Seems simple enough: You have a brand new voiceover demo (or film reel, or headshots and résumé), which you spent some time and money on, and now you want an objective opinion of what you will be using to promoting yourself. So, why are you either getting completely contradictory feedback, or (worse) nothing at all? What gives?
Granted, you may want an objective assessment of whether your demos are competitive and effective, and most talent agents and industry professionals want to help, but here are five reasons why asking for feedback is such a loaded question:
1. If they offered every one feedback, that’s all they’d be doing all day long and not getting their own work done. Most talent agents and producers will offer feedback if they know you and they honestly feel the situation warrants it, but for the most part they’ll listen and discern whether they can use you or not. In many instances they’ll only offer feedback simply because you asked and they are trying to be accommodating. Many forget what input they gave you or change their minds after hearing your tracks again at a later date. This happens more often than you might expect, and it honestly doesn’t help you
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