Additional Feedback Needed for Rejected Sample
Hi, I've just had an email telling me that this sample has been rejected:
Corporate Narration (RP)(sample 37963)
The reasons given were:
- Your sample does not reflect the age selected in the attributes.
- Your sample sounds undesirably over-processed, that is impacting the quality. It may be due to a noise reduction plugin, an EQ, or a noise gate, for example.
Firstly, I'd like to know what age range you think this clip sounds like. It is currently set to 'middle age'.
Secondly, this sample is from my professionally recorded demo, produced by The Voicereel in London, who make demos for a great deal of London's biggest agencies. Surely that must mean that the quality is up to scratch? As far as I know he didn't add any excessive processing to the recording, in fact he specifically told me that as the Neumann U87 sounds so good, he doesn't mess with the EQ at all. Please be specific about what you feel is wrong.
Finally, I'd like to say that this sample is by far the one that clients reference the most in VoiceBunny bookings, so I really hope you will seriously reconsider your rejection of it, as this will potentially impact the amount of work I get from you quite considerably.
Many thanks,
Matt
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Hi Matt,
I agree with you; age is not an issue in this sample, it does sound like it belongs in the middle age category.
However, the quality is one of a professionally produced sample, which has tons of compression and EQ. As you say it was produced by a studio, but unfortunately that's not what we normally offer our clients. Some of them do the production themselves and don't like it when it's been already produced.
We believe your samples should be representative of the work you will submit so our clients have a better idea when choosing talents.
I understand your concern regarding bookings from that specific sample but remember that our search is more about you as a whole (your stats, price, success rate...etc) rather than an individual sample.
I hope this makes it clear, and thanks for bringing this case up. We'll review it with our team to improve our alignment regarding age groups.
-Seb
Hi Seb,
Thanks for your reply, I’m glad you agree on the age thing.
I guess I see what you’re saying about the compression, and giving the clients an accurate idea of what they’ll receive from me. I suppose I could redo that sample on my own equipment, though unfortunately I don’t have acccess to that backing track. Do you think it’s better to redo it without music anyway?
Thanks,
Matt
Yup, I'd go without music, that way the client's focus will be solely on your voice.
OK thanks Seb, I’ll have a go at doing that sometime soon. I suspect the other samples from my demo reel will also get rejected before too long, so I’ll probably do the same for those too.