Forum Issues and Feedback

[HollyBlythe]

Hi,
I submitted an entry for the November WaMu contest but I do not see my entry on the list. Was wondering if it went through.
Thank you in advance.

[wilddoktor]

First of all, congratulations to last month’s audition contest winners!

But…the feedback is super confusing to me.

The audition text says:

Director’s notes
This is a simulated audition for a Washington Mutual radio spot. We are looking for a classic announcer style, yet without any hard sell. One take only, slate username at the end.

Yet the feedback says (paraphrasing): “This is a TV commercial and we weren’t looking for the classic announcer read.”

I’m pretty new to VO; I spent a year researching, learning, and doing over 450 auditions on a P2P site 2 years ago, without getting a single job. I listened to as many of the winning / finished VOs as I could to figure out how to improve my reads, and found the same thing: I’ve not once heard a finished read that even remotely resembles the instructions in the audition text.

I gave up in frustration and have been out of it for about a year; but had somebody ask me to do a read for their youtube video recently (for free, of course), so I did. Then I came back here to try again, but…yeah…I’m still confused.

Obviously, the 3 winners were mind readers!

[Moose]

How do you post something new? Not seeing any buttons for ‘create post’ or ‘new post’, etc.

[RYoung]

Go back one page and hit feedback forum issues it’s directly under feedback forum, then you go to the bottom of the page and there’s a dialog box hit reply just above that.

[RYoung]

Sorry I meant to say go back to feedback forum not feedback issues and scroll down to bottom of page one and there’s a dialog box you can type your message or your script in and blow that attach your file hope that helps moose.

[kfvoice]

I am not sure what the issue is, but I tried posting (replying to the forum) my post/mp3 upload about five times Friday night in the feedback forum, and each time I would find it in the reply box at the bottom of the page. I logged out, back in, and that didn’t solve the problem.

I am sure it will post eventually, but I wanted to pass it along.

Thank you.

[jonathan.anderson]

Hi- Looks like you have been able to post on the forum since you wrote this? Please let us know if you are still running into any issues!

[jamcjon]

I registered for a webinar that’s happening right now and I still haven’t received a webinar link. Who can I talk to?

[reeyab]

Is there a way to delete a post in the feedback forum? I accidentally nested a post within another user’s post looking for feedback and I’m afraid it’s going to confuse the issue or detract from the original user’s post.

[kfvoice]

Same thing happened to me. (I asked below.) I still need to contact Edge to delete, but someone on staff who is a forum admin can delete it for you. I wish we had the capabilities to delete them ourselves (and no timer on the edit function).

[kfvoice]

FYI: after editing a post, the forum doesn’t always re-post the edit. It completely disappears.

[ElcysVoice]

How can I provide feedback on someone’s recording? I click on the Reply # to the right? The reply to box at the bottom seems like a general posting area for uploading my recordings.

[jonathan.anderson]

Hi ElcysVoice,

In order to reply to a specific post, click the hyperlinked text that says “reply” on their post, rather than the number all the way to the right. I’ve attached a screenshot to this post to show you how I replied to you!

You can always call our office at 212-868-3343 for further assistance.

Best,
Jonathan

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[aylinsings]

Anyone know how to post recordings in the feedback forum without them turning into downloadable files? I am having that issue and can’t even delete the initial post. I tried submitting in both m4a and wav formats and both times did the same thing. Thank you!

[jonathan.anderson]

Hi! You have to upload mp3s to the forum, no other file type will work properly.

[RYoung]

May 28th contest a little confusing, judge says; (In particular, the Director’s Notes said to read the script in “10 seconds or shorter.” Many auditions don’t set a time limit, let alone a range as tight as this. So there must be a reason). Directors notes actually say this; (Director’s notes
This is a simulated audition for a new Lego product: We are looking for a voice talent who can deliver a warm, fun, friendly read. Please differentiate between the “parent” voice and the “kid” voice. Slate username at the top). So no time limit was specified in notes but people were criticized for dragging out the audition? I didn’t submit because it seemed like to many characters; announcer, parent and whiny kid #1, 2 and 3? Sigh…..

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