Conversational Secrets from Voices’ Top Earner Andrea Collins

Speaker 1 (00:00):
How would you read this? Could you give us a little demo? Yes,
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Please. Demo if you'll No pressure as we put you on the spot to need an
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Audition. I might need to take a couple cracks at it. Okay. Look, these commercials aren't written in a
conversational way, but you can still make them a bit more human.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Mission Audition. If you're new here, welcome. My name is Tara and I'm here with my co-host, Vanessa. We invite one voiceover coach on the podcast every month to give their honest take on voiceover auditions. This podcast is a safe space for all voice actors to join in, listen and learn. We're excited to bring back one of our voices, top earning coaches. Andrea Collins.
Speaker 3 (00:43): Hi, nice to be
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Here. Hi, Andrea. To the audience, we're super, super excited to have Andrea back. She was on mission
audition in 2022, so welcome back,
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Andrea. Yeah, good to be here. Good to be here. Lots happened since, but I'm always happy to be back on the show. Voiceovers always changing and kind of evolving even over the past two years, so it's great to be back with a fresh perspective.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
And for those of you that don't know, Andrea, could you just give them a little bit, little bit about you?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Yeah, so I began my career in radio, did that for a long time. That was where I kind of earned my chops in voiceover because during at the end of your shift you record commercials and then started doing voiceover while I was in radio, and then in 2018 was laid off, but luckily had this great career kind of simmering on the back burner, but by no means was it going to replace my career income. So I hustled, hustled, hustled and got right onto voices and just tried to figure it all out as quickly as I could. This online voiceover career, and happily today, I just celebrated a couple months back my 1000th job on voices. Yay. That's amazing. Really good about that. So great, and it's just such a fun career. So this is where I am today. I voiced for a lot of the major brands just this past week was Coca-Cola and Shopify and Microsoft and Amazon. It's just pinch me. It's been really exciting and I think voices has played a huge, huge part in the development of my career as a voice actor.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, it's so great to hear and I love those brands. It's so cool that you start your career and then now
you're working with Coca-Cola or Shopify or Amazon. It's a surreal feeling. That's amazing.
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Thanks. Yeah, I think the tools are out there and these big companies are working online and hiring people, working from home, so it's out there for everybody. Yeah,
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Totally. Okay, well, Terry, you ready to get into this?
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Yeah, let's start off with the artistic direction. This TV commercial script is designed to promote Silky Strands, a premium haircare product line targeting individuals seeking healthier, shinier, and more manageable hair. The tone should be refreshing, confident, and luxurious. This script should be read with a refreshing and confident tone. So as always, we're going to start with audition one and then we'll jump into feedback. Are you ready, Andrea?
Speaker 3 (03:25): I'm ready.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Unveil the secret to lusts hair with silky strands. Haircare. Every application is a whisper of nature's magic turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands, your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant. Dare to dazzle, to shine to stand out.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Okay, audition number one. I'll get you to start this one off. Andrea.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yeah, I thought she did a nice job in making it upbeat. What did it say again that the specs were, can you
guys remind me of what the three points were? It was confident, it was luxurious.
