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Philip Banks Je Ne Sais Quoi
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11048 Location: Portgordon, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:38 am Post subject: Please save and print this |
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This is another brilliantly brilliant piece of brilliance for all voiceover people out there in the wonderful world of Overs we call Voice https://vimeo.com/256732597 |
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todd ellis A Zillion
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 10491 Location: little egypt
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:15 am Post subject: |
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that reminded me of this - https://vimeo.com/141859831 _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
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Bruce Boardmeister
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 7924 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Gee, wasn't a prominent, recent piece of demo advice to make sure the first cut on your demo quintessentially sounds like you? Mine sells chicken sandwiches to Canadians which is pretty close.
Back when scanning through VoiceBank demos was a thing (last year) I remember very few professionals took that advice. How about you VO-BBers?
Here's mine (at the moment): http://www.brucemiles.com/?ssm=5486&ssp=&ssa=1&sss=1
B _________________ VO-BB Member #31 Enlisted June, 2005
I'm not a Zoo, but over the years I've played one on radio/TV. . |
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Philip Banks Je Ne Sais Quoi
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11048 Location: Portgordon, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Listened and there's the mood of the piece but the voice could be none other than yours. |
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todd ellis A Zillion
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 10491 Location: little egypt
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:18 am Post subject: |
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i pretty much sound like me - because that's about the only person i sound like. does that make sense? _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
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Bish 3.5 kHz
Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 3738 Location: Lost in the cultural wasteland of Long Island
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:47 am Post subject: |
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I found out very early in my career that I couldn't sound like Philip... so I concentrated on me. I think it may be some type of rite of passage. Unfortunately, some people don't get over it and they're still trying to sound like Don LaFontaine. _________________ Bish a.k.a. Bish
Smoke me a kipper... I'll be back for breakfast.
I will not feed the trolls... I will not feed the trolls... I will not feed the trolls... I will not feed the trolls. |
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Art Contributor III
Joined: 27 Sep 2017 Posts: 78 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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Even in fourth grade I recall being brought into the hall for tornado drills and being told to put our hands over our heads. I looked at the hundreds of pounds of plaster, beams and shingles in the ceiling overhead and asked classmates, "Do you really think our bony little hands would help if that came crashing down?"
On my demo(s) I'm me and possibly a few other people. Surely they'll hear someone they like in there.
One of my college professors used to say I had a "mild mannered Clark Kent voice." When I was trying to get into radio a classic rock DJ told me my voice was too "mellow" for the format and I needed some "swagger." I also had someone tell me I needed to focus on "soft sell," I didn't have the sound for "hard sell." As someone who's glands generate more testosterone than estrogen, it has to rub anyone the wrong way to hear you're a James Taylor in a Metallica world. So I quickly learned to ratchet up the "swagger." James Taylor or Metallica? I know who's playing stadiums! _________________ Art Howard.com |
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Art Contributor III
Joined: 27 Sep 2017 Posts: 78 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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If anyone asked my advice (and they don't), I would say:
"Don't be a one-trick pony. Casting directors love to hear you have range."
BUT ALSO...
"Don't try to be everything to everyone. Do one thing and do it well."
Follow both of these pieces of advice at the same time and you can't help but succeed. Or be terribly confused. _________________ Art Howard.com |
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juliaknippen Club 300
Joined: 25 Nov 2012 Posts: 348 Location: NYC
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