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[jaug44]

I'm mainly an aspiring radio imaging VO guy but I needed my commercial demo updated. Strengths, Weaknesses, Quality, etc.? Anyone who has time to chime in, your comments are greatly appreciated...thx.

Here's my start:

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=qRE0eB
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[Bruce]

Hi Jeff,

Number one, if there's anyway to produce this with a lot less compression I would. It screams "I'm a radio guy" and will limit your appeal to producers who don't want that. Also, don't have a guy with a deeper voice introduce you. Just saying.... In fact, name intros are on the way out since people can just read your name off of the monitor.

I'd consider leading with something like the Sea World spot because I believe it's closer to the real you. I'd skip the one with the keyboard strokes...it doesn't take the listener anywhere. Something with that natural a voice would be good but all the typing and near cursing but no message isn't helpful.

That leaves you with 3 cuts. I'd see if you can find 5 or 6 that will fit nicely into a minute or so.

You sound like you're 25-30 years old, a very desirable age for our business. Consider going to voicebank.net, click on "house reels" and listen to demos from the biggest LA and NY talent agencies. Find guys your age and see if you can't pick up some pointers on today's "sound". You can go really far if you play in their ballpark.

B
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[Jeffrey Kafer]

Not to beat a dead horse, but on your compression, you squished it after you put the music in, so the music and effects pop in and out. Very annoying. If you feel the need to compress your voice a *little*, do so on the dry vocal, then add the music and effects.
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[Moe Egan]

My two cents:

This isn't a special effects demo there was a lot of time wasted on sfx in my opinion. They want to hear your voice. Period.

You should have more than four samples on a commercial demo.

Put the 'scroll, scroll..." one up closer to the front - it really stands out and separates the other reads which were very similar (to my ear).

Take an acting class. I hear "radio guy reading copy", not "voice actor". When I took my first ever VO class, the teacher used the artistic equivalent of a Brillo Pad to scrape the 'radio' out of my throat and reconnect me with my acting training - very important.
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[jaug44]

thanks for all your input and comments....I really appreciate them....yeah...the more I listened to it...the more I capture what you're saying. I'm going to tweak here and there and make some adjustments...thanks again!
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[jaug44]

Thanks again for all your input and comments....Bruce...I took your advice and removed the intro and started with the Sea World spot....I left the typing clip in for now...but may remove it later....I've added a couple more clips and changed the order. JK....I tweaked the processing on the spots and removed some of the EQ as well....can you tell it's cleaner?? So anyways, here's where I stand after making some adjustments...again...thanks so much for sharing your thoughts if you have time....

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=1ZPR1K
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Jeff Augustine
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email: jeff@jeffaugustinevo.com
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