Speaker 1 (04:01): Yes.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Refreshing. Refreshing. Confident.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Yes, yes. Refreshing. Luxurious and what was the other
Speaker 2 (04:05): One? Confident.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Confident. Okay. Yeah. So she brought those refreshing and confident were the first two out of those descriptions of what they were going for out of those specs. And then luxurious was kind of last. So I liked that she put in a little bit of luxurious, but she was, for the most part, the first two, she was upbeat,
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she was confident. If you lean too far into luxurious, it goes into the cliche cheesy area, which when you watch shampoo commercials on television, they're not necessarily talking like this. Right. That would be standing out a little bit, a bit too much. So I thought that she did a good job of balancing that, keeping it upbeat. She added a bit of perk to certain words. She gave certain words like the feeling they were representing, if that makes sense, which I think is important. If you see a word like lustrous, you want to make it feel lustrous and as you're saying it.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
So I thought she did a good job. Now the issue for me was that the job specs did say US Gen American, and she had a lovely English accent, but that wasn't what the client was asking for. So you really kind of got to be real with yourself when it comes to those specs. You might have all the confidence in the world and think, okay, well, but when they hear my voice, they're going to choose my voice. But ultimately this might be for a US market and they want a US voice, so that would disqualify her technically, but I thought she did a pretty good job otherwise.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And to dive deeper into that, do you think that it would've been a good idea if she broke it down into two takes and the first take was the US accent and then a second take was her another accent that she may have chosen just to give two perspectives?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Sure. If she could pull that off. There's been times where people have asked me to put on a Spanish accent
and I'm just like, no, you don't want me to even attempt that. You don't want to hear
Speaker 1 (06:09): That.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
So I feel like if it's not an authentic or believable accent, don't necessarily try to switch it. But if she feels confident, some people are amazing at switching between accents, if she feels confident, go for it. Totally. I
Speaker 1 (06:21): Agree with that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
From a brand perspective, I find it really interesting that she didn't follow the specs because like you said, Andrea, if this is for a US or a, let's say we're in Canada, a Canadian market, it wouldn't necessarily hit our target market having a British voice. If it was a UK brand, then definitely it would be a great fit. So that makes my job even harder as a brand to then now have to go repost or look at another voice because they didn't follow the specs.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Yeah, totally. And especially with, I do a lot of haircare skincare commercials recently with Lee, with L'Oreal, and they were recording me the next hour. They were recording the UK version and the next hour they were recording the French version. So they have people lined up of those different authentic accents. So keep that. Something to keep in mind.
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Yeah, I did like this audition in the sense that it did give me that feel. I felt like I was watching a hair care commercial, which is great. I think she gave me that visual. I think your tip there is really important and it shouldn't be overlooked. So
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, it felt a bit fast for me too. I felt like she was maybe rushing through it a little bit.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
See, I timed out the script on my end and I think it was coming in when I read it at a natural pace over 15 seconds. So what she was doing by speeding it up, I actually liked because she's trying to fit it into what they asked for. So if I'm the client and I'm listening and I've posted that it's a 15 second script and everyone's giving me their auditions in 22 seconds, I'm like, can this person do this in 15? Because we need it in 15. And sometimes when I'm recording commercials I'm like, this sounds ridiculous. This is so fast. But that's what they want. They just want to fit it all the information in. You got the legal things they need to mention, they need to mention the hyaluronic acid and that it's this, I love
Speaker 2 (08:32): Hyaluronic acid.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
And then it ends up being crammed into that 15 seconds. So I hear what you're saying. Might've sounded a bit fast, but might've been, could have achieved the 15 seconds, which was what they were asking for. So there's that. Right.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Okay, amazing. Definitely some great tips. Do you have anything else for this audition or we'll just get
into audition
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Two. I think that's it for this one.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Alright, let's jump into our second audition.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
Unveil this secret to lustrous hair with silky strands. Haircare. Every application is a whisper of nature's magic turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands, your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant. Dare to dazzle, to shine, to stand out.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Okay, so this audition, I was not a fan of the music. I felt like it did not fit the product whatsoever. The voice was good. I felt that confident and inspiring tone from this voice actor. She really did believe what she was saying, but I almost couldn't focus on the voice because the music number one was so loud and number two just was not appropriate for the
