tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406530256476132925.post2926272739507951306..comments2023-04-28T02:54:01.791-05:00Comments on Kara Edwards...The Voices in Her Head: A Few Things...Kara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11694937511077230939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406530256476132925.post-34040572308941398452008-05-11T13:00:00.000-05:002008-05-11T13:00:00.000-05:00J.S.-I truly appreciate your comments! Very, very...J.S.-<BR/><BR/>I truly appreciate your comments! Very, very well said, thank you!<BR/><BR/>KaraKara Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11694937511077230939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406530256476132925.post-1731349082988468562008-05-07T11:51:00.000-05:002008-05-07T11:51:00.000-05:00Kara,I'm not sure if it's the doing of the talent ...Kara,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if it's the doing of the talent or who they use to produce their demo, but so often you will hear a demo where the production is really off. MOre often than not, you'll hear someone do one or more spots on a demo that you absolutely know they would never get cast for in real life. OFten these or even good reads are mixed with music that just seems cheap or inappropriate or with sound effects that don't seem to belong. It takes an icredible amount of skill and understanding of the craft to put together a very well constructed spot and perhaps even more skill to translatethat to someone's voice demo.<BR/>I also seem to notice lately that I get demos from actors where the scripts are old or obivously practice scripts from classes or in a fe cases actors putting spots on their demos that I or someone I know were voice talent on the real thing.<BR/><BR/>I had an interesting exchange with a producer recently. I asked if he wanted me to send him one of my demos and he said to send him whatever I thought was the best commercial I had recently performed voiceover for. Just one piece!!!<BR/>I spent almost an entire day going through the last couple of years of my work and it really got me to thinking about how we are preceived.<BR/><BR/>As someone who hires talent, I had to also realize that there have been times when someone really sold me on a demo with a great read and then becuase they felt they needed to throw in a character or somehow show diversification, they wound up losing me with a couple of bad reads.<BR/><BR/>So here's what I would suggest to anyone making a demo:<BR/><BR/>Go to www.voicebank.net and listen to some ofthe demos from pros to get a sense of what they sound like and then think about your own demo and ask yourself, "If I could only send one piece from this demo to represent my best work, how many would I be able to narrow it down to?"jsgilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001972934521128474noreply@blogger.com