Voiceover Demo Submission Form
If you are contacting us for the first time and sending us demo audio, please fill out this form. We appreciate the time you spend completing it. It helps us to carry out a thorough and realistic review of both your audio and suitability for work. It may also help you decide whether you are ready to send us demo audio, and may be a useful exercise to gauge your own marketability. We may contact you for additional audio clips or sample recordings. Please note our website is geared for the UK market and we reserve the right to restrict services/website access when visited from other regions outside of the UK.
You may be sending us audio for the following reasons:
Pay to be featured: Most artists on Voiceovers.co.uk pay an annual fee to be featured. Your contact details will be made available so production companies can contact you direct, if they choose. Before we can offer you a place in our online database, we will review your demo audio and the contents of this completed demo submission form.
Unique artists: We feature a select few voiceover artists on the website with unique language or accent skills for free. For these artists, we coordinate bookings and enquiries and add a booking/arrangement fee based on the job value. Please mark on this form whether you are applying for free entry. Please note this is only applicable if you have a unique language or accent skill.
Offline database: We perform casting for companies, and when our online database is not sufficient to meet specific requirements, we look to our offline database. If you are submitting audio for our offline database, please ensure you highlight your unique abilities. If you have a neutral English accent and do not have your own studio facilities, we’re sorry but our offline database is not open for new applicants.
IMPORTANT: Please type answers in the boxes on the right and save the document ready to email to us. For some questions, we have provided suggested answers, or partial answers. Please DELETE or EDIT as necessary, so that the information on the right hand side is accurate.
Information you provide is for our office use only, and will not be published on the web without asking you first. Your information will not be given to any third party and we are registered with the Data Protection Act.
If you are applying to be featured on our website and you are successful in your application, we will contact you to obtain further information which will be displayed on your profile page with us.
1. Administrative Details / Please fill in this side, insert/edit/delete as necessary:Your Name
Postal Address
Telephone
Email Address
2. Reasons for Sending Audio
Please state your reason for sending us your demo audio.
Note: Fees only become payable if your application is accepted. We will invoice you after activating your entry on Voiceovers.co.uk.
If you are sending your demo audio just for us to keep in our offline database, we will contact you if/when you are required.
Due to the number of demos we receive, I’m afraid we cannot offer specific feedback, advice or analysis of demos. / I’m sending my audio to support [delete those not applicable]:
Established application £205+vat (£246) first year, £80+vat (£96 subsequent years)
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Aspiring application £155+vat (£186) first year, £55+vat (£66 subsequent years)
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Free website entry application ; I’m a unique voice artist
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Just sending you my demo for you to keep in your offline database for any casting you may perform in the future.
PLEASE NOTE: Our annual ‘renewal’ rates may increase over time (they are not fixed at time of application).
3. Your Recording Situation
I have my own professional recording facilities and can accept scripts which I can then record and deliver electronically – for example mp3 via email.
Thus my quotes are generally “all in” inclusive of recording. Any problems I’ve made with the script discovered after the recording, I would be available to re-record promptly with no additional charges. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
[delete those not applicable:]
- I have ISDN in my own studio
- I have a telephone patch
- I use an IP link up service and have a fast/stable internet connection
- I can deliver my recordings as mp3
- I can deliver my recordings as WAV
- I can normally provide free custom samples
I use a shared studio facility. Like above, it means I can offer recordings as if the studio was my own. (i.e. No studio costs are passed to my clients) / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
[delete those not applicable:]
They have ISDN
They have telephone patch
They can deliver my recordings as mp3
They can deliver my recordings as WAV
I can normally use their studio & provide free custom samples
I know a good studio that I use. It means that I can arrange my own studio hire and record and deliver jobs electronically.
If you have a dry recording of yourself, perhaps from a previous job, using this studio, it would be useful to gauge the sound quality. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
I normally do/don’t include the studio fee in my quote
The studio costs are:
It causes me to have a minimum fee of:
Scenario: If the end client did not like the way I read a particular sentence and asked for a re-record of the line – I would/would not be able to do this without extra charges
I am/am not able to send a dry recording of myself recorded in these facilities
I am based in or near a city with lots of studios. My quotes will not include studio recording, so you will need to add on a studio hire cost to my quotes. I’m happy to travel to a studio as part of my quote – without requesting traveling expenses. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
I’m happy to travel to a studio if it is within (specify distance or area)
4. Your Rate Expectations
We often help companies cast voices for their projects. Generally it tends to be for those companies who do not wish to contact voices direct, need some guidance, or if they require additional editing or production.
In these cases we add a fee to cover our time, which is added to our invoice to the client. / I’m happy/not happy for you to put me forward for these projects that you think I would be suitable for.
I am available for local radio commercial recordings and (in-store radio) at the Equity rates of £19.10, £23.55 etc. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
I do/don’t charge more for mp3 recordings (as apposed to ISDN). (Please specify)
When I provide quotes, they are “all in” inclusive of studio fee. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
I have a general minimum fee, jobs under this amount will not normally be considered. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
My minimum fee is:
(which does/does not include studio costs)
I am available to record telephone on-hold prompts. / The statement on the left does/does not apply to me.
