A new commercial demo for MCM Voices.

Last month I was so lucky to have the opportunity to work with Bob Bergen at a workshop on character voices. On the second day of the weekend, after he had worked with all of us extensively, Bob took the time to listen to several of our demos. When he listened to my commercial demo he said, “you are better than this demo”.

This is not what most of us would choose to hear, although admittedly it’s preferable to “you are not as good as your demo”… But I was glad to hear it nevertheless, as I respect Bob’s opinion and it resonated with what I had been feeling also. As soon as I got home I started thinking about what I would like to include in a new demo. I asked my friend, colleague, production wizard Peter O’Connell to help me, and this morning Peter sent me what I agreed was the final version.

Ironically, I started working with a new voice-over coach this week. Undoubtedly I will be making a new demo within the year, but my new coach agreed that the demo Peter and I just produced will serve me well in the meantime. And Bob likes it too! Phew!

Thank-you, Peter, for your great work on my behalf. You done good. Thanks also to the several people to whom Peter sent the demo for review, who took the time to listen and give their opinions. I truly appreciate it.

Here is the new demo if you’d like to take a listen.