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How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?

I have a local weekly oldies radio show in Shreveport, Louisiana and was starting the process of syndication to a number of other radio stations through a distribution company. The show, Rock Remembered™ is my own project and I wanted voice talent separate from the local oldies station to insure no one could claim any partial ownership in the program.

So far, I was a stand-alone outfit. I did the research. I did the voice. I did the taping. I procured the music. I did the mixing. I did the distribution.

While surfing I found Voices.com. I opened an account, which was very easy, and posted a job explaining that I was looking for an announcer, gave a few sample lines, logged off, and forgot about it.

Bingo! The next day my email told me I had a number of responses. Within just a few days I had 87 auditions to deal with.

How did you select the talents?

I listened to each and every audition and had a female at work listen as well. We compared short lists, and then had a third person listen to the remaining possibilities.

With their input, I settled on Alex O’Neal. He has a great announcer voice. You can hear him doing my opener on www.rockremembered.com.

Alex and I emailed back and forth. I sent him audio samples of the show and episode scripts to give him a feel for what I was trying to accomplish. Alex was extremely helpful, offered advice, and quick to get the completed product to me.

As the show grows I intend on using Alex again.

I was so pleased with Alex that I wrote a female character name Olga into the radio show.

For “Olga” I had 47 auditions! Jennifer Johnsey got that job. Like Alex, Jennifer was perfect… actually Jennifer was “Olga.”

What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?

I only wish there was a way I could give a blanket thanks to everyone who auditioned! There were many of them I would have liked to use.

I have to be honest, between Alex O’Neal and Jennifer Johnsey, I had 134 auditions to listen to and I listened to each and every one of them, however; so many people (the majority) made personal recordings of my script, that I did not seriously give much consideration to “canned auditions.”

Budget was important. Tie base went the lower price. Jennifer Johnsey intrigued me with a very low bid. Her bid was so low and her voice so good, her audition stayed on my mind. It was only at the last minute, when I finally talked to her on the phone that I decided to pay her twice as much as she had asked for. That’s something for a budgeted-tightwad like me.

How would you describe your overall experience with the site?

I liked being able to pay with PayPal and the Voices.com SurePay system utilizes this billing method. It is very convenient.

I also was assigned my own account manager at Voices.com, from whom I heard from as soon as I created an account. That was comforting, but I found Voices.com so easy to use, I have been able to handle all my needs pretty much without assistance.

I had previously tried a couple of other websites, but now Voices.com is in My Favorites and will be used again.

About the Client

Ron Hancock’s Rock Remembered™ is a local weekly oldies radio show in Shreveport, Louisiana which is currently in the process of syndication to a number of other radio stations through a distribution company. You can listen to Rock Remembered every Friday evening at 6 p.m. (Central Time)
on Oldies 95.7 FM or with live feed on www.klkl.fm.

Project Details

Project ID: 7810
Project Title: Rock Remembered Radio Package
Category: Radio Imaging and Station Identification
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: February 11, 2008
Selected Talent: Alex O'Neal

Project ID: 7899
Project Title: Olga - Rock Remembered Transition Voice
Language: English (North American)
Category: Character Voices and Cartoon Voice Actors
Project Close Date: February 22, 2008
Selected Talent: Jennifer Johnsey