Voice Trackers

[truthsayer]

Dear All Voice Trackers,

Now you are the one carrying on a tradition called broadcasting, ok to you it's just a job. I plead with you all of you spend time in that studio. You should listen to the whole bit not the front and back only. Know the music and keep it moving. When you talk the music should not stop for you. You are a creator, create! Always keep in mind there are radio legends listening thinking what a awful jock. That is if you care what they think. Feel the music and your audience and the day of the week events scheduled around the city etc. If you create a whole show in 20 minutes you need to go back in and sharpen that sucker up. Ask me, it should take no less than 2 hours.

Last of all think about all those dreams voice tracking has dashed and the jobs that have been loss due to voice tracking. Remember one thing still stands true in radio. Your only as good as your last show BABY!

Now go into that studio and CREATE like you might on a great date.

I love you all and love radio so much I have re-gifted my only I Pod radio for you.

 

[fmtooner]

Ask me, it should take no less than 2 hours.

if it takes you that long, what are you doin for an hour and fifteen minutes?

 

[rocknrollisdead]

Dear All Voice Trackers,

Now you are the one carrying on a tradition called broadcasting, ok to you it's just a job. I plead with you all of you spend time in that studio. You should listen to the whole bit not the front and back only. Know the music and keep it moving. When you talk the music should not stop for you. You are a creator, create! Always keep in mind there are radio legends listening thinking what a awful jock. That is if you care what they think. Feel the music and your audience and the day of the week events scheduled around the city etc. If you create a whole show in 20 minutes you need to go back in and sharpen that sucker up. Ask me, it should take no less than 2 hours.

Last of all think about all those dreams voice tracking has dashed and the jobs that have been loss due to voice tracking. Remember one thing still stands true in radio. Your only as good as your last show BABY!

Now go into that studio and CREATE like you might on a great date.

I love you all and love radio so much I have re-gifted my only I Pod radio for you.

Have you been listening to (INSERT RADIO CALL LETTERS HERE) on the weekends again?

 

[truthsayer]

fmtooner if it takes you 15 minutes to lay tracks perhaps you need to heed my advise. This is the 4th largest city and deserves better. This is a MAJOR MARKET give it thought feel the mood of the song your playing. Your flow is everything with your talking with the music dont stop the music to talk. You spending 15 minutes to lay tracks only makes your show less. You can be more. Have fun! Please never admit that you spend 15 minutes again. I do not think it does you well.

 

[truthsayer]

Dear All Voice Trackers,

Now you are the one carrying on a tradition called broadcasting, ok to you it's just a job. I plead with you all of you spend time in that studio. You should listen to the whole bit not the front and back only. Know the music and keep it moving. When you talk the music should not stop for you. You are a creator, create! Always keep in mind there are radio legends listening thinking what a awful jock. That is if you care what they think. Feel the music and your audience and the day of the week events scheduled around the city etc. If you create a whole show in 20 minutes you need to go back in and sharpen that sucker up. Ask me, it should take no less than 2 hours.

Last of all think about all those dreams voice tracking has dashed and the jobs that have been loss due to voice tracking. Remember one thing still stands true in radio. Your only as good as your last show BABY!

Now go into that studio and CREATE like you might on a great date.

I love you all and love radio so much I have re-gifted my only I Pod radio for you.

Have you been listening to (INSERT RADIO CALL LETTERS HERE) on the weekends again?

I got some call letters for what is going on here!

 

[MorningTFXdude]

fmtooner if it takes you 15 minutes to lay tracks perhaps you need to heed my advise. This is the 4th largest city and deserves better. This is a MAJOR MARKET give it thought feel the mood of the song your playing. Your flow is everything with your talking with the music dont stop the music to talk. You spending 15 minutes to lay tracks only makes your show less. You can be more. Have fun! Please never admit that you spend 15 minutes again. I do not think it does you well.

With voice tracked 'shows' becoming just sweepers and live liners in between music, I'm not surprised it takes only fifteen minutes nowadays!

 

[fmtooner]

fmtooner if it takes you 15 minutes to lay tracks perhaps you need to heed my advise. This is the 4th largest city and deserves better. This is a MAJOR MARKET give it thought feel the mood of the song your playing. Your flow is everything with your talking with the music dont stop the music to talk. You spending 15 minutes to lay tracks only makes your show less. You can be more. Have fun! Please never admit that you spend 15 minutes again. I do not think it does you well.

yeah, i get it. mood, feel, thought. now what is it you do with the other hour and 45 minutes?

 

[truthsayer]

FM TOONER

The other 45 minutes you can think about your next show perhaps lay a track and start a theme or flavor to the next show.

All I am saying make the show a show make it move give some attitude give the listener something to listen for not too.

Listen to Dan Galo on 1075 he seems to have it right in my book. He keeps it moving he is not bla bla mood.
He gives it energy and feels the the music and really gets the listener listening to him with attention.

 

[fmtooner]

FM TOONER

The other 45 minutes you can think about your next show perhaps lay a track and start a theme or flavor to the next show.

