This is where I produce all of my audio projects. It is an isolation booth that is 4 feet by 4 feet ready to deliver your project in 24 hours.

Contact me marty@martydaniels.com

We pick it up with the wedding singer just getting to the first punchline of “My Way” when 72 year old drummer Kwon Soon Keun takes over.

If you are like me the first thing you did was laugh and sort of dismiss this as a drummer who had grown frustrated with playing weddings…turns out, he has been doing this for years.

Usually when you watch a band, the focal point is the singer, right? Not with this band…or dare I say any band that has ever had Kwon Soon Keun as a member of it.

I think he is a genius because his bands have the same elements involved…Eye Candy singer, guitarist and keyboard player…all of which are marginal in talent and easily replaceable

With that in mind it makes me think that it would be better to have him placed in the front of the stage, let the singer and other band members be backdrops and promote him, right?

So what does that have to do with you and your project???

• Make sure your message is on point.
• Make sure you have what you’re really promoting out front.
• Make sure your script is telling the right story and that the voice providing your voice over is saying it in the right way.

Even though Mr Keun is very entertaining, you have to wonder how many of us got bored watching all the marginal and crappy “talent” he hid behind before we were able to see the “REAL MESSAGE” which most of us didn’t discover until he was 72!

Here is an animated web promo video I did for Guidewired a few weeks ago. The effect on the voice is intentional, there is nothing wrong with my studio setup! :)

Here is a recent project I voiced for the folks at Realty Pitch.

Put me to work on your project contact me today!

In this project I recorded the narration while scrolling through a power point and recorded the two simultaneously.

Do you have a Sales Letter or other powerpoint presentation you want me to voice No Problem! you can email me marty at martydaniels dot com.

Usually i have 3-4 projects and as the fay goes on the rest sort of fulls in.

Help me fill my days.. send me your project too!

I watched this episode of TED yesterday and wanted to share it with you…

What obstacles are you holding you back in life?

I bet you can overcome!

Hope you like it! Share it with a friend!

Let me know in the comments below what type of reptile my wife and I should consider getting for my two sons first pet!

The ad was sold on New York radio station WEAF – owned by Bell Telephone Company and they sold a 10-minute commercial to the Hawthorne Court Apartments in Jackson Heights, New York for $50. The ad aired at about 5:00 pm on August 28, 1922 and the business of commercial radio was born.

From 1922 the industry slowly changed to include more commercials until in the 1930′s it became a widely accepted practice. Sort of odd to think it didn’t take off like a rocket, meeting resistance from people who were committed to placing their ads in print publications.

I am excited to be offering radio stations, tv stations, production houses, web video producers and lots of other clients my services thanks to the bold move of WAEF 90 years ago this week.

All of this from my little corner of the world in Columbus, OH…How cool is that?

I met Bill DeWees in 1988 when he hired me for a weekend slot at a radio station in Columbus, OH.  I could immediately tell that Bill is different in that he actually does want each person he works with to succeed.  That’s another thing, there was never a question who our station leader was, still we worked WITH Bill which made us want to work FOR Bill.

It was only a few years later when Bill went on to take a University level teaching position but we still stayed in touch. We had become friends and over the years we would talk on a regular basis.  When Bill transitioned into being a full time voice talent, I was able to witness through conversations how he was doing it and it wasn’t long before he was excelling and developing his methods into a duplicatable system for others to learn from.

I never thought I would go into voice over but when life changed and I needed to lean into my studio experience I was grateful I could also call on my friend, Bill DeWees to help show me the ropes of the business.

If you are considering an attempt at Voice Over or if you are already actively working in voice over but not seeing the results you want to see from your efforts you’re in luck, Bill has a couple of instructional seminars coming up before the year is over.

These seminars are in a very focused, intimate setting with lots of structured interaction so you gain the most from the time in class. Take a look at the two offerings below and select the one that is right for where you are in your career.

I can promise you this.  You will come away with useful information that will help improve your efforts regardless of what level you are at.

Here is the finished product once they had the video produced.

