Making P2P Work for You with Rolf Veldman and Sonja Smith - Season 3 Episode 5

If you’re working in or getting started in voice acting the chances are you may have come across ‘Pay to Play’ websites.  But where do they fit in the world of getting work? How do you get the most out of them? And what steps are being taken to maintain actors' best interests. In this episode we talk about all of these questions and more.  Rolf Veldman is CEO of Voice123, the world’s first and largest online marketplace for professional voice actors.  At Voice123, Rolf spearheads a widely diverse and fully remote team that has set itself the task of crafting the future of the voiceover industry. Sonja Smith is a Voiceover Casting Specialist at Backstage and joined the team remotely from Canada in August 2020. Sonja started her career as a voiceover artist and quickly realized her passion lies within the world of casting. Sonja has been working in the voiceover industry for over 7 years and has assisted with casting a wide range of creative projects including national commercials, corporate communications, and film and TV animation. In this episode we hear from Rolf and Sonja about what’s happening currently in the pay to play realm of the voice over industry.  We also take a look at the role P2P has in educating voice talent on rate setting and what leads the process for pricing work on the platforms.    Have you ever wondered how agents fit in with pay to play? Our guests today share their thoughts on all of this.    Are you ready to take your voiceover career to the next level? The Voiceover Network is an organisation for voiceover professionals providing voiceover training, webinars, The Buzz magazine, support, networking events and an amazing VO community. If you are thinking of getting into voiceover work or if you already work in this area and just want to know what’s going on in the industry – then this podcast is for you. Our host is Rachael Naylor, founder and CEO of The Voiceover Network as well as an experienced voiceover artist. Thanks to our Sponsors:  Hindenburg, Apogee, Source Elements and Focusrite.  Follow us on instagram.com/the_voiceover_network/ Follow us on facebook.com/TheVoiceOverNetworkOfficial Follow us on twitter.com/NetworkVO Follow us on linkedin.com/company/the-voiceover-network-ltd/