Every now and again (more and more regularly infact) we have been recording one-off audio demos for producers and emailing them as part of our weekly availability.

This is our version of Britain’s Got Talent:

Download audio file (the booths got talent.mp3)

Our producer Mark Stephenson is actually the talented one for constantly coming up with great ideas and mixing these fantastic demos.

Oh, and that really is me gargling! My new party trick

The voiceovers are (in order) Jon Iles (a voice that would melt chocolate), Susan Winder (yummy mummy), Sally Williams (so smooth) and ME!!! (and, yes, I am aware that I am the least sexy of all of them, at least voice-wise )

Download audio file (the-booth-Valentines-Day-Demo.mp3)

To contact any one of us, email thebooth (at) thebooth.info

Hope you get lots of love and sloppy kisses this Valentine’s Day!

This video is from my friends at voiceovers.co.uk and should explain everything:

Hope you enjoyed that. You can get more information at Santa Loses His Voice

OK, this may not have been a typical recording session as Jon and I are friends and we were having fun with this script. Some recording sessions take much longer than this, but Jon is pretty good and knows what I like so I don’t need to give him much direction.

Unfortunately, you can’t hear what I am saying to Jon but I am sure you will realise the times when I am speaking to him and asking for a repeat of something or maybe for him to say a line slightly differently. Actually, Jon cracks me up so mostly from my end there was a lot of laughter.

I have cut out a short portion of the audio because Jon’s phone started ringing and he used some very choice language. He is such a professional that to have taken his phone into the voice booth with him was completely out of character and his swearing was at himself for forgetting to leave it in the Green Room.

As well as the main voiceover you can hear him recording some of the final sound effects too. My favorite is his Bruce Lee impression.

Download audio file (Jon_Iles_Master_Voiceover.mp3)

I hope that hasn’t ruined your image of what voiceovers do. It really is a simple case of a producer in a studio talking to the voiceover in a soundproofed booth, working through a script together with the producer giving direction where required. No jiggery pokery!

In my next post I’ll show you what to do with this voiceover recording when you head into the editing and mixing stage.

I have also been making use of Jason Moffatt’s Easy Video Sales, that I won recently. This is excellent stuff and I promise to create a proper review of it very soon, but in the meantime you can see his superb Mass Control presentation for absolutely nothing (you do need to give your name and email address). Mass Control was Frank Kern’s high priced event earlier this year and Jason gave away many of his video hijacker tips during his presentation (and then Ed Dale backed him up with a brilliant but simple YouTube trick near the end).

As part of the Immediate Edge I have been beta testing some new software called Market Samurai. This is not available at the moment but again I promise you a more detailed review. Apologies if you are following me on Twitter and fed-up of me raving about Market Samurai, but this is the best keyword/niche finding software I have ever used and they have already incorporated the extra information that Google is now revealing (as mentioned in my last post).

Finally, I have been gearing up for the Thirty Day Challenge which officially begins on 1st August. All the entries are in for the podcast intro competition and I’m almost sure I have found the winner (it’s a tough one, and I may need to make more than one intro). So, the next week will have to include me creating the intro in time for the challenge launch. I hope to video some of the process so you can see what’s involved.

Phew! Now I’d better get working

Sorry I haven’t posted much this week. I came down with a sore throat and cold and have felt too lousy to do much of anything until today.

Coming up in the next few weeks I am planning to finish the series of blog posts about interviewing techniques – both as interviewer and interviewee. Let me know if you have any further questions or concerns on this topic.

I am also going to tackle how to use audio to transform PLR material (private label rights). So many people use their PLR subscriptions to churn out the same stuff as everybody else. I’ll give you some ideas on how to use it more creatively to increase traffic and leads.

I’ve just created a page detailing some of the standard services (with fees) that I offer entrepreneurs/internet marketers. If you don’t find what you want on there feel free to request a personal quote or post a comment and, if it is a service that can be standardised and I am happy to offer, I will add it to the list.

This contains some snippets from interviews I have recorded (in this case with two experts on women’s health issues).

I’m going to be posting about conducting interviews this week, especially in regard to how useful and easy they are for product creation, so keep an eye on the blog or follow me on Twitter for updates.

Lisa

Naturally, I would love you to book me for your next project but even if you don’t these showreels should give you some idea of what to expect from the voiceovers you do work with. They should be able to provide you with a variety of examples of the work they have recorded in the past, from a broad range of applications and clients.

I’ll be adding an interview showreel in the next few days.

Lisa