#489 - Doctor Does Off-Hours Voiceover Work to Pay Med School Bills
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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A doctor with a voice worth listening to teaches himself the art of voiceover, then goes on to earn thousands of dollars working for some of the world’s biggest brands.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, welcome to Side Hustle School. This is your host, Chris Gillabo. I'm the |
| 0:08.5 | show and elsewhere I often talk about using your existing skills, knowledge, or resources. |
| 0:13.1 | Again, the skills, knowledge, or resources that you already have. Not something new you |
| 0:17.3 | have to go out and acquire. Well, today's story highlights a resource that just about |
| 0:20.8 | everyone has. What is that resource? Well, everyone has a voice. And the world of voice |
| 0:26.9 | overwork can be ideal for those looking for a side hustle with low startup costs and |
| 0:30.8 | an opportunity to work flexible hours. So in particular, today's story is about a doctor |
| 0:35.4 | with a voice worth listening to who teaches himself the art of voice over, then goes |
| 0:39.4 | on to earn thousands of dollars working for some of the world's biggest brands. He's |
| 0:43.2 | doing this work to pay off his bills from medical school. So if this sounds interesting |
| 0:46.4 | to you, well, you'll also learn what equipment he purchased, what website he used to find |
| 0:50.3 | clients, how he learned to set his rates, and how he's improved as he's gone along. |
| 0:54.6 | I'll tell you all those things and more after this quick thank you to our sponsor. |
| 1:08.5 | In 2016, Anatole Silach was a recent med school graduate with an abundance of bills to pay. |
| 1:14.1 | As his funds are running out, he needed to earn some extra cash in between medical work |
| 1:17.2 | experience and studying for his next board exams. Anatole had once been a DJ and a friend |
| 1:22.3 | in the music industry suggested voice overwork. After a few Google searches, he'd learned |
| 1:26.5 | that voice over artistry was a booming industry, albeit a competitive one. Anatole decided |
| 1:31.5 | to see if he really had the right voice for the job. His first step was to figure out |
| 1:36.1 | what equipment he needed. Some more Google searches taught him the basics for creating a |
| 1:39.7 | mini home studio. He was on a tight budget so he didn't splash out on buying high and |
| 1:43.5 | gear. He just went to Best Buy and bought a microphone for $150, some acoustic foam |
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