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- About Me:
- I live in Springville, UT and love telling stories. I am an energetic and lively teller of fairy, folk and personal tales.
- Website:
- http://gingerparkinson.com
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I'm glad it was of use - Thanks to Steff and Kevin for lining that up,
Wendy
Welcome aboard. Thanks to Rachel Hedman to getting so many Utah tellers signed up. Your photo is great - shows your cute personality.
Wendy
Rhonda Johnson
Rhonda Johnson
Let me know what you choose to do, and how it goes - and, then - how you feel about it!
Blessings,
Tom
Let me ask you a question... where do you record? I have tried several recording studios and they are always confident that they can deliver a great product... after all "WE RECORD BANDS!" After a number of disappointing efforts, I finally found the perfect studio for me... they do... "advertising voice-overs" and "books for the blind." Oh gosh, they know how to record the voice of a teller. I won't be recording anywhere else for a long while. Key word: "Books for the Blind." Then look for a studio near you that does it.
Buck
While you always want to put your best foot forward... sometimes you just have to put your foot forward and do your best. If you listen to the stories on my page... most are studio work... but I chose to put one "practice session recording" on-line because I wanted people to hear the audience's reactions too. The room that I recorded the story "They call it a "Man" icure" was awful for acoustics and there is a spot where you can hear the heat system kick in. I would never try to sell it... but the audience response was terrific and I was glad I had my recorder running. So do what you want... I wouldn't want to dictate to anyone...but I would love to hear those stories of yours... I hope you will upload them and let all of us hear them.
Glad you are here
Buck
I'm glad you responded to my invite.
You were missed at the annual Utah Storytelling Guild Story Swap, though I expect you will be there for Saturday part.
Since it is held at the Weber State University, there is wireless capability plus a huge screen to project things. I've been asked to share 30 minutes about social networking sites with "Professional Storyteller" being the main focus.
There will be even more Utahns on board this site by tomorrow.
Thanks for helping me spread the word.
Until we tell again,
Rachel Hedman
If "good" is literally/truly/solidly good, and representative of your best work, and it's for an audition, I'd think "good" is good enough.
For sale to the public, I'd be (I presently am) striving for that level as close to perfection as possible/feasible. I've got a rough cut right now, one track of which is an excellent performance, but there are 2 or 3 strange 'bumps' or 'pops' that drive me crazy, and I cannot allow that to be duplicated for sale...so, it's back to the studio to "get it right."
In a recent discussion about this, it was pointed out that once you release it, it is "out there," warts and all - and what your mother may happily overlook, a cash-paying customer (other than immediate family) is much less likely to forgive.
Another point: your audio needs to be able to compete with the best stuff out there - you, no doubt, have some of those, so listen carefully to the best you have, then compare your offering to those - if you compare favorably, then, hallelujah, go for it! If not, then, suck it up, and take it back to the studio.
For further info, please consider asking Sean Buvala, Buck Creacy, Dianne de Las Casas (founder of this site), Priscilla Howe, etc. This site is full of experts in a wide range of telling-related issues, so you may want to pose this question on the FORUM page and gets lots of responses from lots of different tellers w/ many different viewpoints.
Good luck with this, and, please let me know how you finally deal with it -
Best,
Tom T
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