Jesse Springer - Filmmaker & Voiceover Artist

Well it’s been a busy week. A lot of auditions going on. Yesterday, found out I’ve got a shot at being the next network voice for a popular cable channel, which could potentially mean a daily workload and a heck of a lot of fun. It’s been a several year goal of mine to work in promos, and with the youthful “edge” I bring to my work, I think this particular network would be right up my alley.

When I first got started in voiceovers, I remember being the official network voice for Rogers Television in Ottawa, Canada, at age 15! The people there were so kind to me to open that door, give me the opportunity and the feedback to improve that skill. From that point, recording in my closet with an old, trusty AudioTechnica AT-4033 microphone, I feel like I’ve come a long way, but have so much more I can’t wait to accomplish.

I was watching the 2010 Little League World Series on ABC a few months ago and realized they didn’t have a promo voice for the show. When I brought it up to my agents, they reminded me it’s possible they simply didn’t want one, but my gosh I think it would have helped the excitement and drama of the show. So much so that I even recorded a little sample promo for it with my spare time.

I’ve been seeing so many opportunities out there recently where I feel my voice could fit right in, but hey, sometimes I get ahead of myself, and the producers know what they’re doing! If they don’t have a voice on the program, it really may be because they just don’t want one.

Anyway, like I said, there’s a lot going on for me. I’ve been doing a lot of mobile recording, and I’m shocked at the quality I’m getting. From my home studio, I get an extremely dead sound, and after recording in my car, where I have just the slightest bit of diffusion, I’m beginning to think my home studio may be just a little too dead. Here’s an example of a recent recording from my mobile recording studio.

I know this picture’s not the greatest, so let me break down the simple chain I have going on here. I’ve got my Sennheiser MKH-416 on my small, portable mic stand with the shotgun shockmount. That’s hooked into the CEntrance MicPort Pro (which I picked up at Zurek’s recommendation). From there, I run a micro USB into my MacBook Pro where I capture audio into Audacity (free!) Couple that with the utter quiet inside the Lexus, and it makes for a pretty convenient (though sometimes hot) recording booth.

Well, tonight I have a few auditions out of New York to tackle. It’s interesting working with the different time zones; I would normally record them first thing in the morning, but morning to me is nearly lunch to them!

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