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Lee Gordon A Zillion

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6864 Location: West Hartford, CT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:16 am Post subject: You Don't See This Every Day |
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A small percentage of job posters, particularly on Voices.com, send out "Thanks for auditioning" messages. Many appear to be canned responses, some say they'll keep you in mind for future projects (yeah, maybe), some say they've selected someone else, some even say "we've narrowed our choice down to you and two others" (I got one of those today), but earlier this week I got a pretty odd one. Perhaps some of you got it, too:
"Thank you for submitting your demo for consideration. We decided to change the creative direction of the video and no longer need a recorded voice over. Regards, ND College of Science
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Let's hope that trend doesn't continue. _________________ Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
Voice President of the United States
www.leegordonproductions.com
Twitter: @LeeGordonVoice
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Lance Blair M&M

Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ugh. They don't have it down to a science, it would seem. _________________ Skype: globalvoiceover
and now, http://lanceblairvo.com the blog is there now too! |
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Jason Huggins The Gates of Troy

Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 1846 Location: In the souls of a million jeans
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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The conspiratorial side of me thinks they found what they were looking for, decided to just grab it, and then made it look like they were going in a different creative direction. Hopefully that's not a trend either. |
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Bruce Boardmeister

Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 7977 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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College of Science? They probably got a computerized voice to do it.
Or somebody's nephew.
B _________________ VO-BB Member #31 Enlisted June, 2005
I'm not a Zoo, but over the years I've played one on radio/TV. . |
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Lee Gordon A Zillion

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6864 Location: West Hartford, CT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Jason Huggins wrote: | and then made it look like they were going in a different creative direction. |
That conspiracy theory might hold water if they were under any obligation to provide an update to the people who auditioned. However, most job posters either hire you or they don't, but don't inform the non-hirees one way or the other. _________________ Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
Voice President of the United States
www.leegordonproductions.com
Twitter: @LeeGordonVoice
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JBarrett M&M

Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 2043 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Bruce wrote: | College of Science? They probably got a computerized voice to do it.
Or somebody's nephew. |
Today's nephews often speak in a tone not unlike that of some computers. _________________ Justin S. Barrett
http://www.justinsbarrett.com/ |
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