a large number of agents & talent still only charging £1500 for all WWW usage rights? Paid for and Passive rights excluding monetisation content should be double that.
#FFS
#voiceover
EXPLAIN: Why have so many clients removed studio hire costs from their budgets? Surely you book a pro studio to witness the skills of the engineer and the talent of the VO. Together they create magic. If the VO does everything they’re not focused on the performance.
#fixit
Hello lovely followers! Next week we will be doing some YouTube Live content talking about VoiceBites from damngoodvoices - an exciting new project. Please subscribe to the channel here so we can share details with you:
#voicebites
#voiceover
ANNOUNCEMENT!
We have opened a new department! And applications are open!
More and more castings request the real, authentic voice. Performing is a thing of the past. And as a modern, forward-thinking agency, we agree entirely.
⬇️
Great News: New Home Studio Voiceover
@ianbrannan
delivered a great session last night for a new client. It's thrilling to hear from the client that he 'nailed it' and 'is a joy to work with'.
#Congratulations
#DamnGoodVoices
Do something good today and support the
@MADTrust
project
#IDareYou
- Created to mark the one year anniversary of the day the West End theatres went dark.
Featuring some incredible talent including our very own
@Faye_Tozer
and
@kerryjaneellis1
Furlough was designed to support businesses. We realised at the end of the tax year that that support was not required, so we've repaid all furlough payments received for our recording staff in 2020/21 when we were had to close the studios at
@COLProductions
#brighterdays
Dear VO Industry. We have created a list of 500+ voice artists with Pro Home Studios. This will be available from Monday 23rd March. We are also in the process of SIGNING 100 Pro Home Studio Talent. The list is growing every hour of every day.
Right, which of you lovely lot has sent us the most gorgeous cake? Gena is currently alone in the office and can't promise there will be any left for Izzy tomorrow! Massive, massive thank you, and please make yourself known so we can thank you properly ❤️
Dear Everyone. Thanks for sticking with us during 2020 and allowing us to supply voice talent to our clients and help deliver some incredible projects. Way too many highlights. You’re all amazing. Over and out for 2020.
#HNY2021
#notgoingout
#GoodBye2020
A very special Happy Birthday to Hudson, 1 year old this weekend. Lots of love from DGV Team
@COLProductions
@ChrisKayson
*Hudson is accepting bday treats in Oval all next week 🐶
We are open for business but doing things slightly differently from tomorrow to help ensure staff & VOs are safe. Remember, we have a self-op studio that we can operate from an isolated control room so the VO and engineer and client do not come into contact.
#takecare
When you get up at 4am and arrive in France as the sun comes up, you take a deep breath, enjoy the silence, breath out, then all those woes disappear.
#calm
#grateful
NEW SIGNING ALERT🚨
Welcome to DGV
@Faye_Brookes
! We can’t wait to start working with you - check out her profile below and let’s get her booked 💪🏼👏🏼
#welcome
DGV is thrilled that our talented VO artist
@Faye_Tozer
has been announced for the new series of
@bbcstrictly
... we are excited to watch her quick 'steps' across the dance floor 💃
HOME STUDIO VOICES. Our list is now pretty huge and will be released to 10,000+ clients in the coming days. This list is GDPR safe and all enquiries will be moderated by our team. Sign up here if you have a pro home studio:
A voice can be naughty or nice,
Just take the director’s advice.
In a hot, sweaty booth, please don’t be uncouth,
At least not while the client’s… on Zoom.
Ps here’s some of our talent who had VERY nice voices last week. 🎙⭐️
@MikeGeary73
@HelenAnker
@chrispchung
@GrahamHoadly
HAPPY WORLD VOICE DAY. The voice remains a crucial part of increasing audience engagement on any visual content.
#Worldvoiceday2021
#voiceover
thanks the Dan Blaskey for the voices in this one and to all our other fabulous voice artists.
It’s days like today that bring a little smile to your face as the future of our business may not be a terrifying as we thought. One little thing can lead to much bigger things.
#thankyou
@WorkspaceGroup
If you are applying for REP
today and tomorrow
and receive a FAILURE MESSAGE:
You have either:
Not completed all fields
Or
You have tried to upload a file bigger than that specified
Take 5. Close your browser. Come back and retry.
‼️ DO NOT call or email the office ‼️
PEOPLE WHO HIRE VOICEOVERS: Here's a list of voices with pro home studios. Many are not repped by us, but we can put you in touch with them so you can keep delivering audio to your clients. 300 so far. Another 300 later today
#DamnGoodVoices
#Voiceover
As we enter 2023, we want to take a moment to thank our talented VOs + the entire voice over community (on and off line) for their hard work, dedication + for contributing to such a joyful collective.
We are so grateful to be part of such a vibrant + creative industry 🤍🎙️🥂 🎉
Check out
@chrispchung
all mic-ed and dotted up for a TOP SECRET new video game! We can’t wait to share more about this project, keep your eyes peeled!
#DGV
#voiceover
#videogame