Demo of the Day Thread 07/09 through 07/16

Amanda Geyer · **Voice Talent** Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 245

Thankee thankee, Cira. I used to work the Renaissance Faire in Devore, CA for a number of years, as a street actor and in a production of Faustus (half an hour of Kit Marlowe mangled!).

I'm a ham, and lovin' it. I'm working on readings every day, editing down, learning more and more about Audacity as I do it, and enjoying this all more and more, every time I sit at the computer to record or edit.

And then I hear stuff like Ed Gambill's old geezer rant, or Thom's Horror Camp spot, and think to myself, "Holy cheese and beans, I want to sound like that!... only not as a guy. Hubby'd get all freaked out, and then it'd get messy, and our son would get confused and..." (and the train of thought further derails until I'm distracted by yet another ShinyObject(tm).

I want to run with the big dogs (so to speak), and I think I'm gimping along the right path.

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

another lead!

okay, please don't laugh. A producer I am not, but they said they wanted background music. I changed their last names around as my watermark.

Cira Larkin - Studio 53 · **Voice Talent** Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 497

Amanda,

I knew it! You are too funny!

OK, shameless plug: When you're ready, have Colin Campbell do your demo. You won't be sorry.

(And, no, folks...I am not getting paid under the table!)

Sid Whatley · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007, 20:14 (GMT) Post subject:

That was very good September. Decent mix.....good selection of music. For a reference....the music could not be any louder....maybe slightly lower but still ok. Good job!

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

Thanks Sid! I'll mark that level down so I know to keep it under that for next time. Smile

Colin Campbell · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007, 20:28 (GMT) Post subject:

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

Andy Quiñones · **Voice Talent** Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 187

Smart way of water-marking Sept-- Wink

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

Sid Whatley · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007, 21:12 (GMT) Post subject:

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

Andy Quiñones · **Voice Talent** Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 187

I guess Sid really knows what he’s talking about since I’ve heard similar discussions inside learned circles of music producers, and in particular where the “ducking” of music beds with voice tracks is sometimes undesirable because certain instruments can never really share air time with vox waves regardless of gain levels in the mix.

That’s why regardless of how glutted the voice talent pool is there will still be a market for talented music engineers who can create compelling sounds that complement and enhance while never imposing or competing with the vocals. Doing this is an art unto itself but I know many of you folks can do this as well.

So many hats for the successful VO pro, marketing, customer service, actor, sound designer, graphic designer so on and so forth. But let me guess the true pros outsource all those peripheral services and focus on delivering scripts no?

Ah yeah another hat: accts payable/receivables & when necessary: collections.

Colin Campbell · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007, 22:13 (GMT) Post subject:

Amanda Geyer · **Voice Talent** Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 245

A'ight. It was itching at me all afternoon, so I made my own Horror Camp demo. On listening to it after having added all the effects and whatnot, I realised it's too plosive to actually send out, so I'm chalking it up to an exercise in timing, inserts and levels.

Hail Wilson · **Voice Talent** Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 78

Here's my take on Hall of Infamy.
Listen carefully and you'll here the drought busting rain & thunder. kind of a nice fx for the background don't you think?