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Our search is complete.
We were simply in awe of the number of responses we received in such little time. Almost overnight, we had 57 auditions. Not in my wildest dreams did I anticipate that many.
Voices.com is an amazing service and we have now found the best resource available when in need of voice over work.
Thank you for all your help.
Chris Olstad
Retirement Capital Group
I've been a finalist on several big jobs but I can't believe how excited I am to have just finished a "tiny" little VO job! Have to tell you, though, I got it because the client liked my demo, and my very low price... sigh, which has kept me out of the running before, based on feedback in emails. I think I have a new on-going client with this job, but I definitely had to hook him with a lower price. Still, exciting to get my first job from this site.
Thanks!
I had a blast creating the vocal soundtrack for a short promotional video supporting energy independence for client Bob Love. Voices performed included Howard Cosell, Rod Serling, Ronald Regan, JFK, and Vince Lombardi.
Client was friendly and easy to work with. Glad to do it!
Michael Schrengohst of izonemedia agreed to answer a few questions about his experience at Voices.com and how he’s used the service to find, select and hire talent.
Recently Michael completed a couple of projects at Voices.com and most recently hired Lora Cain . Read more on Michael’s hiring experience.
How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?
In the past I would need to call at least 3 agencies and a couple of audio studios to produce even the simplest voice-over. Now I post a job at Voices.com and within a few hours I have many talented voice-over artists to choose from.
How did you select the talent?
I always post jobs and I have not used the search engine to contact talent directly. After posting a job and reviewing responses, I will contact the talent to go over specific words or pacing.
The best reason to use Voices.com is that most of the talents will submit demos from your submitted scripts. I then use these samples to show my client.
I ended up hiring Lora Cain for this spot. I have used Lora Cain in the past before Voices.com was ever a reality to me. To find her on Voices.com was a pleasant surprise. Lora is true professional and produces great results!
What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?
I have no problem using the SurePay system. Sometimes the talent themselves have been confused about how the system works. From the quotes to the process of uploading and getting paid needs some clarification for the voice-over artists using the system.
How would you describe your overall experience with the site?
It is fast and easy and I can easily preview hundreds of files from my desktop.
I have been in the business over 25 years – so I know what I need. Sometimes my clients are new to the business of producing media, so anything I can do to expedite their decision making process, all the better.
I typically have 7-10 projects happening at the same time. I don’t have a staff like I once did. I cannot take the time any longer to drive across town and sit down at a recording studio for hours. With Voices.com it is all at my desktop and I can upload files for client approval within minutes.
About the Client
izonemedia is owned and operated by Michael Schrengohst.
Michael is a producer, director, director of photography and editor.
We work for production companies, producers, ad agencies or anyone who wants great results!
Company URL: http://www.izonemedia.net/
Project Details
Project ID: 9203
Project Title: Sigma - American version
Category: Business Presentations and Corporate Videos
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: May 13
Selected Talent: Lora Cain
I have just completed a technical online training course for a job I booked through Voices.com. This is similar to a recent project I completed for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
You can check out my work at www.jonmikelwoody.com.
Thanks Voices.com!
Kyle Neale of AdExpress agreed to answer a few questions about his experience at Voices.com and how he used the service to find, select and hire talent.
Recently Kyle completed a couple of projects at Voices.com and hired Joe Mc Millan. Read more on Kyle’s hiring experience.
How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?
First off, at AdExpress, we are a quick turn around ad agency. Kind of like a Kinko's, you can walk in, look at our menu, order it, and we'll have it back to you in 24 to 48 hours. Since we promise things in such a short time line, it is very important that we get voice talent responses back as soon as possible.
When a client wants a radio spot, we'll ask them what they are looking for, and then I'll go to Voices.com and put in all the info, and just do an open casting call.
How did you select the talent?
Once I get the responses back, I'll go through and listen to them, and pick out 4 to 5 that are top notch, and then I'll send those to the client so they can pick which voice they want to be on their project. Once they pick the talent, I'll contact them (the talent) directly and set everything up.
I've been using Voices.com for about a year and a half now, and all the talents have been great to work with.
What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?
As stated before, we are always on a tight deadline, and that sometimes makes us pick one voice talent from another. Sometimes they (the voice talent) aren't able to work with our schedule, but more often than not they are ready and willing to work with us.
For this project we needed a male, North American English voice, that had a wise and fatherly tone to it, and we also needed a female voice that was very happy and upbeat. We found many, and so off to the client they went, and we ended up with Joe Mc Millan, who was able to get things back to me in about an hour, and sent right over email and uploaded through the Voices.com SurePay Service. It was all a very smooth process. Same goes with the female talent; we got in touch over email, and just went from there.
How would you describe your overall experience with the site?
The talents listed at Voices.com are always professional. And the amount of responses we get sometimes can be too much! But it is always great to have 30 or 40, sometimes even over 100 talents to choose from. Some of our clients can be rather picky, so it's great to be able to keep feeding them more talent.
The result of the project was great. The client was happy, and we are moving forward with more radio spots through this summer. I will always come back to Voices.com for our voice talent needs, and I always tell people where I find out talent. It's a great way for us to find voice talents at reasonable prices, and being able to set a price is great as well. As for hiring talent again, we have many voice talents on record here that are my "go to people" when I know I need something done quickly and in a professional manner.