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Product. It was quite loud, personally, not a fan of the music, but just my opinion. That's why we bring you here, Andrea. So what are your thoughts?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yeah, you shouldn't put the music in. There's a lot of, I do so many auditions and I see so many times do not put in music, do not ad lib, do not add sound effects. Sometimes ad-libbing is good and sometimes they do encourage you to do that, but just don't add the music. You might be tempted, you might have these great production skills, a catalog of sound effects and backup music. But just like you were saying, Tara, it, it's hard to know what kind of music the client wants to use and they might already have that track chosen. So when you choose your own music and your own creative direction, it would probably throw them off and probably lower you on the deck of getting that job. So I would always steer away from the music I was actually, because I'm usually the one doing the auditioning and not actually hearing the auditions.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
I was surprised to hear somebody actually doing it because it's such a no-no in the auditioning industry. So everybody listening, don't put music in even if you think it's going to sound awesome. Another thing I would say, I thought her delivery was pretty good. Again, she did a good job of just touching on the luxurious but not going over the top, which we'll hear. When I was going through a lot of the auditions, there were some people were just taking it way too far, and so I thought she did a nice job of that. But yeah, I would say otherwise she did a good job.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
So to dive a little bit deeper into the no music, no sound effects, we have heard some coaches say they don't mind hearing the music or sometimes it actually gives them that visual. So I mean, I guess it just maybe could be a subjective thing depending on what the job posting is. Would you say absolute, I know you did say this, but would you literally say absolutely no? Or do you think there is a time and place where you could add it to maybe even give the client like a second take? Yeah, like a feeling of they did a good job and I could see the job being like this, right? Or I didn't think of it like this, but they added the sound effect and it gave me that feeling.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
I just wouldn't do it. I kind of feel like if I think about it as you're trying to get as many auditions done as have been given to you that day and why waste your time then producing music into an audition that you already might not be the right voice for. If you are the right voice, your voice is enough, adding the music will more likely be a disservice. Or as the person going through all of the auditions, I just wouldn't, but doesn't mean it might be a deal breaker for some casting directors, maybe not. They might appreciate the effort. But for the amount of times I've seen don't add music. And especially from the real pros, the people voicing jobs that are big budget or they're good clients, they don't want to hear the music. That being said, sometimes they'll post music. This is the track that we're going to have in the background.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I could see that being a time where you could add it in the background, but at the same time, lots of times when they share those tracks, they're about two minutes long. And if it's a 32nd commercial, you don't know where in that music track they're going to be using the 30 seconds from. So you could be starting off the beginning where it's a slower vibe, but they're going for the techno part in the middle. Do you know what I mean? Which would mean your read would be totally off if you're going for the calm
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beginning versus the more upbeat middle. So I wouldn't necessarily do it. And also it is so nice when people who are posting the job add the music for reference for you to listen to before you do the audition and always listen to it. Same for if they say, here's a couple of links of jobs with this is the inspiration that we're going for, make sure you listen. When I'm doing my audition, I will listen. I will have my recording going, and then right once I stop listening to their example, I will hop right in so it's fresh in my mind, the music, the vibe, and hopefully that ups your odds of getting the job.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Yeah, perfect. That's a great explanation that
Speaker 3 (14:21): That's really
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Helpful. Okay, any other tips for second one or we're just going to go straight into audition number three?
Yeah, I'm
Speaker 6 (14:28):
Ready for audition. Number three, unveil the secret to lustrous hair with silky strands. Haircare, every application is a whisper of nature's magic, turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands, your hair doesn't just change, it begins this story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant. Dare to dazzle, to shine to stand out.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Okay, audition number three. So my opinions here, this one, it's missing a little bit of something. I feel like it's a good performance, missing a little bit of a personality feature. I feel like she was just kind of at one level and then at the end she kind of was doing a little bit more octaves going up, but at that point there were certain words that I wish she kind of would have put a little bit more strain on to make me feel like I want to buy this. What do you think? Sounds like you disagree.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
No, no. I was actually just kind of re-listening to it for a quick second to the first line. Yeah, I see what you mean. No one's real so far with the ones that we've listened to. No one's knocked it out of the park. In my opinion, in the bringing me in realm, there hasn't been, look, these commercials aren't written in a conversational way, but you can still make them a bit more human. When you see the words lustrous, that doesn't scream conversational in the first place. It doesn't, and nor did the specs say conversational, but as someone who kind of majors in the conversational world, it's always good to add a bit of it. It's always good to make it a bit more personal. And human I think is more the word that we're looking for. And is that what it felt like it was missing for you, Vanessa?