Today I planned on doing XYZ only to be greeted by the truth that no day is my own. A surprise trip to the hospital allowed once again my priorities to shine through.

Thankfully he is home tonight. I see the relief in my wife’s face and she hears it in my voice. Once again I am able to share with anyone who reads these pages that there is no greater joy in my life than being a dad and a husband…no matter how late I have to work or how early I have to get up.

They are then going to apply it to a video on their website and others around the net.

Pretty cool stuff.

I am so grateful for these voice over opportunities. It sort of reminds me of something my grandmother used to say

“The more grateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful”

What are you grateful for today?

Lets see what I can do with your project!

Here are a few finished cuts…short…sweet…ECHOOOOOOO!

BasheBall3D Welcome-Echo

BashBall3D Time Extension-Echo

BashBall3D Level Complete-Echo

BashBall3D Game Over-Echo

They have JUST released their app of the story about David and Goliath. You can find it in the App Store.

I did not work with them on David and Goliath or on their app about Noah but you can hear me narrating the story of Daniel in the Lions Den and then also the story of Jonah.

Be sure to share this app with your friends so they can share these great stories with their kids and grandchildren.

After seeing the “resurrection” of Tupac at this years Coachella, top party brass brought things together quickly to use the same technology to create a life size likeness of the 40th President of The United States of America. .

A source familiar with the planning said

“With none of the Bush’s joining us in Tampa we really didn’t have a “rock star” to take the convention to that next level. An intern was talking about seeing Tupac at Coachella and a light went on, what bigger Republican rock star than Ronald Reagan?”

Ronald Reagan speaking at the 2012 GOP Convention in Tampa, what’s next, Pope John Paul II on Easter Sunday?  If you want to get really crazy, how bout that Beatles reunion?

Let your mind wonder.

We have one life. I don’t question or debate that. We need to OWN IT!

I GOT THE POWER!

and I hope you guys do too!

Thankfully today it is only supposed to hit 90-something here in Central-Ohio which is down right nippy compared to the last few days of 100+ degree days.

Work is just what I do. The ones I love are what is important to me and if anyone wants to know WHAT I do, it can be summed up in a few words courtesy of David Sedaris
“Me Talk Pretty…”, I do!

With that out of the way I am happy to share another story about one of my sons.

Tonight, Trina and I were able to sit in on what has thrilled the hearts of parents since the dawn of time. 

If you didn’t listen to that soundbite, you are a bad person…go ahead and listen to it now and then join me in delighting in how adorable my son is.

What was he laughing at? This video promoting the 50th anniversary of Sophie the Giraffe Teether.

Being invisible never felt so good!

Absolutely the sweetest sound ever!

Ironically, they are also good predictors of activity here in the Daniels household too as our phone IS RINGING, SERIOUSLY and instead of finding an animal in trouble on the other end of the line, I am finding folks who are needing their books narrated, their sales script read or their commercial voiced!  And it is great.

Two new clients have made me the host and producer of their podcasts…both of which sound like really cool projects.

One podcast will be a monthly offering about my beloved Cincinnati Reds, a project that was initiated over 5 years ago will be full of player interviews, game analysis and A TON OF REALLY COOL SURPRISES!  More details to come as they are available.

The second podcast will be about RC Planes…which I am just learning about but it’s ok, because that is who this podcast is for.

Maybe you are a parent looking to get your kids involved in an activity that you can do as a family?  Maybe something that will allow them to use their mind, hands and imagination?  If so,  RC Planes are a great adventure to embark on, together! And it doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg either…so stay tuned details will be forthcoming very soon!

If you have any questions or comments about RC Planes, we’ll take those and get them answered by honest to goodness RC Plane Guru’s too!

More good news is just around the corner as I am in talks with another group about hosting their podcast as well but I cannot share any details on that one yet as the ink is not yet dry on the paper.

• Do you have a hobby or passion you’d like to share with other people?
• Are you an expert in something that others are ALWAYS ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT?
• Is your company looking for a new, controlled and creative way to market their goods and services?

