For a long time, I’d say the last couple of years at least, it seemed that the vast majority of scripts I was recording, mixing, or voicing were simple voice and music spots. Lately though, I’ve noticed more dialogs as well as scripts with interesting scenarios and an abundance of clever lines
...Read MoreWhen directing a voice over session, your goal is to get your voice talent to communicate your message to your audience. Being able to direct your voice talent to communicate both the written and unwritten messages within your script effectively, takes skill and flexibility.
...Read MoreOne of the busiest voice talents in the industry, Bob Jump has recorded countless radio and TV commercials, movie trailers, political ads, and narrations. He’s been the voice for Smucker’s, Ron Paul, ArmorAll, Bridgestone, and the PGA Tour, just to name a few. We took a minute to sit down with Bob to find out […]
...Read MorePeople who aren’t in the voice over business often wonder how professional voice talent get to where they are. For a little insight, we sat down with ProComm Voices talent Grace Cantrell… Grace, how long have you been in the voice over business and what got you started? I did my first voiceover in 1985. […]
...Read MoreIt’s that time of year. Christmas carols are ringing thru the halls of ProComm Voices and Santa Claus is on speed dial for our casting department. It was a couple of years ago that Dailey and Associates created the ‘Santa Sessions’ viral video, but if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a good laugh:) We […]
...Read MoreThe hospital read. It requires compassion, confidence, caring, and empathy. For any voice over to be effective there needs to be an emotional connection between the words and the listener, but when representing a hospital or medical institution it’s especially important for the voice talent to bring these emotions to the read without becoming melodramatic. […]
...Read MoreI was recently asked the question in regards to voice overs, which processors (i.e.- compressors, EQ, etc.) are better: hardware or software? The answer is that the tools available in both formats have advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, there are hardware models that sound great and perform exceptionally well, and then there are some that do […]
...Read MoreProComm Voices producer Dan Friedman has penned his first book on the subject of voice overs. It’s called ‘Sound Advice: Voiceover from an Audio Engineer’s Perspective.’ As both a producer and a voice talent (most recently doing some nice work for Moe’s), Dan brings a different point of view to the subject of voice overs. […]
...Read MoreRecently, ProComm helped produce a fun series of spots as part of Subway’s “Brinner” (“Breakfast right on through dinner”) campaign in North Dakota. These creative spots were written by Lee Ziegler @FlintGroup and featured ProComm voiceover talent Joshua Swanson & Jaz Adams, with John Oliver as the announcer. Apparently, you can get breakfast all day […]
...Read MoreProviding voice overs for eLearning presentations is nothing new for us here at ProComm. Recently though, we had the chance to work with a client on a series of eLearning projects that not only presented a number of unique challenges, they also gave us the opportunity to provide a service that has great social value […]
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