Speaker 1 (16:17): Yeah,
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I know. It was something I felt like it started off very fast. I felt like I sat in the passenger seat of a vehicle
and the driver went from zero to 100 in 0.5 seconds and I just wasn't ready for it. Yeah,
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Speaker 2 (16:36):
See that. Yeah, I was a little too fast to start off with. I was a little taken aback.
Speaker 3 (16:41): But
Speaker 1 (16:42):
I will say, sorry to cut you off. I will say, because you are the queen of conversational reads, how would
you read this? Could you give us a little demo? Yes,
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Please. Demo if you'll no pressure as we put you on the
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Spot, do audition. I might need to take a couple cracks at it. Okay. Unveil the secret to illustrious hair with silky strands. Haircare. Every application is a whisper of nature's magic, turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands, your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant, that dare to dazzle, to shine, to stand out, something like that. Period.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Take my credit card, Andrea, take it.
Speaker 1 (17:23): Amazing.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
I want a year subscription to your shampoo, please.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I felt it. I felt, felt the smile. I do the smile too, but I felt the smile. Oh, so good.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
I don't know if there was a bit more, it's like there's conversational, but still you're selling something. But
I don't know, maybe just there was just a touch. More realness to it or, right.
Speaker 2 (17:46): Yeah, it was so
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Real. Also, it doesn't have to be so in your face. What I did, silky strands, haircare. You want to give it some love? That's the brand name. So it's always good to kind of go up there with silky strands rather than with silky strands. And then words like undeniably brilliant. You can't just run past that and say
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undeniably brilliant. You got to kind of say undeniably brilliant because that's a moment. So I don't know if that was perfect, but that was kind of more what I've been kind of close to it, envisioning more would I've just been, yeah, right. So I think that this artist that we just heard, I thought that it wasn't bad, it didn't knock it out of the park. It wasn't bad, but it was just missing a little bit of an element of like you said, humanness. She did though do a good, she was in the specs.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
The job was for young adult 18 to 30, and I don't think the previous two were in the 18 to 30. I mean, I'm not being an ageist, I'm just being real about the specs. So she was definitely on the younger side. Let's say this ad was for TikTok, maybe that would be more what the client is looking for. That's why it's hard to choose a winner necessarily because it kind of depends, where's this being used? What's the music in the background? Is this person coachable? If you're doing a live directed session, you're one of these voiceover artists who's been chosen, you might present your audition and they're like, oh, I like parts of her voice, but I don't like what she did there. But then once they get you in the audition, sorry, the live directed session, if you're coachable, they can get exactly what they want and then they hire you again and then you know what they want. So that's what I would say, just if it's not perfect in the initial audition, but they hear something in you, that's also a good thing.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Such great feedback. Thank you. Yeah, that is really good feedback. Okay, perfect. She was almost there. She was almost there. Yeah, she was close. And we're going to get into audition number four and let's hope that this one stands out a little bit
Speaker 7 (20:08):
More. Unveil the secret to Luxurious hair with Silky Strands. Haircare, every application is a whisper of nature's magic turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands. Your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant. Dare to dazzle, to shine, to stand out, dare to dazzle, to shine, to stand out.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Okay, Vanessa and I have some thoughts on this one.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Okay. It sounds like she's reading me a book. It sounds like she's reading 50 Shades of Gray type vibe of a book. To me it sounds a little too intimate. Yes, it was. She's like slurring a little bit. So very sexual. Yeah, that's kind of the vibe that I'm giving. It's like she's telling me a secret and is talking to me down here and I'm just
Speaker 3 (21:13):
