How many ways can you say that?

Voice overs can be quite unpredictable sometimes. I was booked for a spot yesterday and I had no hint of how long it might be. Thirty seconds or sixty seconds? I didn't know and I didn't care. I was just glad to be doing something in voiceovers.
I had to rearrange my day so that I could be ready to perform at 3pm, the time of my booking. I went to bed early and was up at 2pm so I could get to the studio early and perhaps get a glance at the script before I was expected to perform. I got there in plenty of time and got the script.

It was one line. The line read "Score a victory today!" I, for once, could enter the booth without a script. I warmed up with several different reads and settled on one that I saw as good (since I had no direction as yet). Finally the client called and told the engineer and myself how he wanted it read. I was to sound like a sports announcer. At first I was to use more energy, then less energy. Then I was to be dramatic. Then less dramatic.

If you read that line, you could put the emphasis on virtually any of those words. I had a great time mixing it up for the client.

It's always important to be punctual and professional. I brought my pen in case of changes in the script and I brought my water to help keep my voice tuned up. I was almost fifteen minutes early (early beats late like rock beats scissors) and ready to perform at my best. Clients are always right so I never get testy regardless of how many times he/she wants the script read or in whatever interesting ways I am directed to interpret it. I roll with it and try mightily to give the client what he wants. That's how the next job is secured.

Now I can at least look forward to a session fee for my appearance in the studio for the twenty-five minutes I was there (including the 15 minutes early).

I just love voiceovers.