Another word or two about demos. NEVER work with someone who insists on pulling the copy for you (that's one of the reasons I DIDN'T go with Marc Graue--because his assistant told me that he'd be pulling all the copy). You have NO idea how much that stuff is in circulation. What's more, your demo producer may have great production abilities, but you're the one who knows your instrument the best (usually, anyway). The guy who did my commercial reel is a great producer, but the copy he originally sent me was flaccid, at best. I did a google search for 2006 TV commercials or some such thing and found a site that had .mov files of just about every ad available. I sat at my computer, split the screen between the web page and MS Word, and transcribed a variety of ads I thought would work for my voice (and which would show my range). I edited each of those ads down to 8-seconds or so of coherent material, then went into the booth the following week. I was pleased with the result. I landed two out-of-town agents, and have scored a number of local gigs with the help of that demo; still need to land an agent in LA, though....
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