About the Client
AdExpress is a quick turn around ad agency. "We make ads, and other stuff". If you need a radio spot, TV spot, website, web banner ad, magazine ad, newspaper ad, anything that deals with advertising and promotions, we are who you need to talk to.
Our website is www.adexpress.ws, and we have offices located in Columbia, MO and Lake Ozark, MO, with more stores on the way.
If you think that you need an AdExpress in your town, check out our site at www.adexpress.ws and find out how to get one near you.
Project Details
Project ID: 8908
Project Title: Columbia Parks and Recreation
Category: Radio Commercials
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: April 23, 2008
Selected Talent: Joe Mc Millan
Corby Simpson of Whatever Media agreed to answer a few questions about his experience at Voices.com and how they’ve used the service to find, select and hire talent.
Recently Corby completed a couple of projects at Voices.com and hired several talent for one project - : Jason LeBlanc, Scott Montiel, Jeffery Kafer, Laura Post, Melissa LaFore, and Jeffrey Holz. Read more on Corby’s hiring experience.
How has Voices.com helped you with your project needs?
We developed a website called Which Path is Right for You. The project was developed with a main goal to educate parents; teachers as well as students on the merits of finishing high school and also to demonstrate through animated scenarios that a single path is not right for everyone. The project has turned out to be a great success and Voices.com helped to provide the talent with the voice over scripts to bring it all together.
Voices.com talent were able to provide a number of different samples from specific scripts. This was essential to our decision making. We simply uploaded our script and waited for interested talent to respond. In total I believe there were around 250 different reads for us to choose from. While a little overwhelming, it also provided a great range of selection to choose from.
How did you select the talent?
We selected talent by their sample reads and the cleanliness of the samples as we were going to be editing them together in post. Since it was back and forth dialog, it needed to sound seamless and natural.
Jason LeBlanc was the Principal
Scott Montiel was Jason
Melissa Lafore was Kali
Jeff Kafer was Carter
Laura Post was Jasmine
Jeffrey Holz was Brian
See the final product at http://www.chooseyourpath.ca/
What challenges did you face using the Voices.com system to find talent?
We were looking for a variety of voices in English. We did have some issues with the online SurePay Service application (rating system, retrieving accepted files after the fact, etc). This is likely due to an ever evolving system by Voices.com to ensure they provide the best tools to their clients and constantly update their technologies for a better user experience. However, nothing prevented us from getting the reads.
How would you describe your overall experience with the site?
We received a lot of responses, 250 in total for approximately 6 character reads. Some were what we were looking for, others were not. Much of the talent were very professional but in some cases, the stragglers needed to be weeded out. In fact I was amazed how responsive the talent were that we chose. With half of our voiceover talent we received phone calls asking for more details and everybody was very willing to work with our specific needs. With Voices.com being an “automated system” once the talents were selected there was a human touch which was very nice. So far all the talent have been exceptional.
The overall experience has been very good thus far and we will definitely use Voices.com again in the future. I have already referred Voices.com to several colleagues.
About the Client
Whatever Solutions & Media develops integrated, interactive media rich communication solutions for marketing and learning applications.
Using a powerful combination of creative design, digital technology, sophisticated back end programming and solid project management, we work with our clients to solve their information development & distribution needs.
Our clients choose us to deliver complete end to end services including:
• Dynamic micro/web sites
• Digital catalogues on CD/DVD
• Digital broadcast solutions for in-dealer and point of purchase displays
• E-learning applications
• Media authoring and duplication
• Video production, editing and formatting
• Sophisticated content management systems and robust web analytics programming
• Graphic design and print production
The Whatever team blends superior technical expertise with innovative marketing ideas, practical learning solutions and leading edge creative services. We program, design, deploy, manage and measure projects with service that is accountable and effective.
Empowering our clients with the ability to make real-time changes to their communication tools is at the heart of everything we do. Through powerful web driven content portals and custom content management systems, our clients can update their own marketing and learning tools, ensuring their communication efforts are always fresh and never outdated. This always current content is then drawn from online portals into the application, becoming live information on a variety of platforms including dynamic CD’s, web sites, point of purchase devices, or in-dealer plasma displays.
We focus on results. Results that are tracked, monitored and reported, enabling our clients to measure their marketing and training investments. Our sophisticated web-based reporting programs enable clients to see their marketing and learning investments in action.
Website: http://www.whatevermedia.ca/
Project Details
Project ID: 8159, 8160, 8161, 8162, 8163, 8164
Project Title: PVNC
Category: Internet
Language: English (North American)
Project Close Date: March 10, 2008
Selected Talent: Jason LeBlanc, Scott Montiel, Jeffery Kafer, Laura Post, Melissa LaFore, and Jeffrey Holz.
Just a note to say I'm very pleased with our experience with your services.
We have developed some very good relationships with talented vo people.
This is a wonderful service.
Best Regards,
John Peace
APE Audio Production Experts
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that in the past month-I've booked four jobs through Voices.com. I got an audio book, 2 e-learning jobs and a movie trailer. Thanks so much!
I'm also creating demo reels for aspiring voice over actors in the Los Angeles/Orange County area if anyone is interested. If someone needs one they can email me or call me at 310-980-8117.
All the best,
