It's impossible to do a radio ad without a voice over. A voice over is the essence of a radio marketing campaign. A voice that does not strike the ideal tone or convey the correct amount of enthusiasm will sink your campaign better than the iceberg sank the Titanic. However a voice over artist can't work from a blank slate, so prior to you launch your radio marketing campaign you need to ensure that you have a first-class script.
But what are the voiceover firms looking (or listening) for? In essence, they wish to hear what you sound like so they can categorise your voice and see if you have the potential to make them, and you, cash. The technical quality requires to be good. It must be short and not go on for hours on end. A great length for a voice reel would be around three or 4 minutes, however maybe even much shorter. Let's look at the sort of product you should tape.
All this will need two other individuals (Assistants): One helper who understands about audio devices and recording software application (your artist buddy, most likely, or the Guitar Center worker), and a web designer who can produce your site and teach you how to publish audio.
Keep your voice over demo short, sharp and straight to the point. Less than 2 minutes is ideal and make sure you display your best 3 pieces in the very first 30 seconds. The very first file needs to preferably be a tidy dry read without any music or impacts.
Nowadays you do not need a big, expensive recording studio to start. You already have the basic little package. it is your computer. Recording software is easily offered on the internet, so all you need to purchase is a good vocal microphone. You can even replicate studio acoustics by utilizing pillows and duvets around the recording location.
Now a great deal of times I am worked with to create
voice overs for sales videos. Sales videos are preferred on the web nowadays. As increasingly more individuals are attempting to make money by selling numerous products over the web they need a high quality voice over to be the voice of their "sales individual". That's where I are available in. I develop the voice over for their sales videos promoting whatever product they're promoting at the time. They supply me their sales script then I tape it and send it back to them and then they sync my audio with their video to produce a dynamic sales video to offer their most current and biggest product. Often you'll find voice over artists like me that can do the video part also. You have actually simply killed two birds with one stone when you do.
This part should be very simple for you. Simply do a look for "Voice Over Class" and "your city" with
Google. Naturally, there may be classes provided at your local universities and carrying out arts centers. Ask around for great word-of-mouth about them. Then sign-up with the very best and participate in! (Prevent classes that end with you paying another $1000 for a demo reel).
So again, I'm not stating that you shouldn't make your own recordings, I'm just saying find out where your time is finest suited to GROW your organization and not simply operate in it. Working with a voice over artist to assist you create your products will get you that extremely polished edge that will make you stand out from your rivals.