{"id":1858,"date":"2013-04-15T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2013-04-15T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:53:52","slug":"voiceovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/15\/voiceovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Voiceovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clipart-microphone-square.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1859\" alt=\"clipart-microphone-square\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clipart-microphone-square-300x294.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a>I had a wonderfully unique opportunity the other day that goes to show, you never know how you&#8217;re going to come about a contact.\u00a0 A friend and colleague of mine, with whom I used to work at Kimpton, and who now works for a brand new hotel in New York called the Quin, called me to see if I wouldn&#8217;t mind recording their outgoing greeting since she knew I had a flair for voiceover work.\u00a0 Indeed this has been something of a hobby for mine, and it remains one, so it was no bother whatsoever.\u00a0 In fact, it was a bit more of an honor.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t realize that a few days later this could lead to even more.<\/p>\n<p>My friend got a call from one of her vendors not too long after my recording and inquired, &#8220;Who&#8217;s the pipes on your recording?&#8221;\u00a0 This fateful call led to my convening with the CEO of a major corporate gifts company.\u00a0 I would have a stellar sit down appointment with him within a week and before I knew it, I was the voice of his company&#8217;s outgoing greeting.\u00a0 In addition, he and I are now in conversations where I will gladly refer my event planners who need such gifts and he will gladly refer his event planners who require site selection services.\u00a0 What a fortuitous appointment for both of us, and it all began with the sound of my voice.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been told many times that I should be doing voiceover work and it seems the only reason I&#8217;m not doing this more steadily is because I haven&#8217;t really pursued it further.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always contended that if a voice agent ever came about my voice and wanted to offer me work, I&#8217;d gladly accept that opportunity.\u00a0 The only extent to which I&#8217;d pursued this side career to any measurable degree was about five years ago when the WMATA was auditioning folks to be the &#8220;Voice of the Metro&#8221;.\u00a0 I thought this was an incredible opportunity to have one of the most famous voices in our nation and yet be completely anonymous in that fame.\u00a0 If I were the voice behind &#8220;Doors Closing&#8221;, every Washington area commuter would know my voice but I could sit down next to them on the Metro without them ever knowing beside whom they sat.\u00a0 Alas, they went with a female voice that time, but I stand ready for the next audition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a wonderfully unique opportunity the other day that goes to show, you never know how you&#8217;re going to come about a contact.\u00a0 A friend and colleague of mine, with whom I used to work at Kimpton, and who now works for a brand new hotel in New York called the Quin, called me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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