We have had a busy start of the week recording commercials!
Yesterday we recorded a TV spot for KFC and Pepsi with VO talent Joseph Israel connecting with a studio in London.
And the rest of the week we will be recording 4 radio spots for MassSave.com with numerous of the best VO talents in Spanish and Portuguese in town!
In Spanish we recorded Memo Sauceda, Manolo Zota, Norma Hernández, Jonathan Ramírez, Vicente Solís, Alejandro Toro, Rosalinda Rodríguez, José Beltrán, Gary Matos and CC Limardo.
In Portuguese we recorded with Gil Cardoso, Alex Correia, Roberto Colla, Luis Fernando Costa y Carla Cardoso.
We will be also recording our regular Chevrolet commercials with Memo Sauceda with our clients from Leo Burnett and Commonwealth.
We had JIM PARSONS recording at Elite several promos for the latin community, for his new Dreamworks movie called HOME. We were thrilled to have him here!
Jim Parsons was born in March 24, 1973 and he is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. For this performance he has received several awards including 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV series Musical or Comedy.
In 2011 Parsons made his Broadway debut portraying Tommy Boatwright in the play The Normal Heart, and then he reprised the role in the film adaptation of the play, and received his seventh Emmy nomination, this time in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.
Jim Parsons was casted for his breakthrough role in The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon Cooper, a physicist with social apathy who frequently belittles his friends and the waitress who lives across the hall. The role requires Parsons to “rattle off line after line of tightly composed, rhythmic dialogue, as well as then do something with his face or body during the silence that follows.” Parsons credits his University of San Diego training with giving him the tools to break down Sheldon’s lines.
VO Tip of the week!
Holding the microphone
As a VO talent you will rarely have to hold the mic during an actual session. However, it may be necessary for some auditions. If it ever happens to you, you need to know how to properly do it.
The correct handheld microphone technique is to hold it vertically or at a slight angle, with the top of the mic at chin level, about an inch below the lips and slightly away from the chin, not touching the face. In this position, you will be speaking the top of the mic rather than directly into it.
Talking across the microphone minimizes breath pops. You can test for proper mic placement by saying “puh, puh”. Slowly raise a finger from below your chin up to your lips and you will know where to position a mic to avoid being hit with your breath.
And last but not least.. never play or wiggle with the cord! Just let it hang from the end of the mic but try not to touch it because, even if you don´t hear it, it could cause saounds that could cover up an otherwise good recording.
Alanis Sophia records jingle for Visit Florida
We had an awesome recording session with Alanis Sophia, one of the girls that was part of The Voice Kids last year. It was a very upbeat and fun song for Visit Florida.
She is the new face of Florida Tourism since last October. She was a finalist in The Voice Kids and has over 55.000 likes in Facebook, you can see this for yourself at www.facebook.com/AlanisSophiapowervoice
We hope we get to have over again for a new recording! Great voice and talent!
You can visit her webpage at alanissophia.net
We have been very busy this week at Elite Music Studios!
We have had several casting calls for several new projects, as well as our usual ISDN recordings with Memo Sauceda for Chevrolet. We also have been doing the Dubbing in English and the Sound Design for a series of educational videos for children from Spain called ELESAPIENS and we recorded a jingle for Florida, Mi Paraíso.
For the castings we had some of the best VO talents in Miami visit us: Memo Sauceda, CC Limardo, Gary Matos, Norma Hernández, Mariana Medina, Alejandro Toro, Eduardo Wasweiller, Pedro Castillo, Johnatan Ramírez, Karl Troller, Manolo Zota y Laura Termini, entre otros.
Fotos: Arriba, Alejandro Toro y Johnatan Ramírez grabando. Abajo Gary Matos con CC y Norma Hernández en nuestro foyer
VO Tip of the week!
Welcome to this weeks tip of the week!
Working the microphone: Never blow into or tap a mic!
Studio microphones are delicate and very expensive. Blowing into a microphone can cause severe damage. When testing a mic or giving a level to the engineer, always speak in the actual volume of your performance. When the engineer asks you to read for levels, consider it an opportunity to rehearse your performance.
Tapping the microphone, although not usually harmful, is annoying to most engineers. It´s good to keep engineers on your side, they control how you sound and have complete power in the control room. Remember this basic studio etiquette: don´t touch the equipment!
VO Tip of the week!
Welcome to a new year of VO Tips!
Keep your sinuses clear
Clogged or stuffy sinuses can seriously affect your performance. You can find in any pharmacy nasal sprays, tablets and capsules that help if you have a stuffy nose. However you must be careful when using this type of medication because they will do the job, but most likely also dry your mouth.
An alternative to decongestants is a saline nasal rinse. Rinsing the nasal passage with a mixture of warm saline solution is a proven method for treating sinus problems, colds, allergies, post-nasal drip, and for counteracting the effects of environmental pollution.
Here is our VO Tip of the week!
Relax your tongue!
It seems odd but not only your body and lips get tense, your tongue too!A simple stretching exercise can relax your tongue, and also help relax the muscles at the back of your mouth.
Begin by sticking out your tongue as far as you can, stretching it towards your chin. Hold it for five seconds and then pull it towards your right cheek and then the left one. Afterwards do the same pointing your tongue towards your nose.
Another tongue stretch is to grasp your extended tongue gently with your fingers and pull it. Simple as that. Just take a deep breath and pull your tongue forwards as you slowly say AAAAHHH. It may feel like yawning and yawning also helps open your throat so it´s a win – win!
We welcome Jeremy Redleaf, voice of Sesame St. character Gonnigan
It is great when you meet the person who does the voice of a famous Tv Character. We were pleased to have Actor Jeremy Redleaf Elite Music Studios-EMS Emmy Award-winning multi-hyphenate.
Co-writer/co-director/co-star of “3rd St Blackout,” an upcoming feature fim. “Gonnigan” on “Sesame Street”, Narrator of MTV’s “Guy Code”, “Guy Court” and “Jobs that Don’t Suck”. While visiting family in Miami, Redleaf stopped by our studio to fulfill his commitments with ABC Family Network ABC Family and record Tv promos for up coming shows. @kussyp Rafael Pereira Audio Engineer for the session.
Follow him on his twitter @TheLeafisRed