{"id":204,"date":"2012-10-01T22:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T03:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2025-11-20T02:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:10:18","slug":"voice-overs-and-murphys-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevoicerealm.com\/blog\/voice-overs-and-murphys-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice Overs and Murphy’s Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murphy\u2019s Law. The adage that anything that can go wrong, will<\/em>. The original concept, though not officially titled Murphy\u2019s Law, has been traced back as far as 1877. Something tells me it probably goes back a lot further. I\u2019m picturing a caveman. Who has just discovered fire. When suddenly it starts to rain.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that at some point in your life you\u2019ve experienced a little bit of Murphy and his law. You\u2019ve probably cursed his name a time or two. Speaking of which, if you\u2019d like to curse him directly, the namesake was Capt. Ed Murphy, an aerospace engineer.<\/p>\n

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Anything That Can Go Wrong, Will<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to voice over<\/a>, there are plenty of times when Murphy\u2019s Law strikes. It happened to me tonight. I had spent a day working away on several different projects and submitting a bunch of auditions. Around 6pm I decided to call it a day and went to grab something to eat. Feeling lazy, and apparently unhealthy, I grabbed a couple of cheeseburgers and a Cherry Crush.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t home for more than five minutes after my dinner of champions when a really great audition invite came. Have you ever auditioned for a job after eating a couple of cheeseburgers and drinking a Cherry Crush? It doesn\u2019t work so well. I\u2019m chalking it up to Murphy\u2019s Law!<\/p>\n

Here are a few more\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Murphy\u2019s Law and Voiceover<\/strong><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why do clients you haven\u2019t heard from in a while always call when you\u2019re on vacation and can\u2019t actually record a voiceover for them?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why do you always book the job you\u2019ve had your fingers crossed for right after you\u2019ve ate a huge meal and washed it down with milk? Oh, and the client needs immediate delivery!<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why can you go for two weeks without a gig and then get 10 bookings the day after you get a head cold and you sound like you\u2019ve got sandpaper in your throat and cotton balls up your nose?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why does your Internet go down right in the middle of sending an audition to a client?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why does the computer crash and you lose everything 1.7 seconds before you were about to hit save on that edited audio?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why does the phone ring, someone knock on the door, a baby cries or a dog barks right in the middle of a perfect take?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Why do you sit around all day hoping for a job, an audition opportunity, or a call from a client only to get it the minute that you leave the house for an evening on the town?<\/p>\n

What About You?<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are just a few of the encounters that I\u2019ve personally had with Murphy and his Law and I\u2019m guessing I\u2019m not alone in these. In fact, judging by what I read on my social networks, all of us that doing voice work for a living have experienced all of these annoyances.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019re heading into the studio today, just remember to smile when Murphy strikes. Laugh it off, chalk it up to a life experience and get back to doing what you love. Being a professional voice actor<\/a>! Nothing Murphy can do can ever change that!<\/p>\n

Marc is a professional voice talent here at The Voice Realm.<\/strong><\/address>\n
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