What sort of rate should I be paying for a coach?
Now that I think about it....this should have been the first question! Money.....hmmmm. Much like voice-over rates for professional voice talent, you'll find voice coaching rates very arbitrary.
Here in Toronto, you can pick up a weekend course with commercial and animation casting directors for about $400 -$500. Other places, (which I won't name here because I'll get in trouble when I tell you that they are a complete and total rip-off) will tell you that you have a "wonderful" voice and the course is $8,000. You can pick out the frauds because they always insist you come and sit in front of them to take a "test" and listen to their hardsell on the course.
For most courses and coaches, expect to pay a good chunk of change in the major cities. I charge $150 per hour which is quite reasonable when the other courses are brought into consideration. The difference is, I don't make my sole living coaching and I generally only "critique" people interested in becoming a professional voice talent, mostly by word of mouth in the Acting/Performing Arts world, this website and through sessions I do with Dave Boire at db audio.
If you'd like more information on the professional voice talent industry and making a demo click here. Comments? Still have another question? Send me an e-mail and I'll respond ASAP. Thanks for visiting!
