Contents of demo disk
Lloyd Penney
latter), but I need some more ideas on what should be placed on a good demo
disk.
Any ideas, suggestions, anything like that would be great to hear.
Lloyd
kiwi
Lloyd,
The simple answer to this is "your best work". The
beginning of the demo should have your "money voice", as this is your
chance to make the first impression and quite often people will only
listen to the first 10 seconds anyway. Your "money voice" is what you
think makes you stand out.
Check out voicebank.net for other peoples demos for examples of what
demos sound like.
You should seperate your character voices from your commrecial and
narration ones. So have a seperate demo CD for each catagory.
Keep each one to around a minute.
Spend the money on getting it professionally produced. This will
probably cost 500-750, but makes a world of difference.
Hope this helps.
Craig Cooksey
Art
Two minutes of variety that showcases your voice in widely varying
situations.
Nice to have separate High Energy Commercials, Animation, Narration,
TV/Radio promo/imaging, Book, and Telephone demos, but you should have one
two-minute demo (and also a one-minute version) that shows all of those that
you can do. Wow 'em with the variety.
Be boring, funny, angry, authoritarian, kind, informative, helpful, excited
and calm. Contrasts of, speed, energy, emotion, and even audio qualities
should be apparent between every two adjacent items. Six separate items
minimum, 12 max.
The first one and the last one should be special.
Spots can be real or faked. Faked could include stuff you just thought
you'd sound good doing, actual voice tracks of yours that were used in spots
you weren't able to obtain copies of, and auditions for gigs you didn't get.
If your demo contains the actual brand names of sponsors, I would keep those
to just the real spots I did. To me, it's a bit dishonest sounding to throw
in a big sponsor name for someone who's never hired me. But it's no big
deal. Some folks will say you should get written permission from everyone
in the demo first. That's a big waste of time. Instead, do what you want,
and if someone asks you to take something out of your demo, do it quickly
and politely.
Personally, I think all's fair in job-seeking just as much as love or war.
Your demo doesn't say "I did this commercial and got paid for it," it only
says "Here's how I sound doing this commercial."
Another easy way to answer this question is to just go listen to a few dozen
demos others have done. Look on the web sites of talent agencies in major
cities for lots of good stuff.
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Lloyd Penney
samples of voiceover demos? I am aiming at cartoon voices, most of all.
Lloyd
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> Thanks for your help, folks...could you direct me to where I might find
> samples of voiceover demos? I am aiming at cartoon voices, most of all.
>
> Lloyd
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Www.voicebank.net click on 'house reels' and you'll find demos from all
the noteworthy agencies and talent. You'll find demos of all types. Good
luck.