VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Lee Gordon · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:41 am Post subject:

The voiceover equivalent of these.

Nowadays, USB mics have probably become more ubiquitous than matchbooks.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:29 am Post subject:

Worse than the cult of celebrity, in VO work we have the cult of the nobody.

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"You did THAT?"

Becomes

"Is THAT all you've done?"

Followed by

"I'll tell you what. I'll coach you WHEN you finished clearing my table ....
Philip ...who, by the way?"

Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:59 am Post subject:

And now a message from our sponsor ......

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colinsz1 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks everyone for the no nonsense advice! It really means a lot to me to hear everyone's opinions and stories about why voice over mills are not worth your time.

ballenberg · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:41 am Post subject:

Hey Lee, funny true thing. When I was a mere boy (centuries ago) I drew something and sent it in to one of those places. I am not kidding when I tell you that a salesman literally showed up at the house and tried to sell my family the training program for me. Uh, no sale. But you can see that the VO mills come from a long tradition of shysters and hucksters, and other -ers.

Melissa, your bread analogy hits home. I've been making actual bread, and it's really pretty amazing stuff. So few ingredients and so real. And of course, it's calorie-free*

*This is as true as the note about the future Ms. Banks

Steve Knight · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:25 pm Post subject:

To be honest, I'd be wary of some of the coaches out there too.. I've dealt with a couple of them who did help me a bit, but were also "working " me at the same time; "before our first session, you need to buy this book of copy for $99"..."You need to come to my next seminar"..."I have a friend who can produce a really good demo for $1500"..

DougVox · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:42 pm Post subject:

Doesn't the original question pretty much answer itself?

Isn't something that's called a demo "mill" automatically a bad thing?

Kinda' like, "Hey...gas station sushi for lunch today?"

cool

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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:26 pm Post subject:

comparing the two gives gas station sushi a bad name.
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Bish · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:50 pm Post subject:

Sorry Philip... I can only apologize

I can... but I'm probably not going to Smile

http://vimeo.com/92552111
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chrisvoco · Club 300 Joined: 14 Mar 2014 Posts: 380 Location: Local

I'm going to run the audio from both of those two videos backwards and see what Secret Messages come out.
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melissa eX · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject:

"Paul is Dead" It's the Brit go-to.

Bish · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject:

People often make that mistake... the actual hidden message is: "Mrs. Mango's crumpets are the best in Budleigh Salterton."

Which is far more troubling.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:07 pm Post subject:

Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:21 am Post subject:

That was bril!
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chrisvoco · Club 300 Joined: 14 Mar 2014 Posts: 380 Location: Local

Actually, I dig the hat and the scarf - it's like Dr. Who or Dirk Gently.
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