LEADS AND READS - WEEK OF 4/07 TO 4/13

Erik Sheppard

The LAR, The LAR
The LAR is on fire
We don't need no water
Let the

David Bosco · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008, 14:18 (GMT) Post subject:

BOOM-shaka-laka-laka!
BOOM-shaka-laka-laka!

Here's one from last week. A Dear John letter to a satellite dish..

Deby Cedars · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008, 23:05 (GMT) Post subject:

Oh I would really like to do that dish read.......

Anyway, here is what I auditioned for......I know, I know it's more Mexican than Puerta Rican......but since no one was auditioning for it ......I thought what the hell...I'll give it a shot.

Kent LaTurno · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008, 23:11 (GMT) Post subject:

I heard the spot that was posted a few months back for Time Warner, where a guy was looking for a roomate and the Dish showed up. Great copy and they chose some great talent - blew me away... David, this Dear John is effective, but may be a bit slow for their time constraints.

Here's a line for a fine arts gallery in Pittsburgh. They're looking for Teenage Boy OR Young Adult Male. (Who am I kidding? Opened. Unrated.)

Deby Cedars · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008, 23:44 (GMT) Post subject:

You sounded young until you said minds and dropped the pitch.

Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 00:30 (GMT) Post subject:

I, likewise, don't sound as young as they probably want but, mercifully, mine was also opened but not rated.

Here's one from last week that was rated -- a big fat 1. They were looking for both English and Spanish but not necessarily by the same person. From the way the copy read, I would say it was written by a native Spanish speaker and (roughly) translated into English. I cleaned up a bit of the awkward phasing. Maybe I shouldn't have.

Michael J. Schoen · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 03:15 (GMT) Post subject:

Here are my two.
I got a 4 on the IBS and I fixed the english -- you had to.
and they have requested 200 auditions for Inspirosity - lots of luck everyone!

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 03:19 (GMT) Post subject:

Michael, nice job on the IBS read. I thought you sounded great on that. Beat the "3" I got on it.

Interesting the variations I'm hearing on the Inspirocity lead. I envisioned it as being a bit more upscale and gave them a number of variations. As far as the 200 leads, so far they've listened to every single one of the 126 leads they've received, so I applaud them!

David Bosco · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 14:17 (GMT) Post subject:

Deby:

Glad to hear you trying some narrative. Your first take sounded more natural and so did the accent. Good job!

Michael:

Your IBS and Inspirosity were like back-to-back home runs! Good luck on the audition process.

Thought I'd throw in my Inspirosity just for comparison. I wasn't going to submit an audition, but what the hey.....

Nick Gerdes · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 15:22 (GMT) Post subject:

Lurking for a long time, just joined the site...

I didn't submit this, but feedback is always good (I'm a big boy, I can take it)

David Bosco · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 20:23 (GMT) Post subject:

Nick:

Welcome to the forum! Hope to hear from you often.

Of what was submitted here, your Inspirosity audition has the youngest sound to it and may be closest to what they have asked for. The delivery was maybe a tad rushed, but then again, younger voices are generally faster paced than older.

Who knows! It's all up to the seekers isn't it? Even though they might ask for one thing, they may hear something else and decide that sounds better.

Again Nick, welcome. The more, the merrier!

Kent LaTurno · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 22:04 (GMT) Post subject:

Nick, I'm with David - great read. Welcome!

Nick Gerdes · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008, 22:34 (GMT) Post subject:

Dave DeAndrea · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008, 01:16 (GMT) Post subject:

Nick, welcome and nice read! Kind of reminded me of our friend, Simon Hill... and that's a big compliment!

Deby Cedars · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008, 01:46 (GMT) Post subject:

I got a personal invite to audition for the voice of a Baby Doll....

So don't call me Doll Face...Call me Doll Voice..... Wink