She's stripping. She's stripping while she's reading it. Yes,
Speaker 8 (21:17):
She is stripping and thank you for saying
Speaker 1 (21:20):
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That because that's, that's the way I want to go with this. Yes. But we won't put that, yeah, this audition just, it sounded a little bit weird, honestly. But I mean, this is a great, I think this is a really good audition to give feedback on to be honest. So what were your
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Thoughts? Yeah, because I think a lot of people, when I was given a few auditions to comb through and choose the ones we were going to talk about, there were quite a few like this, and that's a trap that I think a lot of people fall into. They think it says lustrous in the script. There was luxurious in the specs. I need to lean into this sexy goddess who's selling shampoo, but no, that's bad. That's the equivalent of a cheesy car commercial in haircare. So she leaned into it a bit too far. It was very sexual. Oh my God. Very. I was a fanning myself as I was listening to it really slow. That was a 30, but it's a 15 seconder and she stretched it out. If we had visuals matched to that voiceover, they would be in slow motion. Yes. So it be, it was too slow. I mean, she has a beautiful voice. I'm sure she's bookable for different types of things, but in terms of the specs, in terms of what it is and how you're selling something, you just think if you saw that ad on TV or you heard it on the radio, you'd be put to sleep a little bit or incredibly turned on sleep,
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Close your eyes and just pretending what was happening. I don't know if it would be a hair brand. We'll
take her out of the room. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Also out of the specs, I think that she wasn't young adult. I think she was more, what's the other one
above that? Middle aged?
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah, it's 45 to 60 middle aged.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
It just didn't sound young adult. And she did do two takes of the last line at the end, which I didn't mind because sometimes they want you to end a certain way and sometimes they really, if you think you can end differently, you don't need to redo the whole thing again. Maybe she just wants to take a crack at the last part a couple of times, which I'll do when I'm not sure which way they wanted to go. And I think that's okay. So I thought that was nice that she did that. That was a confident decision. That being said, do I think people need to always provide two takes? I don't, what do you guys think about that? What do you hear from your clients? So
Speaker 2 (23:59):
As a senior manager of brand, I post this job every month and I don't always even get to the second audition because let's say we have 60 auditions per episode. I have a certain window that I can listen to those, and then from there we make a shortlist, excuse me. From there, we make a shortlist, then we make another shortlist. So I would say I listen to the first five seconds of each audition. So sometimes if people do two or three takes, I don't even listen to the second and third one. I would say just bring your best take and follow the specs the first time around.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Cool. Can I ask you guys something, and you can edit this out if we can't talk about this. Can I ask you
guys something when there are the jobs that are posted on voices and you're posting it on behalf of a
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client, and then I'm guessing presenting them with some options, you would be the one weeding through
the auditions?
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Yes. I don't personally, but we have a team that does it. Yes.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
What does that look like on the voices end? So the talent would know, you guys have 60 of them, people are sitting down, they're going through all of them, they're listening for you usually know in the first 10 seconds or so. Is that what you would say? Yeah,
Speaker 2 (25:15):
I would say I would know in the first four to five seconds and then from there I would make a shortlist. If I were in the position of a client rep, I would make a shortlist and probably give the client similar to what I did for you, give them maybe four top auditions that I know match their brand because the client rep on Voices end and the client speaks so closely together, I would be an extension of their brand, so I would know exactly what they want. I would know the music that they're going to play. I would know everything about the job that you had been talking about earlier in the episode. So I can easily choose those four voices and then let's say four or five voices, make it a short list, send it to the client and say, here you are. Who would you like to select?
