VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Philip Banks]

Real name is Zoe. At the function she was attending where she wore the dress in the photo she wanted to go outside for a cigarette break. It was freezing cold and she had no coat so she borrowed a warm Berghaus jacket from the man backstage hired to be the Voice of God at the event.

Another good "Eastender" choice Samatha Janus




Or Amira Masood

[paddyo]

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[SilverSurfer3001]

More Amira Masood, please.
(I just gotta thing for smokey eyed brunettes)

Back to topic: I dozed off about :45 into the intro. Dear Lord! It's a freakin podcast fergawdsakes, there is no reason to pad the clock with fluffy junk and plenty of crashes, tumbles and lightning.

Re-awoke to hear a woman who seems to have drank a bit too much of her own kool-aid and has taken on quite a pretentious tone to her voice. Not a good thing for someone wishing to instruct others on how to properly emote through a non-visual medium.
I have to tell you - this woman's speech and constant use of cliche took me back immediately to my days in teevee and the semi-annual visit form the dreaded consultant. I get a sneaking suspicion that her advice is likely about as valuable.

Although she seems quite proud of herself. I checked out her website. She will generously produce a demo fro you for the low low price of $3000.00 per demo.
I have to tell you, for 3 grand, it better come with contracts for three national television spots, 6 national radio spots and buyouts at the top union rate plus 45% with three 13-week guarantees each.

The fact that she has NO experience in the field and was haughty enough to be Brando's "coach" simply confirms the notion that there are those who can, then there are those who are generous enough to share what they do with others to help them along. Then there are consultants who are neither talented nor generous.
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Jody Silvers
VOSilvers.com

[mcm]

Yikes! Marice has coached a lot of people on this board, as well as all the top-earning promo and trailer voices in the U.S. I've seen amazing things happen in all of her workshops that I've attended, and she has helped me a ton. Her excellent reputation is well deserved.

"No experience in the field"? That is, frankly, risible.

[ballenberg]

Silver Surfer--You mis-read the demo price. It's 4000. And she hasn't raised that price for quite some time.

And your last paragraph: Whew, that's a pretty rough assessment. Better get some facts straight. She's expensive, but is very good at what she does. No one is forced to work with her. You decide to pay that price, or you don't.

[Drew]

"Risible" I've not seen nor heard that word in a long time. Thanks, Mary, for bringing that one back to my vocabulary. I just told a voice seeker his budget was such.

As for coaches. It's an individual thing. You'll know within the first 30 minutes whether it's a good fit.
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[JTVG]

Might be wise to remember who Ryan's primary audience is. Radio imaging producers and aspiring voice-over people, probably with day-jobs in radio. The flashy, wiz-bang, heavily produced intro is like audio ecstacy for people like that. It's a geek thing. I think Ryan does a great job with these podcasts. Nobody else is interviewing the people he is. But maybe you can do it better?

I'm really surprised at all the bitterness in this thread.
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Joe Szymanski
http://www.joethevoiceguy.com

[Mike Harrison]

Whether or not his audience is primarily imaging folk, the intro was unnecessarily long and unnecessarily noisy. Was the feature an interview... or an imaging demo? Just as those who wear excessive amounts of perfume or cologne need to know the stuff is designed to attract people, not turn them away in droves, this was like having to listen to 6 local car dealership commercials. Hitting people over the head is not conducive to winning their praise.

Same goes for most pop radio station imaging. At the top of the hour, it sounds like they fire off every single sound effect they can lay their hands on: whooshes, explosions, lasers, stuttered speech, you name it. For what? To tell the audience that the image they're to come away with of this radio station is one of noise? What's the point of station imaging if all the pop stations play the same music and identify themselves the same way?

Maybe it's me.

Nope.
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Male Voice Over Talent
I have taken leave of my sensors.

[Michael Minetree]

[JTVG]

[Michael Minetree]

[Philip Banks]

I've read every post on this thread and see nothing angry, bitter or negative. By negative I mean being "anti" just for the sake of being anti. Negative in discussions is usually a word thrown at someone when the phrase "I don't like what you said" would be more appropriate.

Dan took a moment out of his day to post a link to something he thought may interest us, it did.

The official line on most websites like VO-BB is "woot awesome dood". I actually enjoy visiting and contributing to websites from which there is something to be learned. I'm interested in the opinions of others partcularly if they offer informed opinions.

Should anyone want to Marice or Ryan bash, do it somewhere else. No one here is doing either.

[JTVG]

[mcm]

I've seen discussions on this board of snake-oil "coaches" that were far more circumspect than this one - even in Entre Nous.