All I am saying make the show a show make it move give some attitude give the listener something to listen for not too.

Listen to Dan Galo on 1075 he seems to have it right in my book. He keeps it moving he is not bla bla mood.
He gives it energy and feels the the music and really gets the listener listening to him with attention.

right. move some attitude, lay a flavored track. theme the listener with bla bla. i'm sure dan spends 2 hours tracking - 15 minutes on the board and an hour and 45 minutes commuting.

i actually like dan's morning show...live, of course.

 

[PapillionWyngs]

Actually, Dan Gallo does spend two hours voice-tracking. He is a friend of mine - and now, he has it down to such a science, they can put the time in there, to the minute. I haven't heard a slip-up once. Do I hate voice-tracking? Absolutely. I see it as the beginning of the end of the live radio that I grew up with. There were DJ's that I wanted to emulate. I even had ONE whole demo tape when I was 18 - went nowhere, fast. That's back when you had to pass a test to be a DJ, and they were DJ's, not radio personalities.

It's a sad day when only drive-time morning and afternoon and weekends are live.

A very sad day, indeed.

 

[its time w (your name)]

You get what you pay for. If you care about quality, serving the community, and doing your sponsors justice, you wont be voicetracking anyway.



"Voicetrack" some beancounters if you need to cut budget.

 

[truthsayer]

Do a live show what a concept!

Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[the brakes]

Well said truthsayer! It's having a PASSION and PRIDE in what you do! If I hear a jock "mailing it in" it makes me sick. There are way to many pro's looking for work and for anyone NOT give it their best effort is a kick in the @^$! to every great jock that inspired others to enter this profession. I've spent more than 20 years in Major Markets and (luckily) have never had to voice-track. With that in mind...if I was asked to VT because they simply couldn't pay me what a "live and local" talent deserves, I'd still come in and do my show LIVE! Yes, it's a hell of a monetary savings for the Company...but the bottom line is...I still have to live up to my OWN expectaions!

 

[its time w (your name)]

...for anyone NOT give it their best effort is a kick in the @^$! to every great jock that inspired others to enter this profession.

No, to force what should be a major daypart performer to can their show for hourly wages is a kick in the nuts to every great jock that inspired all that.

I dont voice-track. Staying busy anyway, and I sleep well.

 

[Disco Jonn]

To do a quality voice track session, it takes me about 1 hour to do a 5 hour show. This combines current events that are not day sensitive. I try and do a couple days in advance so like on Monday, I'm recording for Tuesday & Wednesday. I also combine with the liner cards for the station plus throwing some info on weather or current events. It usually takes me 30 minutes to record and then at least 30 minutes of looking up info to talk about.

Now to say you need to spend 2 hours to voice track, that is a little extreme. Perhaps this is what Corporate radio wants!!! What is the actual going rate to voice track a daily show??? The Company I work for pays $15 a day. There is no bonus or extra pats on the back for good numbers. Unfortunately, this is the direction radio is going.

I, probably like most jocks, take pride in my show. I have worked with some jocks that could care less and you can hear it in there VT'ing. They are probably the ones saying they can get a 5 hr show done in 15 minutes.

 

[truthsayer]

To do a quality voice track session, it takes me about 1 hour to do a 5 hour show. This combines current events that are not day sensitive. I try and do a couple days in advance so like on Monday, I'm recording for Tuesday & Wednesday. I also combine with the liner cards for the station plus throwing some info on weather or current events. It usually takes me 30 minutes to record and then at least 30 minutes of looking up info to talk about.

Now to say you need to spend 2 hours to voice track, that is a little extreme. Perhaps this is what Corporate radio wants!!! What is the actual going rate to voice track a daily show??? The Company I work for pays $15 a day. There is no bonus or extra pats on the back for good numbers. Unfortunately, this is the direction radio is going.

I, probably like most jocks, take pride in my show. I have worked with some jocks that could care less and you can hear it in there VT'ing. They are probably the ones saying they can get a 5 hr show done in 15 minutes.

Your experience and strive for excellence says it all!

 

[iused2bsomebody]

Voice tracking is killing radio. As long as real radio talent agrees to join the dark side and voice track, they are not only prostituting themselves but killing real radio.

 

[Disco Jonn]

Voice tracking is killing radio. As long as real radio talent agrees to join the dark side and voice track, they are not only prostituting themselves but killing real radio.

The problem is..... if you don't VT... someone else will.

What is everyone else making voice tracking moneywise?

 

[its time w (your name)]

Voice tracking is killing radio. As long as real radio talent agrees to join the dark side and voice track, they are not only prostituting themselves but killing real radio.

The problem is..... if you don't VT... someone else will.

What is everyone else making voice tracking moneywise?

I dont voicetrack, and I'm working.

I cant solve the problem, but I refuse to support it.

 

[latino2008]

Voice traking happens alot more in english radio and no so much in the hispanic industry i guess thats a good thing!