John Miles Voice Overs: Today's laughable job lead from Voices.com

Monday, October 29, 2012

Today's laughable job lead from Voices.com

Most of my voice over work comes through referrals, repeat clients, producers who found my demos on my website and once in a while through a job lead at Voices.com. Voice seekers go there to find voice talents for their projects. A good deal of their job leads are below budget considering the scope of the project. I pick and choose very carefully with the auditions that come to me through them.

This morning, this audition invite hit my in box from Voices.com.

Need to present client with a person who can NAIL (his caps-not mine) a Morgan Freeman impression. Please only submit if you SOUND EXACTLY LIKE MORGAN FREEMAN. Or James Earl Jones.

Thank you.

Tom

No, thank you Tom for the laugh. I would pay good money to hear those submissions.

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My client list

Folks sometimes ask me who I've voiced for. It's an interesting business. Some people only have need for an occasional voice over, say for their website landing page. Other clients have been with me for years. Here's just a partial list:

Comcast Spotlight (New York-New Jersey) , Fox Sports Network, Siemens, The Game Show Network, Microsoft, Enyota Learning, Publix Supermarkets, Conrad- Caine (Germany), Captive Audience, Electrify Media, Braincloud Sound, Kepha Resources, LMX Media, K-LA Tencor, Dyson, Meineke, Brainvisa, Hollywood East, Plexus Medical, U.S Government Housing, Dazzle Technologies, Premiere Retail Networks (Walmart in store advertising).

I was hired to voice four episodes of "Animal ER Houston." The shows are without professional actors and unscripted. So, there's a wonderful sense of spontaneity in the episodes. From a voicing stand point, I did not see the videos that my voice would be matched to before recording, so all my cues came strictly from the copy, and from some brief direction from the producer beforehand. You can watch the episodes here, but be warned, if you're an animal lover like I am, you might be reaching for the Kleenex. The episodes open with a brief spot for the Houston Zoo voiced by a young female, and then me.