Respect
Written by Johnny George Wednesday, 20 January 2010 17:04
I just finished another ISDN session recently and thought about how great it is to do what we do and how we interact with others that represent us and those that hire us.
I was scheduled to voice a session with Studio Center for a client yesterday about noon. As usual, their engineer/producer in Virginia Beach dailed me up on their Zephyr in a timely manner and we connected. This time, it was Trent, who was to call the client in NYC, so they could listen in and direct the session. Trent greeted me with the usual enthusiasm I always get from their staff and he then called the client. We connected, exchanged plesantries and we proceeded to lay down Take #1.
Long story-short and the point I wanted to make is that Trent ALWAYS goes out of his way to be respectful, pleasant, eager to please both the client and me as a Voice Actor and offer every possible service available to him as a producer to make the session efficient, creative and complete.
When we concluded the voice session, Trent thanked them and arranged to send them the audio files and then thanked me for my time and completed the session.
I know that this all sounds quite normal. Yes, every time I connect up with my folks at Studio Center, I always leave the session happy, thankful and impressed with the quality of people that they employ and the stature of the work they perform each and every time. Their standards are Top Drawer and as a Voice talent, I appreciate it very much. Over my career, I have worked with so many people that made me feel like they were doing me a favor to work with me. So many of those people are no longer employed or in this business. I've worked with some steller pro's too. But I never assume how I will be treated from one to another. I make sure I am on-time and prepared and I expect them to do the same. Their attitude sets the mood for the whole voice session. This includes phone-patches and any one-on-one with clients, agencies and the like.
We as voice talents must set our standards and stick to them. I super-serve my clients and always under-promise, but over-deliver on my work. We expect to be treated properly by the people on the other side of the glass. Just remember, each job starts with YOU.