My per-prompt rate is:
I have a minimum number of prompts per booking of:
Pricing scenario:
Please provide a ballpark cost for a corporate recording, less than a page of A4 (less than 500 words). Recorded undirected delivered as an mp3, couple of takes. / My ballpark cost inclusive of studio fee:
Pricing scenario:
Please provide a ballpark cost for a corporate recording, up to 6 pages of A4 (up to about 3000 words). Recorded undirected delivered as an mp3. / My ballpark cost inclusive of studio fee:
My policy/costs if pickups are required (no script changes, but for style) is:
If the client wants to listen-in to the recording, do you add any additional fees? / No additional fees would be applicable
This is not possible (I don’t have phone patch or ISDN)
My fee would be based on:
Do you add a usage fee when the audio is to be used on a website? Or used on a sales video which may be distributed? / This usage is included in my normal rate, unless it’s a high profile website
I would charge an additional usage fee (please specify details):
Your general policy on usage / Generally I will charge a usage fee when:
If Voiceovers.co.uk was to book you for a job on behalf of a client, would you be happy for us to pay you as soon as we were paid by our client?
Sometimes this can be up to 60 days. / Yes I am happy with this agreement
No my terms are strictly:
If you have a general ratecard or formula you use to work out your costs, it may help us provide quotes to clients for some jobs without needing to contact you. / I would prefer to see all details and provide quotes on a job-by-job basis
For some jobs I would not need to see the details, please find my ratecard with this application.
5. Your General Availability
What is your availability like in a typical week? / I am normally available:
In a typical working day, 9am – 5pm, how regularly do you check your emails? / I check my emails every:
Do you have other commitments which could limit your availability for voice work? / No / Yes (please specify)
For small jobs, 30 sec radio commercials etc. What is your normal availability/turnaround? / I would normally be available within:
For corporate jobs, say an hour session – e.g. a script of up to 6 pages
What is your normal availability/turnaround? / I would normally be able to turnaround this recording within:
If you have to travel to a studio, please estimate how much notice you would need to get there. / I do not need to travel to a studio, because I have my own recording facilities
Yes I need to travel to a studio. For my usual studio, typical notice required is:
Do you currently send availability emails? / Yes / No
If we sent you an email asking for a quote, typically how long do you think it would take for you to respond? / Response time typically:
Whether you have your own studio facilities or not, sometimes we are asked if a voiceover artist would be prepared to travel to London studios. Would you be available to travel to a London studio for work? / No I would not be available
Yes I would be available – but the job would have to pay more than:
Sometimes producers will want to search for a voiceover artist based on location/county. Either to find someone with a native accent, or for other reasons. / Yes I’m happy for people to know what county I am based in
No I would like this information to be confidential
6. Tax Information
Are your invoices from a sole trader, or limited company? / I am a sole trader
I operate as a limited company
For tax purposes, where are you based? / For tax purposes, I am based in:
Are you registered for VAT (value added tax)?
If you are not based in the UK, please include your full VAT number including country code. / No
Yes, my VAT number is:
7. Your Experience
How would you rate your experience in voiceover work? / [delete those not applicable]
New talent
Fairly experienced (1-4 years)
Established (4-15 years)
Very experienced (over 15 years)
Please provide FIVE audio production companies or advertising agencies who you have worked with (in a voiceover capacity) / You can skip this section if you have specified “New talent”
Production companies:
Advertising Agencies:
All company/brand names mentioned on your demo audio must be authentic reads. / Yes I can confirm they are authentic
Not all are authentic, the following reads are for demo purposes only:
8. Voice Details
Are you Male or Female? / Male / Female
What type of age range do you normally portray?
Please only include those which are realistic and demonstrated by your demo audio. / My normal age range(s):
[delete those not applicable]
Young child
Teen
Trendy, Young, Funky, Streetwise
Younger edge - Natural Twenties, early Thirties
Ageless
Mature edge
How would you briefly describe yourself / your voice, in a small paragraph?
Do you have a “unique selling point” / Nothing specific
Yes, I am unique because:
If you natively speak a language apart from English, please indicate it here
If you speak English but have a native accent, please indicate it here
9. Your Demo Audio
We prefer individual demos which show a particular market or skill area. Please indicate which demos you are supplying, and thus which skill areas you specialise in.
We do not perform showreel editing, so please provide your audio pre-mixed as an mp3 file per style, or a single montage.
If you only have a single montage demo, please select the single dominant style demonstrated by it.
If you are applying to be featured on Voiceovers.co.uk, you can have up to 4 audio links on your website. / I am providing the following individual demos:
[delete those not applicable]
Commercial
Documentary narration
Corporate narration
Characters
Imaging
Promotional trails
Telephone audio
Continuity
Radio Presentation
Jingle/Ident singing
Conversational/Natural
Dramatic/Acting/Audiobook
(Please specify any others)
10. Agency Situation /
Can you be booked direct or through an agent? /
I can be booked direct
I can be booked via my Agent onlyIts complicated:
If you do have an agent, is it an exclusive agreement? /
Checklist /
Once this form is completed, please email it to:
By sending in this form you confirm all information is correct to you ability, and agree to our standard terms and conditions. These can be found at
www.voiceovers.co.uk/terms / I believe information is correct and agree to your standard terms and conditions available on the website.
Type “I AGREE”:
Your name:
Date:
Send your demo audio files as high quality mp3 format (128 kbps stereo preferred) to
Due to email size limitations, please send a demo per email, or watch you don’t exceed 6mb in any one email. / I will be supplying individual demos as specified in section 9 above.
If you have specified having studio access, please provide a dry studio recording of yourself, as a high quality mono mp3 file.
128 kbps mono or higher preferred.
This should be using your normal settings, without background music or effects and will be featured on our website if your application is successful.
Please see document “why do we ask for a dry studio recording”. / Yes, I am sending a dry studio recording sample.
This is from my own studio
This is from a shared studio facility I use
This is from my preferred local studio
Please email completed form together with your audio to: