🎙️Rejection Is Your New Roommate (And It Eats All Your Snacks)

Let’s talk about rejection. Yep, that delightful little gremlin that shows up uninvited every time you send off an audition and hear... absolutely nothing. No callback. No “thanks but no thanks.” Just silence. Like your email fell into a black hole guarded by passive-aggressive casting directors.

But hey—don’t panic. This isn’t meant to crush your soul. It’s just the reality of working in a creative field where auditions are basically Tinder swipes for your voice. You’re gonna get ghosted. A lot.

💔 Auditions: The Emotional Rollercoaster You Didn’t Ask For

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Send it and forget it.” Which sounds great until you find yourself refreshing your inbox like it owes you money. It’s easy to say, hard to do—like eating just one chip or watching only one episode on Netflix.

And it’s not just auditions. If you’re marketing your VO business (and you should be—seriously, go take Paul Schmidt’s “VO Freedom Masterplan” course), you’ll be sending emails into the void. Most won’t get replies. Some will get auto-deleted. One might get read by a cat walking across a keyboard. It’s brutal.

🧠 Rejection Hurts Because You’re Human (Congrats!)

When you’re starting out, you don’t just want a gig—you want validation. You want someone to say, “Yes, your voice is magical and you are destined for greatness.” But instead, you get crickets. And after 50, 100, 500 auditions with no bookings, you start to spiral. Your reads get desperate. You start sounding like a caffeinated squirrel trying to sell insurance.

Been there. Done that. Survived it.

🎯 Why You Didn’t Book (Spoiler: It’s Not About You)

Here’s the truth: casting decisions are rarely personal. The client doesn’t know you. They don’t care if you love dogs or if you make a killer lasagna. They care about three things:

1. Does your voice match the one they imagined in their head?

2. Does your read hit the emotional vibe they want?

3. Is your audio quality solid?

That’s it. If they wanted someone who sounds like their Uncle Bob and you sound like a smooth jazz DJ, you’re out. Even if your read was Oscar-worthy. Uncle Bob wins.

🧘‍♂️ How to Not Lose Your Mind

Changing your mindset is hard. I’m not a therapist, but I’ve been in the VO trenches for years. Here’s what helps:

• Stop checking your stats every 5 minutes. It’s like checking your fridge hoping new snacks appeared. They didn’t.

• Check your audition data weekly or monthly. Use it for analysis, not emotional validation.

• Accept that your voice isn’t for everyone. Sometimes clients want a voice that sounds like a sleepy robot. That’s not you. Move on.

🏆 You Didn’t Lose the Job—Someone Else Just Won It

Let’s flip the script. If you booked 50 jobs last year and each had 60 auditions, that’s 2,950 people who didn’t book those gigs. Are they failures? Nope. You were just the right fit. On one casting site, I submitted over 5,000 auditions and booked 126. That’s a 2.5% success rate. And I’m still here, still working, still not crying into my pop filter.

🚗 The Car Dealership Analogy (Because Why Not?)

Imagine you’re buying a car. You walk into a dealership with tons of options. Every car gets you from A to B. Some are comfy. Some are flashy. Some smell weird. You pick the one that fits you. The other cars don’t cry. The blue Nissan doesn’t spiral into existential dread. It just waits for the next buyer.

Your voice is the blue Nissan. Someone will pick it. You just don’t get to decide who. So keep auditioning. Keep improving. And for the love of all things audio, stop refreshing your inbox every 10 minutes.

💪 Final Words of Wisdom

You’ve got one job: audition with confidence. That’s the only thing you control. Hit send. Forget about it. Move on. It’s tough, but it’s the best way to stay sane in this wild, wonderful world of voiceover.

Now go be awesome. Uncle Bob’s got nothing on you.