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Originally Posted by karen
So here's one of the questions I remembered I wanted to ask you, and this is because it was asked of me and I didn't know how to answer: "Do you know how many separate voices you can do? Is this a normal industry question?
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Hmmm... good question.
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I actually had a
PR person tell me to post a number on my site, but I disagreed with them. I've always viewed that as a bit tacky, and maybe even a sign of an inexperienced
VO. Like when you go to a community theatre production and read in the program "so-and-so has appeared in over 73 productions!" Who cares? If I know of the actor, I don't need to hear how many shows he's done. If I don't know them, this isn't going to form my opinion. Their performance will.
But I digress.
From my perspective, your demo should represent you and show your range, not display 1001 voices. Or if they're looking for something in particular, a custom demo will show if you have it... or not.
After a while, you'll start collecting tonal ranges, vocal placements, accents, speech patterns, etc... and the number of voices becomes a factor of all of those. How many? I have no idea!
Ok, true story time. I got an audition from a guy who wanted Bono's voice. I listened to some samples, laid down a custom demo, and got the job. Same thing happened with an Alec Baldwin request. Point being that I didn't know I could do either of them until the auditions came in.
Your mileage may vary, but that's how the crazy character
VO world works for me ;-)
Turn around Bright Eyes,
Joe J Thomas
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