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Imaging Voices

I like David Christian, J Kruz, Sean Caldwell, Brian Lee and Ann Delisi as imaging voices.
 
New Life productions is good but they are now recycling things from a few years ago.

Who does imaging on a month to month basis for a fixed price? What is the price most are charging?
 
It depends on the market size.... but you can get some great voices for $200-$400 a month.
 
What is mean is giving up on this forum except for blatant self promotion. If all she can say about Christian radio is "buy me" then I suppose that is all the participation we should expect.
 
I think growing weary of arguing is probably a step of maturity on her part. I wouldn't call it giving up.

Forums are here for discussion. If some self promotion takes place in the process of someone asking a question, I see nothing wrong with that as long as it's relevant to the discussion.

I would go a step further and say that using a forum exclusively for self promotion isn't a bad thing. In the interest of the free spread of ideas, I'm for it.

As long as it's part of a discussion going on and you don't spam the board...I think it's fine.

But others may have a different view of that than I do.
 
Agreed. I'd venture to guess that more of us radio geeks than not choose to post sparingly. In my personal life (and especially in my broadcasting experience), I have certainly been one of the many who felt a need to sustantiate their identities through their careers, or by attempting to belittle others. Thankfully, my walk with God has me at the point where I still care deeply about what I do, but it's still a job (although a cool one). Upon entering the pearly gates, I can't picture God asking about my cume, TSL, enunciation, or rotations: it'll be about how I treated Him, my wife, my kids... then my extended family, community, others (including here)... then everything else. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do (I'd love it more if I paid the bills, but y'all know the lyrics to that tune). But if and when God calls me out of broadcasting, I have to be prepared to walk. Don Mattingly knew when to quit the Yankees. Some of the legendary WCBS-FM jocks may not be back.

Anyway, the board where I see the most Christ-like behavior from its regulars is "Production." Not only are the "Jeff Laurence" and "Emmett" types extremely talented, they're also been very helpful to me and countless others ("Production" may have been a good place to have started this thread). A pleasant change of pace from the usual backstabbing sharks I've been accustomed to over the years (this is the price I pay for quitting piano lessons as a kid).

Back to the question, imaging voices I have enjoyed include radioelizabeth, Jon Rivers at times, rocker Joe Kelly (who also had a killer set of soundalike guitar beds back in the day), the mighty WLNG with their billion PAMS jingles, Star 99's Abel, WFAN's previous imager (simply outstanding - though I don't hate the newer, current package), and whomever did Salem-New York, though the name eludes me right now (LA something?). I initially liked the Jack-FM stuff because it was different, but it could get monotonous quickly at times. WLIX-FM's Scotty Hart has thrown in some interesting liners as well, making an unlikely yet effective transition from the network's past alternative rock days. You may also want to see http://www.hisair.net/voice_over.htm .

Crazy idea? Try the imaging yourself, take advice from those you trust (only those willing to say "I hate it"), take note of what captures YOUR attention without overdoing it to the point that you'll change the station, then break all previous rules and see what you create. Then shorten all of it just enough to captivate the LISTENER, it's all probably less clever than you think. Then add reverb like WLNG, big swooshes like on the old WFAN parts, and guitar twangs like WRCN used to (then again, don't if it doesn't fit). Take the money you saved on imaging and pour it into promotion (or at least pizza for the staff).
 
A really great voice is Marc Tischart from Positive 89.3 in Portland, ME. This guy not only has a heart for God, but a talent that is God Given.

His web addy is www.yourvoicenow.com Great guy and tell him Chris Scotand says hi!
 
Back to the question, imaging voices I have enjoyed include... rocker Joe Kelly (who also had a killer set of soundalike guitar beds back in the day), the mighty WLNG with their billion PAMS jingles, Star 99's Abel, WFAN's previous imager...
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I agree... with these... by the way, I just read in all access Star 99.1's Abel Sanchez has left Star 99 to be the voice of wlir. I also hear he'll soon be widely available for more stations too... May I add to the fine list above Dave Fox from WHTZ.
 
I just read in all access Star 99.1's Abel Sanchez has left Star 99 to be the voice of wlir
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don't mean to branch of the topic, but the above raises a valid question; What will Star 99 sound like in a few weeks when they have to refresh their imaging? I know Abel was on some of their promos etc... although he wasn't the voice of Star 99 but I believe he was their imager. I digress, didn't mean to wonder off the topic just had to type the thoughts that cross my mind after reading the all access posting.
 
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I just read in all access Star 99.1's Abel Sanchez has left Star 99 to be the voice of wlir
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don't mean to branch of the topic, but the above raises a valid question; What will Star 99 sound like in a few weeks when they have to refresh their imaging? I know Abel was on some of their promos etc... although he wasn't the voice of Star 99 but I believe he was their imager. I digress, didn't mean to wonder off the topic just had to type the thoughts that cross my mind after reading the all access posting.
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That's actually right on topic to me, as they'll have to replace him sooner or later (maybe with someone already mentioned above, or from people pitching themselves after hearing about it). IIRC, it wasn't that long ago that they lost rocker Zach Martin to WFAN. Maybe Abel had a rotation already recorded, and we'll hear him for a while. Maybe Beth Bacall, Keith Stevens, or Johnny Stone adds some work. I wonder if we'll hear more from George Flores, now that he's gone to Star 99 after years at 970 'DJ.
 
I don't think Star 99.1 will sound worse for losing thier imaging guy. If anything, it'll probably sound even better. Their PD, Johnny Stone, knows what he's doing. It's pretty ridiculous to think that the imaging would suffer.
 
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