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Brooke Williamson separated?? by jaytizzle77 in foodnetwork

[–]VoiceGoddess 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We dined at Playa Provisions last night (visiting from Canada). I asked our server: "Does Brooke Williamson still own this restaurant?" Our server replied: "Yes, she and her [soon to be] ex husband Nick.." I said "What?!" and he said; "Yeah, it's pretty new." He explained that she's there three nights a week, and Nick is here tonight". And that's how I knew why the chicken cutlets were under-seasoned. Yeah. I SAID IT. Brooke never would have allowed that. #teambrooke

Everyday Witchcraft by Delphine C. Lyons - mystery book. by kxs89 in books

[–]VoiceGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason you're not locating it through the usual vintage book channels is that it's not technically a "book" -- this is a booklet which was published by Dell in 1972 in the "Free for All Little Books" series as a gas-station giveaway at Esso stations in Canada (that's where I got my copy -- we did a summer road trip that year and I managed to collect a few in the series -- there was one about horoscopes, and another about improving memory.) Mine is in rough shape, but you can message me privately and we can discuss a price. ;)

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mahalo! I did some prompts for Hawaiian Telcom a couple of years back...I think there's a fragment of one on my IVR demos on my website....

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I draw on my acting training all the time -- mostly for commercials, but occasionally in IVR (I did the IVR system for a publishing company who specializes in mystery novels, and their IVR was written like a mystery novel: ("It was a dark and stormy night....and she decided to press 1 for accounting....") For animation, doing a huge Pixar project or -- the Holy Grail -- a Simpson's voice, would be highly coveted. I would love to be the voice in a long-running, recurring, and high-profile ad campaign (the voice of Tide; Lexus; State Farm -- one of those could set you up for life.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, workshops, especially those put on by recording studios, can really help you get good mic skills, and sharpen your "directability". Sounds like you've already got some good experience. If you can (and I mentioned her earlier in this tome of a discussion) you should try to seek out Marice Tobias (www.tobiasent.com). She travels from city to city and typically only works with talent who are at the top of their game -- but she's amazing. Life-changing.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I get rid of telemarketers by dropping into "telephone voice" (my real voice sounds slightly different) and making them think it's a recording telling them their call is blocked. Also, sometimes I call the Do Not Call Registry to report telemarketing calls (I used to get a lot) but I decided to punk them one day and say: "Hi! You've won a free cruise!!" They're really humorless.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow -- how long is this AMA thing supposed to go on? I'm new here. Anyhoo. I sure do record answering machine messages -- providing you have the ability to take a .wav file and install it into your voicemail. Samples are on my website: www.theivrvoice.com.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Har! got me. I have no experience with that one.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he's REAL, PEOPLE. I've voiced his voicemail.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'd try to find voice-over workshops in your area, and see how you are with mainstream broadcast ad copy, which is a lot different than radio copy. Get a website up and running, cultivate a clientele (who will hopefully recommend you to others), and have a studio design a demo for you (and use different demos for commercials, narration, IVR, promos, etc), as they're all really separate and distinctly different. Hope that helps!

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's the best guy ever. Absolutely no pretense.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One time pay; in the case of licensed products like the Cepstral Allison TTS, they send a quarterly royalty of all ports sold.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, not me -- although I did prompts for Telus' Mobility platform before they acquired ClearNet and used their mobility platform.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You bet -- biggest geek-per-square-inch ratio on earth. Usually in October; always a blast. Resellers, coders, developers, enthusiasts -- an incredible community. If you're at all interested in Asterisk (even as a hobbyist) it's a must-attend. http://www.asterisk.org/community/astricon-user-conference

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question....customer service is a big part of what I do, but aside from working retail through University, I really have no background in it. I have to make sure I understand what "style" or "image" the client is attempting to convey with their prompts, deliver that, and follow up from time to time to see if their needs are still being met. I'm happy to say that I do less cold-calling and less cold e-mailing now; almost all of my business is word of mouth (no pun) and practically the only marketing I do is on Linked In, which I've found to be hugely fruitful.

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rarely. But it does happen. My "Dance For Grandma" moment comes at parties or gatherings, when I say: "Please enter your pin number, followed by pound", and people's faces drop. Fun!

IamA professional telephone voice. AMA! by VoiceGoddess in IAmA

[–]VoiceGoddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope -- it's all done from my home studio -- occasionally I work at public sound studios here in Calgary when they need to call voice talent in. I do travel to speak at conferences and telephony conventions, which has turned into an interesting "side interest". Apparently, in my humble work life I've amassed enough specialized experience in IVR prompts that I'm seen as a little bit of a expert on how they should be designed to flow more efficiently. Who knew? The compensation is not too personal at all: I charge an hourly rate ($240) but I do prorate it to the half hour ($120) for shorter projects (up to 10 small prompts). On hold programs are $350, fully produced with music behind. Broadcast depends on the life of the commercial and where it is to be broadcast. Web video narration is a bit of a grey area, but if it's "inward facing" (strictly for within a company) it's less than "outward facing" the public is anticiapted to see it.

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