Voiceover

Tim McLaughlin on April 13th, 2011

On a weekly basis, I get a lot of inquires about my voiceover services.  Luckily many of those turn into work, and a fair number turn into regular clients.   Every once in a while, though, an inquiry comes through that just smells like a scam right from the start.  The one below had that [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on March 9th, 2011

If you’ve ever had to pronounce names like Ted Kulongoski, the former Oregon governor, or the country Kyrgyzstan, you know what a challenge it can be. For a lot of words, I’ll use the online Merriam Webster dictionary or Dictionary.com, both of which have audio versions of the words so you can hear how they’re [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on February 7th, 2011

And by “local” I don’t mean Eminem. I mean Kevin Yon, the Michigan voice talent who did the voiceover for the 2-minute spot: Michigan man performs voice-over for Eminem Chrysler ad I’m happy to know that they stayed away from a celebrity voice.

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Tim McLaughlin on January 28th, 2011

Roger Ebert has enlisted some high-powered stand-ins to do voice-overs for his new TV show while finishing touches are made to his customized electronic voice. Roger Ebert enlisting high-powered voice-overs

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Tim McLaughlin on January 17th, 2011

A friend of mine posted a link to this video on his Facebook page.  It’s one I hadn’t seen yet. Not only do you get to hear the late Don LaFontaine’s voice, but also get a taste of his sense of humor.  I never had the chance to meet him, but from everything I’ve heard [...]

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