This weekend I’ll be in Los Angeles at the 11th Annual International Radio Creative and Production Summit. I’ve already submitted a spot for the Critique-a-Spot-a-Thon, which is always an interesting experience. You sit there as your work is evaluated in front of a room full of your peers.
And this year there’s also a small possibility that my voiceover demo could be evaluated in front of that same room full of peers. So, to get ready for this possibility I put my demo up for review and critique at the Voiceover Bulletin Board several days ago.
In response, there were a number of nice comments as well as some very helpful suggestions. Many of those helpful suggestions came from a long time member of VO-BB.com, Frank Frederick. Not only did Frank listen and offer several cogent suggestions on the board, he also downloaded my demo and did some processing and tweaking in his studio and then sent me the polished file.
This was, it goes without saying, not just nice; but help that goes way above and beyond what I had any hope of receiving. Frank then called me to talk about what he had done, how and why. All of which provided me with the guidance I needed to effect a few more minor tweaks in my studio. The revised demo is linked to the left and when your browser cache refreshes, you can hear it via the upper Flash player on the right, too.
I’m very pleased with the end result. And if my demo gets picked this weekend, I’ll let you know what the panel had to say. After I call Frank to thank him again for his help.
(Update – Well, my demo didn’t get picked for evaluation. But, then, no else’s did either. The panel ran out of time.)