Voiceovers/Announcements

Not all shows need annoucements, but it's sometimes nice to tell your visitors about your show. You likely have neighbors, too, and perhaps you don't want visitors to honk their horns, drive on lawns, and so forth so you want to post some 'rules of the road,' so to speak. Or maybe your show is supporting a favorite cause and you want to make sure your visitors have the opportunity to donate to that cause.

There's no magic to a good voiceover. Some obvious and easy requirements are:

• VOCAL CLARITY. If the listener can't understand what you're saying, the voiceover won't be successful.
• APPROPRIATE VOLUME. If speaking over a music track, be sure to lower the background music enough so the listener's ear doesn't have to fight between the music and your message. Laying a voiceover on top of another track containing speech or lyrics is generally not a good idea.
• LENGTH. Shorter is always better. Your audience didn't come to hear you. You know how annoying it is to see multiple commercials on television, right?

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