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What Is The Value Of A Critique Of Your Demo CD? What If The Person Is a Demo Producer?

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Best LEAD Site? Voice123, Voices.com or _____ ???

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I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N): Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE: Started reading the back of the Crest toothpaste tube. I was 8. Took me 20 years to get back there.

RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS: Dweeble (toy), training videos for Mentorware, Rabbit Air BIioGS, Cablevision, YWCA

VOICE DESCRIPTION: Depending on what's needed- warm, friendly, sophisticated, playful.

LANGUAGES: English.

WEBSITE: http://www.CindyClifford.com

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD: FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT: Audio Tehnics ST95, Symetrix 528E.

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM: Senior Female, Middle Age Female, Young Adult Female, Teenage Girl, Child Female

Cindy Clifford's Blog

Voiceover Artist as Verbal Gymnast

As a voiceover artist, the ability to speak clearly, to enunciate (ee-NONE-see-ate) is key to getting the job done. Aside from the obvious time efficiency and saving the client money on studio hours, verbal skill is critical for this profession.

Speak clearly while speaking quickly. Spot got ten seconds of copy for a five second disclaimer? Sure, the engineer can edit out the breaths, but you’ve got to do the bulk of the work, zipping through that script while making sure that every word is del… Continue

Posted on September 5, 2009 at 10:19am — 2 Comments

It's Not ALL in the Voice

As a voice artist, it’s not unusual to have someone reach out, directly or on behalf of a friend, for a little assist or inside advice on ‘breaking into the voiceover business’. A dollar says it’s happened to you, too.

The ‘how to’ has been covered enough without my delving into it here… but the reason I mention it is because the interest in voiceover work seems to come less from the love of performance and/or advertising than it does from the idea that it’s “E-Z money!!” and/or from believing… Continue

Posted on August 6, 2009 at 8:49pm — 5 Comments

Top 10 Best Things About Voiceovers

Back whenever, voiceovers made tenth place on MSN.com’s “Top 10 Coolest Jobs” list. At the time, I refuted the other nine and suggested that a VO career simply must be number one in that offers just about everything anyone (well, at least I and presumably you) could want.

That got me thinking.

There are a hundred things I love about working in this field and I know I'm not the only one who loves my job. So I figured I’d step away from the mic for a few minutes and list, in no particular order,… Continue

Posted on July 3, 2009 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

Coolest Job? Heck, yeah!

I just saw this article on MSN.com... about the 10 Coolest Jobs in the World and VoiceActors only just made the list at number ten. Which prompted me to do my own analysis. What jobs could possibly be cooler or more fun than voice work? Well, it turns out, none. At least not for me.

From the MSN Careers article, I present their list, my perspective:

10 Jobs Cooler Than Yours (or so they think…)

1. Cruise director. Okay, so you get to to travel the world on a cruise ship, but you also have to… Continue

Posted on May 29, 2009 at 7:40pm — 2 Comments

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At 6:35pm on October 31, 2009, Bob Souer said…: Happy Birthday, Cindy!

At 3:11am on May 30, 2009, Philip Banks said…: From a fellow Border Collie owner/driver. Hello.

At 5:53pm on September 9, 2008, Leer Leary said…: Hey Double C! Thanks for turning me on to VOuni...to anyone else reading this...just in case you're the hiring type: You have found THE female voice in the Metro-NY area...from Board Room to Bedroom...from instructional to wacky...Cindy has a reputation of always coming through for the project. Hire her once and you'll find yourself writing scripts hearing her voice in your head. (Bookmark this page...your clients will thank you).

At 9:42pm on September 8, 2008, Penny Abshire said…: Hi Cindy!

Let me be one of the first to welcome you to the universe! You've joined a great group.

And speaking of groups, let me also invite you to join my VoiceOverUniverse Group, Positive Thinkers UNITE! We can always use another creative, positive voice among us!

Best wishes for continued success!

Penny Abshire
VoiceActing.com