Need Voice Over For Commercials

Carib Goodies:

I require two males and two females for voice over on 30 and 60 second commercials.

Female:
Voice one: Voice should sound aged 25 to 30, Caucasian, mid west accent, range mid to high alto. Style should be energetic, encouraging and authoritative.

Voice two: Voice should sound aged 17 to 20. Caucasian, mid west or New England accent but not Bostonian. Alto or Soprano. Style should be bubbly, cheerful and welcoming.

Male
Voice one: Searching among voice sound in age range mid 30's to early 50's. Caucasian, mid west accent, range low to mid baritone. Style should be strong and energetic with an upbeat, casually optimistic cadence.

Voice two: Voice should sound aged 50 to 55. Caucasian western but without drawl, range low to mid baritone. Occasional bass rumble is fine. Trying to match a cowhand or farmer's grizzled and experienced sound. Style is slow, deliberate, casual and welcoming.

Deadline for audition audios is Thursday, May 15, 2008. Sample audios may be uploaded to your Jurgita profile and notify me either through this forum post or Jurgita eMail.

Likely candidates may be asked to audition a fifteen second test script for final consideration.

Voice over needed by May 22, 2008.

This is a paying job.

Carib Goodies:

Well, Alexander, so far I have received no emails from anyone saying they have uploaded a voice sample to their profile. A great mystery as to why not since it costs nothing to record a few words into the computer and upload.

I do have dozens of means of sending casting advertisements but I chose to post in Jurgita because I am so involved here and it is a place where amateur models, actors, singers etc. can work on getting their start in the industry by gaining knowledge and experience from professionals.

There also might be the possibility that many models do not realize that the real money in today's industry is no longer centered in just print and runway work. Today's model really should be talented in the entire realm of multimedia. Personal appearances and press interviews are just the surface of the media presence needed to make today's amateur tomorrow's supermodel.

Perhaps they do not know what to say. Just introduce yourself. "Hi, my name is Mickey Mantle. I am a five foot ten aspiring talent. I am a member of Jurgita dot com and I am available to do commercial voice overs."

Perhaps they do not know how to record. Every computer sold today comes with audio and recording jacks. Many have built in microphones. The voice sample for this test does not need to be high fidelity, just clear enough to make a good judgment of your speaking voice.

I they do not have a microphone built in or one that they can plug into the computer's audio jacks, I can let out a small secret known to sound professionals. If you have a pair of headphones, you have a microphone! Simply plug the headphone plug into the microphone jack. Presto! You have a microphone! The sound resolution and pick up will not be as good as a regular microphone, but it will work. With most headphones, the voice pickup will be through the left ear piece. Put the ear piece close to your mouth (the recording ability will likely be unidirectional, meaning that any sound not directly in front of and close to the ear piece will not be picked up). Note: This does not always work for headphones with a volume control built into the wire.

Adjust your microphone settings by clicking the sound icon on your computer's tool bar until you have a loud enough recording volume. You can record straight into windows built-in Sound Recorder (found in windows under Start:Accessories:Sound Recorder. This will record in wav format which is uploadable to Jurgita. MP3, however, is better since it compresses to a smaller upload size. Windows Media Player and Real Player will convert wav to mp3.

To upload to Jurgita, on your control panel there is a handy dandy button that says Audio Add/Rem. Follow the instructions.


I suppose I should also state the job/client. It is for a product called Caribbean Photo Seminars. These are pro photographer training sessions based in the Virgin Islands to teach photographers the ins and outs of shooting in a tropical environment. The seminars are held several times a year so there will be repeat business for the successful voice over applicants for successive seminars.

Cheri D. Clark:

Once again Karl... wishing we were closer! Would love to do this with you!

Are we still looking at November 'till we meet?

Carib Goodies:

[Cheri D. Clark: ...]


Hi, Cheri:

This is me confused. What does being closer to me have to do with presenting a voice sample? Electronic digitizing means that I can book recording studio time anywhere in the world for commercial quality. I am not asking for commercial quality for the audition. Home quality is good enough for me to hear what you sound like.

Stop trying to confuse me. If you would love to do it...go on ahead...do it.

'till we meet is still a big if on my time in Arizona. I get a day free, I promise to drive over the mountain to see you.