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Oh, that's really interesting. Okay, so when you do see those jobs, what are they called? What do you call
them at voices? We
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Call it managed services.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Managed services, right. So when you do see those managed services jobs, you guys have a deep
relationship with the client and you know what they're looking for.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
And if it's a new relationship with the client, we take the time to sit down with the client and fully understand the job because I wouldn't want to do them a disservice by not giving them the exact voice that they want. We're basically a matchmaker. We're taking the brand and we're taking the voice and we're matching them together. So we want to do a good job on both ends so that they match right away and we don't have to continue the process. We want them to in a dating world, get married. So then they're done, right? They're off the platform, they can work together. They have the brand has their secured voice that they use all the time, and it becomes recognizable. And then the voice actor also has that brand that they know long-term they're going to work with.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Yeah, okay. That's really good to know. So you would hear a lot of auditions on your end. So if people are listening to just, whether it's from voices or from the brand itself listening to the first five or six seconds, then yeah, there's not a big point in doing a second take unless you're going to do it totally
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differently and it's going to be awesome, which a lot of the times people do two takes. They kind of sound
exactly the same. Would you agree with me? I agreed, and we've talked about
Speaker 1 (27:31):
That so many times on this podcast. Oh, really? So many episodes where we're just getting the second take and will shortlist that to talk about it in the episode, just because we just are trying to say, stop doing a second take if it's going to sound the same. It's also just like, it's interesting because I'll always ask the coach, does the talent actually think it sounds different? If it sounds the same, then why are you doing that second take? So obviously you think it sounds different. It's a very interesting thing when you're hearing it on the other side. Right?
Speaker 3 (28:10):
It's funny you say that because when I coach people, and let's say we're practicing a script and they'll do their initial take on what they think the script should sound like, I'm usually like, okay, well if that's what you would've uploaded to voices, I don't think you would've gotten the job. Let me hear you now. Do it where you feel oddly optimistic and upbeat. Play me that version or do that version and they'll do it. And it maybe sounds like 10% perkier, and that's them being there thinking that they're sounding a hundred percent different. So lots of times, yeah, it's like we're deaf to our own voices, and it's the same for a lot of us. I mean, totally. It's always nice to have fresh years because we all could be doing things that we don't notice or not doing enough of something. Lots of times I find that people struggle the most with being upbeat.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
They all think that lots of people who are just getting into voiceover think that you need to be voiceover person who your friends told you you had a nice voice. You have a deep voice. So you're always being that guy. Well, that guy's not going to land the jobs. That guy needs to be more conversational, more upbeat, and you might feel cheesy, but that's probably, you actually sound a bit more like a normal person. So it just sort of depends what someone's base is where they're starting, and we're all deaf to it sometimes, which is why coaching is a good thing. Listening to this podcast is a good thing. Lots of times, I would say people's first, unless you are a big professional and you've done a lot of voiceover, you need to be 25% more upbeat. That's how I feel. Yeah, I totally agree.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
That's great feedback. Sometimes when I do auditions and let's say I'll get the job and then we're actually doing the live directed session, they want it way more upbeat than what I provided, but then maybe they heard my audition, they liked part of my voice, they went to listen to some of my demos, and then they were like, okay, well, we know she can be more upbeat. And they might've written that it's conversational, relatable, what they want, but they actually want something a little bit more selly, a little bit more, what's the word I'm looking for? There's conversational in a Nike commercial and a Google commercial, and then there's conversational in a Tide commercial. Do you know what I mean? There's like, there's edgy conversational that the tech companies really pull off and they basically don't want you to sound like an announcer. And then there's still the more selly version of conversational, which would've been kind of what I did when I read the script. Yeah, totally. A few minutes ago.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
And still very relatable though. Yeah, I would say so. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 3 (30:57):
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Yeah. I guess I would just say there's a realm of conversational, I dunno how we got to this, from what
totally sidetracked
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Show all about all the advice you're able to give both brands and talent wise.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Okay, so this is the last audition. Do you have any other comments, Andrea, for this one?
