Stephanie, I'm THRILLED to see this come about and, once again, no surprise that Voices.com is leading the way in service to the voice talent and voice talent seeker!

Thanks to you and the entire Voices.com Team!!!

Brian in Charlotte

• Posted by: Brian in Charlotte
• September 12, 2007 5:03 PM

A very good idea, as it appears the political season is going to last a while this time around. I don't discriminate. I'll work for a red or a blue, because the money is just as green on either side of the political fence! LOL

All the Best,
Bobbin Beam, Voice Actress

• Posted by: Bobbin Beam
• September 13, 2007 11:14 AM

Brilliant service for Seekers and Talent!

Your classification of which party we work with is very important to me as I only voice for one particular party. (Old hippie habits die hard.)...However, Bobbin, your post made me laugh!

David K. Jones

• Posted by: David K Jones
• September 13, 2007 1:12 PM

Terrific! Once again, I will ask that we discourage the use of custom demos.

• Posted by: Kacky
• September 13, 2007 1:30 PM

Awesome guys!

Keep sending them in :)

Steph

• Posted by: Stephanie Ciccarelli
• September 13, 2007 4:10 PM

What are the parameters? Deadline to submit? File size/length? Anything additional we need to know?

Thanks for creating the opportunity!

• Posted by: Chuck Patterson
• September 13, 2007 10:25 PM

Hi Chuck,

Thanks for your comment and questions - here are the answers :)

Parameters: Family Friendly Content
Deadline to submit: December 31st, 2007
File size / length: MP3 file at 128kbps, 60 seconds preferred
Classification: Let us know which party or parties are represented on the recording so that we can categorize them accordingly
Email them to: media @ voices.com

If you need more details, please ask.

Thanks,

Stephanie

• Posted by: Stephanie Ciccarelli
• September 13, 2007 11:17 PM

Wonderful idea Steph. Thank you and keep up the great work.

However, I'm in a quandary. I tend to be independent in the political arena and support a party or candidate based on the current issues. Why choose a political party to represent for voice over work?

Is there some requirement to market our services to only one party? Is there an ethical factor involved in doing voice overs for opposing candidates? Is it because some of the value of the VO actor's voice in an ad, is its' contribution to the branding image, and doing competitors ads diminishes that worth? Some other reason?

I've read in a couple of voice over books that I shouldn't do work for different clients in the same business in the same market. But I've often wondered why.

I'm sure there are good reasons for this 'one side only' stance, but I just haven't been able to bring it all into focus yet.

Again, thanks for setting up a web site to specialize in political voice overs.

John

• Posted by: John Wallman
• September 14, 2007 12:23 AM

Hi John,

Those are some fabulous questions. I'm going to post a follow up to this article today so that we can get a variety of opinions on the matter to help you and others wondering the same thing to further explore this topic.

Best wishes and thank you for your questions :) Much appreciated.

Stephanie

P.S. In fact, here's the link to the new article fresh off the press!

Politics in Political Voice Overs?

• Posted by: Stephanie Ciccarelli
• September 14, 2007 9:59 AM