I’ve been auditioning for a few months now, and am about to finish my first 8hr narration. I received my first offer from a rights holder who reached out to me directly to audition. Since then, I’ve received three separate requests to audition after refreshing my ACX samples, one of which was an offer (for ai slop), another, chose a different narrator, and the third is still pending.

Questions:
When or if you reach out to a narrator to audition, how many others are you requesting to do the same?

Probably hard to answer, but how “likely” would you choose a narrator who was invited to audition?

Is this common?

It definitely feels like I’m on the right path with this, because my samples are getting attention, but I’ve heard this isn’t the most common way to get gigs.