VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: a breakthrough!

For the first time, I recorded a demo of a character piece and my wife didn't believe it was me doing the voice.

Fooling her, that's progress!
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SoundsGreat-Elaine Singer · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject:

That's terrific - congratulations!
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Deirdre · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject:

"Who is that?"

The best possible compliment.

um. . .in a case like this.
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asnively · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject:

Awesome! I recently had that same fun experience! I sent my parents an MP3 of a PSA I did with my best 'teen' mall rat voice, and my own parents didn't know it was me!
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:

When I was first cutting demo reels, I had my brother listen. He didn't understand what it was. Thought it was me editing together a bunch of clips I found on the web. Why I would be doing that, I don't know. But he's kind of dumb about this stuff so maybe his opinion doesn't matter.

But yeah, it's a compliment.
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Deirdre · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject:

Actually, asking your brother can be a very dandy way of finding out the effectiveness of your labors.

Dieter always says "If you want to know if your painting 'works', ask the mailman."
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richgates · Guest

I had a similar experience when I pointed my friend to my website to listen to my demos. We were chatting via instant messenger and he asked me why I put up real commercials rather than my demos. I guess my demos don't sound a lot like my normal speaking voice. Smile

DaveChristi · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: a breakthrough!

asnively · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject:

My mother played a spot for me today and insisted it was me. I had never heard the spot before. I had never heard of the establishment before.

I would know if I had a regional for a chain of family restaurants running in her market. I'm just sure I'd know that.

But darn it, it sounded so much like me, I even started to wonder if it was me after a few seconds!

I have to find that girl...

And rough her up a little...
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DaveChristi · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:43 am Post subject:

Amy-- I was in a Sears store several years ago, looking for a cordless phone, so I was scrunched down with the gear, deep in thought, comparing specs —when I suddenly became aware of something else. Sears plays ads for itself within its house music (or it did then, at any rate) and I heard myself on the P.A.

I stood up, my mind racing. When did I audition this? It must've been an audition because I KNOW I didn't get paid for a Sears ad. Had an audition been stolen?
This person had my timbre, my inflection, my odd word spacing, nearly everything.
It weren't me, though. I haven't heard her since. I wonder who she is.
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Mike · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:11 am Post subject:

I got a nice email the other day from a fellow VO with a nice complement
about a Sony TV commercial of mine she just saw.

Not me.

So who are these shady dopplegangers that steal away the dream clients? We all seem to have them.

Aliens. It's got to be.

Maiku - perhaps.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:37 am Post subject:

I once sat in a voice over session with another male voice over and he was waxing lyrical about being the voice that launched a particular model of car.

He must've been very puzzled as to the reason why no one in the control room seemed impressed in the least, in fact quite the opposite they were keen to get on with the job in hand. I made no comment and gave our engineer something for level.

Job done we went into mission control.

"Philip, thank you, REALLY, thank you!" said Becky, everyone else nodded in agreement. Was my performance that good? No, they were just grateful for my convenient attack of amnesia regarding my resume.

asnively · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

richgates · Guest

At least none of you sound like John Tesh. Frown