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Written by Tyler Shamy · No signup, no paywall

These are the questions Tyler gets asked most often, written out properly. Voiceover careers, demos, agents, rates, home setups, and the parts of the music business that decide whether a songwriter actually gets paid.

If you want a straight answer on your own material rather than in general, that is what the coaching page is for.

Voiceover

How Do I Get Into Voiceover?
The map: train first, record yourself, one lane, one demo, then audition constantly.
How to Become a Voiceover Artist
What the job actually is, what to learn first, and a realistic order of operations.
How to Get a Voiceover Agent
How agents are actually found, what goes in a submission, and what they listen for.
What a Voiceover Demo Should Sound Like
Why you need a demo per category, and what each spot has to sound like.
Should You Get Your Voiceover Demo Reviewed?
Who is qualified to review a demo, what a review should cover, and what to do if the answer is not yet.
How Much Does Voiceover Pay?
Session fees versus usage, holding fees, rebuys, buyouts, and where people lose money.
How to Set Up a Home Voiceover Studio
Treat the room before you buy the microphone, and what clients actually need from your files.
How to Audition for Voiceover
How auditions are judged, how many takes to send, and self-directing well.
Is a Voiceover Coach Worth It?
When coaching earns its money, when it does not, and the red flags to walk away from.
Anime Dubbing and Video Game Voiceover
Why these categories feel closed, and whether you really need a separate games demo.

Songwriting and the music business

How Do I Get Into Sync Licensing?
One stop ownership, broadcast ready masters, and the middlemen who pitch supervisors.
How to Get Your Song in a TV Show or Film
How sync actually works, and why clean ownership beats a better song.
How to Get a Song Cut by an Artist
The chain a song travels, why co-writing converts, and what the demo has to be.
Where to Get Honest Feedback on Your Song
Who can actually tell you the truth about a song, and how to ask so the notes are useful.
How to Know If Your Song Is Ready to Pitch
The writing, the recording, and the paperwork: how to tell ready from nearly ready.
Songwriter Splits and Royalties, Explained
Composition versus master, what a PRO does not collect, and what a split sheet needs.

About the author

Tyler Shamy is a voice actor represented by Atlas Talent in Los Angeles and New York. He was a series regular on Netflix's Ridley Jones, and has over 100 credits across animation, commercial, promo, video games, and dubbing. He is also a songwriter with more than 800 sync placements, including "Space Between" from Disney's Descendants 2, a Gold certified soundtrack in the United States.

He works one on one with voiceover artists and songwriters. He does not produce demos and does not submit clients to agencies. What he does is listen to your material and tell you honestly where it sits, work through audition reads, and point you toward the training and the people actually worth paying for.

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