VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

JTVG · Backstage Pass Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 433

Had a dream last night that I missed a call from my agent to voice a 100-spot campaign for Foot Locker cause I got lazy and left my cell in the car. Called back and the gig had already been given to someone else. I remember breaking down crying when I called back, begging for another chance!

Has anyone else had an experience with a voiceover nightmare?
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tackerman · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:59 am Post subject:

Nothing VO related but I have a recurring nightmare (once or twice a year) in which I've re-enlisted in the Navy and I'm leaving on another 6 month cruise. Mello

KaraEdwards · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:02 am Post subject:

When I was on the radio, I frequently had nightmares about dead air with me completely helpless to prevent it.

No VO bad dreams though!
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

When I was on the radio - I used to have dreams about running out of music - because it HAPPENED!

The Hobo Laughing

would give us a cardboard box full of carts with individual songs - we were allowed to play them in any order. But he occasionally didn't include enough songs in the box - and I would have to rob the other weekend DJ's boxes of music - which were sometimes hard to find. I didn't have a key to the music library room.
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ballenberg · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:09 am Post subject:

Joe---A dream? What do you mean? That's the gig they just booked me on.

Only kidding my friend, only kidding.

JTVG · Backstage Pass Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 433

LOL.

Yeah I still have the radio dreams, which are no less frustrating. Actually, it's more of a recurring "I'm-trying-to-talk-but-I-can't-spit-my-words-out-clearly" dream.
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CarynClark · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

No bad VO dreams (have PLENTY from my previous job though), but thank you for reminding me that my cell phone is in my car (and likely uncharged). It's a bad habit of mine - I'm constantly leaving it in my car!
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

i had one a couple of months ago - maybe longer - in which i was hosting the local swap-n-shop program and could NOT get out. calls kept coming in for "two boys suits size 10 & 12 for sale, almost new" and "i'll trade a shotgun for a three-wheeler" ... i COULD NOT end the program. I think it's a foreshadowing of my own personal hell.
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louzucaro · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:

When we had our baby, I was scheduled on a Tuesday morning to do a V.O. session that I completely forgot about (for obvious reasons). Fortunately, the ad agency had postponed the session. I found out about it the next day when I finally checked my voicemail.

Talk about lucky breaks in an otherwise nightmarish scenario!
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JimRon · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

i had a dream once that, like kara, i was asleep on the air and a song was running out. i wake up just in time to read a liner and segue into the next song. as it happens it wasn't a dream at all... woke up just before Expose's "Season's Change" completely faded out, grabbed a liner card, read the liner, segued into another song.

lemme tell you... i was watching the hotline for a long time after that waiting for the Hobo Laughing

to call and tell me i was fired. ah to be a young deejay again!

now for another nightmare... being drunk on the air... well that's for another topic.
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JimRon · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:21 am Post subject:

Rob Ellis · M&M Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit

We all must be tapped into the collective unconscious here---my recurring dream of many years is being back on the air, my record has run out, and I can't find the RIGHT next record to play (records were the vehicle of choice in 80's radio)....there are all kinds of records, but they are either the wrong format, or not from the right category according to the music clock, etc.....it's exhausting......the dead air is DEAFENING and it goes on FOREVER...

JimRon · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

Rob,

Let's not forget bumping into the turntable and knocking the stylus off just seconds before the song ends and scrambling to cue it up again while doing your talkup. never knew my arm could reach so far!
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