Contact me about producing a podcast with you.  We’ll make it sound great and I promise you’ll have fun doing it too!

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Auditioned for 12 gigs, brought home 5.

I’m a happy man!

For me, I have a handful of people that I have met throughout my life that have been inspiring, helpful, kind and in some instances brutally honest!

I have been a reluctant voice over artist for a long time, not because I haven’t found work or work hasn’t found me but because my personality is like the big playful dog who loves to be around people instead of in a studio getting things done.  So, it is a real act of discipline for me to stay in a studio and accomplish the work I do.

From time to time I want to be critiqued and this past week a really incredibly talented Voice Over Artist listened to my work and was kind enough to provide me with some feedback.  On top of the feedback the person was incredibly encouraging and that meant a lot to me.

A kind word, a word of direction or notice of your effort by another is a real boost and I am ready to go to the next level.

Some recent news stories that make you sort of shake your head and wonder how did we get here

Cambridge, MA is Considering the ban of all sales of soda in restaurants!

A woman was barred from boarding an airplane because of showing too much cleavage…

Former Tiger/Dodger player and current Arizona Diamondbacks Manager decided to manage his team over attending his sons graduation…keep in mind there are 162 games in a season and the D-Backs are not going to be a contender this year AND he has TWO EXPERIENCED FORMER MLB MANAGERS on his staff..

A North Carolina “teacher” who famously told one of her students that he couldn’t disagree with the President and also said that there were people in prison because they disagreed with George W Bush while he was President will keep her job…undoubtedly UNION preservation salvaged this obvious case of incompetence.

As a special point of trivia, ask them about their love of squirrels.

ABC reportedly garnered HUGE RATINGS for showing not only the walk but what seemed to be an eternally long pre-walk program, I imagine the ratings would have been even higher had he needed to employ the tether he had on for safety reasons.

Nik Wallenda, made it safe and sound too the other side where he was reunited with his wife and kids, uncle and dad.

Why oh why did Nik Wallenda cross the Falls? Supposedly to honor his family and in particular his grandfather who was also a stunt person…to think, one small misstep and he could have been elbowing grandfather in the ribs when they watched the rescue mission and his grieving family.

Thanks for taking more and giving less. Serving your own interests and propping up your own businesses in the process. It is thinking like this that caused a group of disenchanted people to found the country we now live in over 200 years ago. Who knows, maybe we can get all of the deadbeats out of the government someday but for now and the foreseeable future, I’m not impressed with the job you’ve done over the last several decades.

Love,
Marty

PS

You Suck!

Happy Easter.

HE IS RISEN!!!

Happy Easter.

HE IS RISEN!!!

Excitedly waiting outside another doctors office for my wife and one of my sons to wrap it up.

So I decided to checkout posting from my phone.

Oh the joys of technology!

On this project alone there is a lot of diversity like I said, you'll get some hip hop feel on some tracks but on others brace yourself for really thick lush harmonies similar to Queen and up front vocals on some tracks that resemble Supertramp and/or Styx. I know I am showing my age with the references.

Overall the project is VERY rhythmic, not really danceable but it has just enough beats and bass to make you move while you listen too it.

The Decemberists

While I've always liked what I've heard from The Decemberists, I can't say I would have ever called myself a fan...in fact, I can't recall ever including them in a playlist I created for any radio station or for my own personal listening, but if they showed up I listened and I liked. For whatever reason, today I saw it available on Amazon and decided to download the project which was just released a couple of days ago.

I've never been to one of their live shows but having heard this, I am apt to try to catch them when they come to the Columbus area. They are really interactive with the audience and seem to be a good time, even when singing about a joint suicide like on "We Both Go Down Together" which in my HumbleO sound a lot like R.E.M.'s classic "Losing My Religion".

Again, if you are unfamiliar with The Decemberists they are a big sound, plugged in, folky band.  You can for sure hear the influence of bands like the previously mentioned R.E.M, Morrissey, Siouxsie and the Banshees,  XTC and Joy Division.  Sometimes almost too much influence.

All in all, I'm glad I got the project. The Decemberists are fun and their songs are interesting.

