Comments on: VOICEOVER AUDITION TIP FOR RADIO PEOPLE http://danoday.com/blog/2009/05/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/ Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://danoday.com/blog/2009/05/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 John Tue, 26 May 2009 17:26:39 +0000 http://danoday.com/blogWORDPRESS/2009/05/26/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/#comment-1847 My favorite experience in this was dealing with an agency that didn't have a clue. They also wanted a nice relaxing read but gave me over 90 seconds of copy for a sixty second spot. I did it with their nice relaxing read and it went to 90 seconds. <br /><br />They asked me to speed up but still be nice and relaxing.<br /><br />I said, "perhaps you could cut some lines?"<br /><br />"Oh NO!" came the reply, "This copy is approved exactly as is. YOU'RE the TALENT. YOU have to find a way to make it work."<br /><br />Needless to say I didn't. They finally got the read done from someone else but it was so fast nobody who heard it could understand it.<br /><br />Of course, what did the agency do? Blame the radio station. My favorite experience in this was dealing with an agency that didn’t have a clue. They also wanted a nice relaxing read but gave me over 90 seconds of copy for a sixty second spot. I did it with their nice relaxing read and it went to 90 seconds.

They asked me to speed up but still be nice and relaxing.

I said, “perhaps you could cut some lines?”

“Oh NO!” came the reply, “This copy is approved exactly as is. YOU’RE the TALENT. YOU have to find a way to make it work.”

Needless to say I didn’t. They finally got the read done from someone else but it was so fast nobody who heard it could understand it.

Of course, what did the agency do? Blame the radio station.

]]> By: TJ Kelley http://danoday.com/blog/2009/05/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 TJ Kelley Tue, 26 May 2009 16:59:22 +0000 http://danoday.com/blogWORDPRESS/2009/05/26/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/#comment-1846 hmm....good advice, especially after having read the entire article. YOU do YOUR job, and saves the trouble of sounding like the know it all talent when they figure out that the read that was PERFECT took it past the warning track...<br /><br />Good Stuff Dan...keep it comin hmm….good advice, especially after having read the entire article. YOU do YOUR job, and saves the trouble of sounding like the know it all talent when they figure out that the read that was PERFECT took it past the warning track…

Good Stuff Dan…keep it comin

]]> By: Stu Chisholm http://danoday.com/blog/2009/05/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Stu Chisholm Tue, 26 May 2009 15:18:38 +0000 http://danoday.com/blogWORDPRESS/2009/05/26/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/#comment-1843 No problem there. I'm the original king of run-on! :D No problem there. I’m the original king of run-on! :D

]]> By: Roger Bernier http://danoday.com/blog/2009/05/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Roger Bernier Tue, 26 May 2009 15:18:15 +0000 http://danoday.com/blogWORDPRESS/2009/05/26/voiceover-audition-tip-for-radio-people/#comment-1842 Excellent advice. Excellent advice.

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