Speaker 3 (31:21):
No, I think that's about it. If I were coaching her, I would say read this to me in your regular voice, and then take a few of the words in the script like undeniably brilliant or lustrous or nature's magic and give those some love. But don't be overtop the entire way through, because then it sounds a bit charactery in a way. Also, let me take a closer look at the script. Every application is a whisper of nature's magic, turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands, your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance. That needs to be a moment when you're reading that sentence. It doesn't just change. That's what the client's trying to tell you. If I'm the client and I've written this script, I want to hire the talent who's making sure people know it doesn't just change your hair a little bit. Your life is going to be incredible after you use it. Yes, I want someone who's really going to understand what this script is saying. And from the four of them, these auditions that I've heard, I've heard people reading the script, putting some flare on certain words, but no one's really so into understanding this product that as the client, I want to hire them. Yeah,
Speaker 9 (32:42):
I can agree with that.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
I think each audition had its own challenges, and when I hear you read it and talk about the magic of the shampoo, transforming your hair as a female with long hair, that's what I want. So you're also not only catering to the brand, you're catering to the end user. So if I go into Alta or Sephora, I have 40 different brands just in that store that I can choose from. So you really need to sell me, and let's say a higher end bottle of shampoo is $45 Canadian, you need to sell me to buy that shampoo versus the other 39 brands because I want my hair to look like cashmere and feel like cashmere and be the Rolls Royce of the hair world. But if you had to choose one, which audition would it be?
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Okay, I would choose the winner as
Speaker 4 (33:41):
Unveil the Secret to Lustrous hair with Silky Strands. Haircare, every application is a whisper of nature's magic, turning each strand into a beacon of shine with silky strands. Your hair doesn't just change, it begins a story of radiance that's undeniably brilliant. Dare to dazzle, to shine, to stand out.
Speaker 9 (34:02): Okay. So, okay,
Speaker 2 (34:03):
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Speaker 3 (34:08):
Okay. So like I was saying, no one really knocked it out of the park out of the four, but she was the closest. She didn't fit the specs, which was one of the things that kind of eliminated her at the beginning because she had her beautiful British accent and the specs were asking for us General American. That being said, she did a good job of walking me through the story of the script, what we were talking about. At the end of the fourth audition, we heard before she told a bit more of a story in those few sentences she talked about how I felt. That moment that we highlighted that sentence where we were talking about how it doesn't just change, it starts a brilliant journey. She brought attention to that, which was nice. I thought she emphasized certain words in a nice way or added some flare to them with not continuing that through the whole script. So she brought some flare words, but she didn't overdo it. She might've been a bit too perky at some moments, but I think with a directed session that could be easily ironed out to what they're looking for, she wasn't cheesy, which some of them went into the cheesy, luxurious realm. She didn't do that, and she went at a nice pace. So she was quick, but she fit it all in. So for that reason, I think she's the winner.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Amazing. Well, thank you and congratulations to that voice talent just as an FYI, the voice talent that wins. Whoever the coach chooses, we actually do pay them for the role. So that's really exciting for this voice actor to book the job. Okay, well, thank you all so much for listening to Mission Audition. We hope this episode has really helped you learn valuable voiceover tips from Andrea. Andrea, how can talent get in touch with you?
Speaker 3 (35:54):
Yeah, so on my site, Andrea Collins Consulting, I have freebies and I have online courses that can just help you get going in this voiceover career. Like I said, I celebrated my 1000th job on voices a couple of months ago.
Speaker 1 (36:12): So amazing.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
And as one of the top performers, I've got some secrets up my sleeve that I dive into in my online courses. If you're interested in learning more about the conversational read, which is also important, which I would say is kind of where I do 90% of my work. Lots of info there on my site and how you can learn more about that. So yeah, Andrea Collins consulting.com. I'm on Instagram at the Andrea Collins, which sounds cheesy, but someone had already taken my name. I like it. And yeah, that's it. That's it.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Amazing. Okay, well, voice actors, if you're looking to start taking your voiceover career more seriously this year, we offer a wide range of scripts for you to practice, including today's [email protected] slash blog. And if you need any more resources from Andrea, feel free to connect with her and reach out. Thanks again for being a part of the Coach series. Andrea, it was so nice to have you back. You're such an amazing person and voice actor. And yeah, thank you voice actors for
Speaker 2 (37:15):
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Speaker 10 (37:20): Auditioning. Yay. Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Thank you. That was such a good episode.
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