About eight years ago, I kept hearing new voices on local t.v. and radio spots that I didn't recognize. A little detective work on my part and I soon discovered that voices were now being hired from far and wide for my market area.
I should have realized it a few years earlier when I was in a session recording four local radio commercials for a car dealer.
The engineer asked me to take a break after recording the first spot, so he could mix it and send it off to the station. I assumed he was calling a courier to have a 'tape' sent over. After the session the engineer had shown me what he'd done and it literally 'blew me away'.
Thanks to high speed Internet he was able to send an mp3 file directly to the station. While driving home after the session I heard the commercial on the radio that I had recorded less than an hour ago.
"Technology, what a beautiful cutting edge thing." I'd thought to myself. Quickly I made the decision that when it comes to technology you either embrace it, or get left behind.
I became a member of Voices.com in 2005 and have never looked back.
Since the site was revamped last November it now has a host of other features that are very helpful and definitely put Voices.com a giant step above the competition. The fact that my web page has a visitor counter that lets me know exactly how many people have visited my site is a great asset to me.
I use my Voices.com web page to solicit new business all the time, and this way I can see that my efforts are bearing fruit.
As someone who is fortunate enough to do voice work full time, it's very reassuring to know I have a reliable partner in Voices.com who are constantly looking for new ways to make their service even better.
Dollar for dollar, pound for pound, Voices.com is the best thing in cyberspace!
