VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Mike Harrison]

Hello, fellow voice-overists. I've been asked to put together a compilation narration demo. It runs 2:00, which is perhaps longer than a standard demo would be, but it features samples of several genres.

I'm too close to this, of course. I think the material is OK, but I'm never certain about the sequencing; especially which one to lead with and which to close with. But I value all comments, even if someone thinks one of the segments is icky.

Fire when ready:

http://www.vo-bb.com/demos/Mike_Harrison_Narration_General.mp3

Many thanks.
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[bobsouer]

Mike,

Sounds might fine to me. My only suggestion is that the final track seems a little redundant to some of the other material all ready there. Maybe drop that one?
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[Mike Sommer]

If the purpose for the longer demo is to hand it out to clients who want to
hear a little more of you, I'll say ok. But I believe you need more contrast
in terms of style and content, especially if you're going to make this longer
than a minute.

To amplify- The biggest problem I'm hearing is the sameness of the tone
and timbre of your reads, especially over the the two minutes.

I think cutting this down to 1:30, and include some different narrator
character styles a-la a "Will Lyman," "Loren Greene," "Winston Hibbler," "Mike
Rowe," "Alexander Scourby" (just to name a few off the top of my head).
These "character-style-layerings" will bring a little more variety to the
demo, and thus tickle the ear.

For the most part your reads are in the pocket. What's lacking is great
copy, and contrasting deliveries. Over the two minutes of listening,
the demo sort of melds into just one long read. Though again, your reads
are good, and thusly I didn't feel need to hit stop button. But I did not
leave wanting more. --And that's the trick! Getting the cline to say,
"GAWD DANG! I want this guy just so I can listen to him read the phonebook!"

I think it's a matter of less is more at this time. Throw out the weakest
material and the duplications of style or content, so that everything we
hear on this demo is fresh, new and exciting.


Just my Buck fifty.
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