Okeydoke, New Commercial Demo Time

[Mike Sommer]

Funny what radio can do to a person. I would say the "Friday's" spot is your promo voice.

[Jon Morss]

Chris -- There are plenty of talented female VO artists locally that I'm sure would love to help with the dialog spot. Email or call me and I'll point you to a few.

[Chrisrice]

Ok, finally had time to fix 'er up.... State Farm is gone, and I added one of the reads from the "tech" type audition I posted in Leads & Reads. Again, any feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[jsgilbert]

Chris,

Took a listen to new and improved. I don't know what the other one souded like and it's of little import.
You have a very marketable sound, but some of the radio training works a little against you. I think you need to have an emotional "epiphany". Start really learning how to apply emotion to your reads and you will churn out a great emo plus really good auditions.

Think about what your emotion might be in real life as it would apply to what you are saying. Who are you in reference to the product- some guy paid to say a bunch of stuff about it and enunciate it really well or maybe you're somebody who had an incredible positive experiece as a result of using the product or service and wants to share this good news with the world. Is it morning or evening? are you inside or out? and most importantly select one real person to say this to. What is your agenda? What do you hope happens after you finish saying whatever it is you're saying?

In other words you ned to learn how to act an emote.

My notes after listneing to your demo "Great young sounding, non-regional voice. I don't think he can emote or act though."

[Chrisrice]

Cool, thanks for the feedback JS, I really appreciate it!

I think maybe I've been focusing too much on trying to get the radio out of my reads, to the point that I haven't been focusing on connecting with the copy and the listener. Time to work on becoming a "voice actor"!

Thanks again!

[Phyllis K. Day]

Originally Posted by Chrisrice

Thanky in advance for listening and any feedback you might have!

You have a nice popular sound, the young and smart 20 – 30 something man. Voice is clear. You are a little bit more interested in how your voice sounds than what your audience is hearing. It’s something we all do from time to time but what your audience is hearing should always be first and it can be a challenge sometimes to really reach out and allow your listener to hear your words and not your voice.

You also chew some of your words which takes away from your otherwise clean line. “Chewing” is just my way of saying there is more in some sounds, as if chewing when you say them. For example, when you say “two,” sometimes it comes out “tswoo” and in “dr” where it comes out “gr.” It’s more obvious in the line “two hundred forty miles above the earth,” at :17. And “hundred” sounds more like “hungred.” These “chews” may come from using too much of your lower jaw or lower lip, or in the case of the “two,” letting too much air slide between your tongue and the back of your top front teeth when you say it (or any "t"), giving it more of a hiss.

Phyllis K.