It almost made me throw up when I heard that Whitney Houston had died.

Seriously!

It makes me sick that this once bright light made the choices and was encouraged to continue in a life of addiction. Sadly, it was her choice, maybe not to die but to start down the road of addiction and stay there.

Like many of you, I have a history with Whitney.

I was geeked and ready for her first performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I had been interning at a local radio station and her single came to the station, obviously we were playing her music.

A year or so later “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” was the first song I played on my first shift as a fulltime overnight jock at WZZT, Z103 in Columbus, OH!

In 1991 she gave comfort to the entire nation when she sang The National Anthem just days after our nation entered into war for the first time since Vietnam. The first time in my conscious life that war was anything other than a Hollywood Screenplay.

She teamed with Bebe and Cece Winans on “Hold Up The Light”, a song that was the centerpiece of a 4th of July promotion at WTLT “The Light” in Columbus, OH.

Her music was part of the soundtrack of my early adulthood and as such, when I hear her music it will take me right back to a place I haven’t been, with people I may not have seen for 25+ years and recall it all like it was yesterday.

Her music will still have that ability but sadly, we won’t have any new memories to create with the songs she could have released.

• For 15+ years I was in a radio studio every day.
• For 8 years I was on the road as a stand up comedian and even produced several shows with some VERY talented guys and gals including Hank McGill (God rest his soul) Michael Dustman, Darian Kovach, John Branyan, Mike Warnke and dozens if not hundreds more.
• In 2007 I debuted an online “conversation” about Life, Faith and Culture and how each one of those influence the others.  The program was called Humble O Radio and was my first attempt at “Talk Radio”, truthfully, something I never really held an interest in.  It went pretty well as far as tests go and even now the cataloged programs which we stopped producing back in 2008 still get a few hundred downloads on iTunes and other aggregates each month.
• Since 2002 I have been in and out of my home studio recording custom voice over projects for clients large and small.

I enjoy EACH of those areas of my life behind the mic and appreciate THE VOICE that each give me…except when they are my exclusive area of focus.  Since 1985 I’ve tried to do what I have been told “Marty, you are so good at _____ if you would focus on it you would really make a solid six figure income…” problem is none of them interest me enough to be THE ONLY THING I DO and additionally my experiences from one feed the other making each element something I enjoy more and the performance of each BETTER.

So here it is, my Voice Over Confession as I sit on this side of the screen in this holy confessional that is the internet, I don’t want to be THE BEST KNOWN, MOST BOOKED, INDUSTRY EXPPERT in any of these fields.  I want to do a little comedy, host a few talk shows online each month and do a few voice over gigs a month.  The rest of the time I want to spend with my wife and our two kids enjoying each other.

If you are looking for a Comedian…maybe I am the guy you want to hire…check out my demo’s!

If you are looking for  Voice Over Artist to voice your on hold message, commercial, wbesite intro, podcast etc…check out those demo’s and let me know!

Looking to engage in a conversation that is about life, faith and culture?  Stay tuned as we relaunch HumbleORadio in the next few weeks.

All of this will be done from my home using the talents of my wife and I.  We don’t have staff. We don’t have agents and we take each call ourselves.  It really is The American Dream!

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“Bill DeWees offers clear, concise, richly informative, and credible voice over coaching in a highly personable manner. Whether online, via his excellent tutorials, or one-to-one via phone or in person, Bill’s “can do” attitude and “here’s how” expertise is….”

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Terry Baddoo

“Bill DeWees offers clear, concise, richly informative, and credible voice over coaching in a highly personable manner. Whether online, via his excellent tutorials, or one-to-one via phone or in person, Bill’s “can do” attitude and “here’s how” expertise is….”

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I’ve been downloading apps. Most recently I downloaded the Constitution of United States of America.  It’s really incredible! I’ve never read the constitution completely from beginning to end except for in history class when I was in high school. What is an incredible document.

If you haven’t downloaded a free app of the united states constitution and you live in the united states I strongly urge you to do just that look for that your app store.i