LEADS AND READS - WEEK OF 5/05 TO 5/11

Erik Sheppard · **Voice Talent** Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1317

Post em if you got em.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

OK, I'll be first..

Anybody else try this one? It requires a trip to a studio in The Big Apple which will be worth it for a Yankee like me. It sounds a little rushed but that's after I skimmed few words out of the copy. They asked for 70 but I'm one of only 28 that they closed at. Whaddya think?

Steve Cotsalas · **Voice Talent** Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 109

Dave,
Sounds good. I took mine a little slower, although it's a lotta verbage for 30 seconds.I figured if they like my voice..I can speed it up to make the 30 sec cut.
waddaya think?

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Steve:

Your read is more appealing to me than mine. The seeker might have wanted more energy, but I'm not sure which style they want here. It's 45 seconds of soft sell copy requested in a 30 second package.

Steve Cotsalas · **Voice Talent** Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 109

Dave:
It's a toss up. Either faster or slower, it's all subjective stuff.
If you get it, lemme know..
I'll take you down to little italy to my favorite place.

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008, 23:53 (GMT) Post subject:

I'm so proud of getting two stars on this one. The direction...
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"I have a 1 to 2 minute script that I need read for a networking promotional video being shown on a website. I'm looking for that younger to middle aged male voice. The read should be very conversational in nature. This is not a sales video so please no big booming voices. Please send an audition via MP3. If we like your voice, we'll most likely need to do a phone patch to listen in and give input during the final recording. I have a $150 budget and $50 for changes down the road."
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My read...

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Colin -- It must be your big, booming voice. But you can't help yourself. I suppose when a client is willing to fork over as much as 200 clams, they expect the world. Rolling Eyes

Colin Campbell · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008, 00:58 (GMT) Post subject:

I tried so hard not to "boon." You know, there are people with more "boom" than me.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Colin:

Boy, that was a tough rating for your audition. What could they be looking for? Whatever it is, they want a lot of bang for the buck,.....and very little boom! I thought you did great. Too bad they didn't appreciate it.

Steve:

I'm still at the stage where I post anything I get on WGTG. I'll be sure to let you know, hope you'll do the same.

Steve Cotsalas · **Voice Talent** Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 109

Dave,
WGTG? I don't know what that is.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Steve:

WGTG is 'Who Got The Gig' another forum listed just below Leads and Reads.

Steve Cotsalas · **Voice Talent** Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 109

Doh!

I had a brain freeze for a minute.
Sure will.

JJ Wright · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008, 17:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Here are some leads from the past few days.

They rated me a 4 on the Astor read.

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The San Fransico Hotel directions:
Seeking professional male voice over artist with contemporary, confident, professional, friendly tone to voice promo spot for new San Francisco hotel. This voice over is for a short (:90) overview of hotel amenities that plays only in the hotel that is profiled. The audience is primarily the national and international business travelers who frequent the hotel.

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Looking for a North American Narrator, opened but no rating.

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A 'confident professional male?' Their direction:

Imagine you're a lawyer. You've tried thousands of cases, gone up against the titans of Wall Street and have won. You have no doubt you can help these people retrieve their money. They just have to call...

Allison Scussel · **Voice Talent** Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 928

JJ- I've been a fan of yours for a while now. The San Fransisco Hotel read made me want to hop on a plane & stay overnight.

I enjoyed the Astor read. It grabbed my attention the most b'c it sounded the sexiest. (just an opinion from a single gal)

How did you rate on the other auditions? Have you heard back from the seekers about them?

~Allison~

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008, 12:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Colin, Lee & David: re: that networking 'conversational read'... this one got 4 stars, but apparently not the job since it's been closed for a while and I've heard nothing. But apparently this was a bit closer to what they were hearing in their heads.