I just got back from a trip to Toronto to record voice overs for 9 training classes I created for a client. Imagine - "redneck on tape" will soon be available.
I have done lots of speaking and recorded presentations and even web demonstrations using Wink software but this was a whole new ballgame.
This was the real deal. I would speak into one of the mega microphones in my padded room (yes, I finally made it to a padded room) while the producer and sound expert listened to my words on the other side of the glass. They kept making me edit out the 'y'alls' and "golliiiiiiies" and tried to make me say "PROcess" instead of "Pracess" since we were in Canada but I held firm.
They were able to make adjustments to my words, one sentence at a time and kept going until I got the hang of it. It was an incredible experience.
And those producers who win all the awards? Now I get it.
They figure out what sounds best with a given image, when you need to use more energy in your voice, when a concept is clear or not, and generally make the whole process easy on the "talent"-or talking redneck, whatever the case may be.
Thank you Kellie Steele and Steve Hurej at Producers' Choice for an amazing experience.
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I am an accountant on a mission. I want to permanently remove the blight of BORING that has attached itself to members of my profession.
But the boring blight doesn't stop there. It's everywhere. I've found it in wineries (although it's a tad more palatable when served with alcohol), in science labs, even in Art museums. And technology people carry the "B" gene too. But the condition need not be fatal. I lecture around the country to accountants and technology audiences and I have a ball. I was a partner in an Atlanta CPA firm when I realized technology was my true passion and I have been fighting the nerd versus geek battle ever since. Through some stroke of absolutely amazing luck, I now find myself in Napa -- the most gorgeous, hospitable place imaginable. Are you on Twitter? You can follow my nerdy life there : evenanerd Contact me [email protected] I am a graduate of the Jeff Justice Comedy Workshoppe and the Persuasive Speaker course taught by Speechworks. I highly recommend both of these organizations. I have also taken training from the amazing Lynda Spillane. I am not unbiased, nor do I wish to be. I have done work for anyone and everyone in the software industry or the accounting profession. If I am not impressed by what you do or can't find an angle that is interesting or unique, I won't work for or with you. And if you are stodgy or boring, there are not enough dollars or even euros to make me help you. See samples of my writing here: www.salestaxradar.com www.mybizcounts.com Archives
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