Good Morning from the beautiful mountains of NC

Jamee T. Perkins

Hi. I'm fairly new to the world of voiceovers, but have been in the radio biz for about 10 years. I'm a free member at voice123, and a paid member at TOS. Would any of you ol' pros be interested in taking a listen to my demo, please? I've been told I've got a great voice, but can't seem to get my foot in the door....any suggestions would be appreciated. Razz

George Karnes · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007, 16:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Jamee-
You have an excellent sound. You need to really pump your reads up with emotion. A lot of them really run flat right at the end when they should be going through the roof.

Good luck!

Robert Jadah · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007, 17:25 (GMT) Post subject: Jamee in NC

There's not much wrong with the demo, Jamee, though I agree with George that it could use a bit more OOMPH or AWWWW in places. In other words, it's all fairly similar in tone. Good; but similar. Try to throw in a charity appeal or other emotive clip.
And please discard the Josh and Friends bit, since even real good character voices get few job opportunities. And those, Jamee, aren't.
But you've a solid voice, and obvious experience and production ability. So what we're left with is the misconception (which is fuelled in part by many of our mentors) that a good Demo is like a key to the kingdom.
Hell's Bells (oops..I mean Heck's Pecs!)..it ain't even a bus pass.
When we audition, we're far better off with a Custom audition. Or even a short Generic which falls within the client's needs.
Who's going to want to listen to a 70-second general demo when they're looking for an on-hold message?
So rid yourself of the Demo hang-up. Fine-tune it, sure, but then get out there and audition the brand name right off your mic.
That'll work.
Eventually.
Voice On!

Anthony Williams · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007, 18:47 (GMT) Post subject: Demo

As words of Encouragemaent! Keep up the good work! You have the chops to real good in this industry! Laughing

Freddie Molina · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007, 23:03 (GMT) Post subject:

Welcome to the forums Jamee,

We hope you find the voice over Savvy Forum (our little meeting place) as fun and full of info as we do.

Hope to see you around.