A forum board for CLIENT feedback-?

Mike Kuhlman · **Voice Talent** Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 27

Much as feedback from other VO talents is great, the client is ultimately the one paying us, and I'd love to see more than just their testimonials as a guide where they tell us:

1) Likes/dislikes about the site and the VO talents
2) How and when they like to pay (PayPal, invoicing/check, standard turnaround times, etc.)
4) What we should say and not say in our audition and negotiation process
3) Ways to make their lives easier

This would be a huge time-saver, for them and for us, and would compliment and perhaps circumvent in many cases this ridiculous "guessing-game" of casting.

I realize they're too busy with other things and this is wishful thinking, but...

Anyone else agree?

Robert Jadah · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 2627

Mike:
It's a nice dream; but it won't happen.
The unhappy client - sitting there and pushing the OFF button every 5 seconds and muttering about 'those useless voices; when I say a Morgan Freeman sound-alike, I mean A Morgan Freeman sound-alike' - finally sits up and says "Eureka! That's more Morgan Fairchild than Freeman, but I like it!"
The client is not then going to go back and critique the 77 he quickly tossed in the basket.
Nor is the client going to take the time to post a general overview of what he/she heard.

Sorry, but we do get all the feedback we're going to get.
They're called private leads.
Or silence.

I mean, heck, I don't even get feedback beyond that from my lady love.

Robert Jadah