Grant goes Virtual at Oregon Historical Society website

I received and email from the producer of the Oregon Historical Society's "Windows on America" project where I voiced Ulysses S. Grant. He was happy to announce that the tour will be going virtual on their website as a 'web-tour" and would be including the Grant voice-over as part of the project.

It's funny, even though the producer described my interpretation of Grant's voice as right-up-there, I always wanted to go back and redo the part with the heretofore unread description of what Grant's voice sounded like to Mark Twain from his autobiography notes; " His voice was the soft, rounded, Ohio River accent to which my ears were earliest used to from my steam boating uncles and earliest heroes".

I did a somewhat standard crusty version, but with some nuanced channeling to give authenticity to the time and tenor to the moment.

Will be receiving the link shortly and will post it as soon as it's operational.

To hear Grant when it arrives or to visit the Oregon Historical Society's web site click here: Oregon Historical Society "Windows on America"

By: +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services 

Vascular Exhibit Pumps-Up with TC & Company

PTM Healthcare, Inc  unveils its "November 2014 Invitation to exhibit at the 41st Annual VEITH Symposium in New York." presentation video with +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services.

 Trying to engage the medical community to participate in a medical forum can sometimes be a daunting task. When there's a certain eclectic segment of that profession such as vascular surgeons & specialists, the best thing you can do...is speak their language. PTM Healthcare, showcases key areas of concern that touches on what matters most...A True Symposium that reaches for the exchange of ideas and discoveries. 

They wanted a voice over that would communicate a pacing that kept time with a POV concept of an attendee browsing the various outlets of the Symposium. +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services gave the read a tempo of personal interest, movement and approachable professionalism. 

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TAG' IN Along withFranklin Mutual Insurance

Franklin Mutual Insurance keeps the continuity of their TV campaign rolling along with +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services as principal voice over. It's a gratifying tribute to any actor to be asked back to continue a successful TV campaign. The creative folks at  Morbelli & Russo Advertising and Media Mechanix, partnered to produce (3) new tv commercials that confront policy holder issues.

By: +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services

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New Hyde Park Museum needs your Help

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Always willing to help a community cause, TC & Company offered to lend a hand with some voice-over and audio production for the New Hyde Park Museum's donation drive. Here's a video that was given some grass roots personality with a welcoming approach. The use of Power-Point lends an added bit of professionalism for a polished YouTube vehicle.

By: +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services 

SamSung - T'was the Season to check it Twice

 

Samsung ran a voice-over audition with my on-line agent last week and for some reason I didn't get the notice. It just happened to be the end-of-the-year and had some extra time to wonder around their audition 'calls page' and caught the post for Samsung's ATIV Book 9 Lite. 

 Dead Famous Advertising, Vancouver, BC was doing the casting and the creative where the premise was that two old high school sweethearts have used their Samsung laptops to "get slim" prior to meeting at their high school reunion...which begs emphasis on the word "slimmer" at the end of the read. 

The specs went on to ask for: friendly, approachable, brand-worthy voices. The audition was due in 3 hours...the clock was ticking and figured why not give it a whack and send in a one-take audition for consideration. That was on Monday, December 30. 

Friday January 3rd, I heard from D/F Advertising that it was their pleasure to inform me I was chosen for the part. I called D/F/A and spoke with an agency partner who just wanted the read to be performed exactly as the audition. No worries in that regard and sent in a few extra alternates to boot.

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Click to play extended COMEDY version

By:+Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services

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Rambling with Gambling | Tom Clifford Guest Appearance

Family Tradition Ends

It was announced that John Gambling would be doing his last radio show on Friday, December 20, after 27 years... ending a family tradition that has lasted since the 1930s & '40s. And according to the Guinness Book of World Records; "Rambling with Gambling" is the longest running radio show in history.

In 1997, I had the good fortune to sit-in with John as his Traffic Reporter For-a-Day on his early morning WOR radio Show. Ah, it was a chilly December 10th morning as I recall... and dark too. 5:15 AM was the call time at WOR Studios - 1440 Broadway. We did the traffic at 6:40 AM and that's when the fun would begin with celebrity characters detailing the roadways of New York.

John was a pretty good sport and great foil straight-man. We had something in common of a theatrical nature, in that he and I were both on the soap 'Loving'. He played a Fire-Chief in an episode and I had the Doorman gig as Sturgeon for about 2 1/2 years. I did a lot of voices on that show...including King Kong!

Here's John in the studio at WOR. For a highlight of the December 10th, 1997 show: Click to hear show

 

Here’s how it all got started.

Minding my business in Nov of ’97, I got a call from Anita Tapia, a pal of my apartment days in Queens.

She told me that WOR was running this contest for a stand-in traffic reporter on the John Gambling Show.  She thought I’d be a shoe-in if I did some imitations reporting the traffic as my audition.

The rest is history. You can hear part of the audition at the opening of the program.
By:  +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services

New tech A-D-V-A-N-C-E-S opportunities !

Got something of an education on this one.

Advance at Home PT - had asked for a message program after seeing a Special Offer email  the New Hyde Park Chamber ran for TC & Company in October. TC & Company Special Offer - NHPC Email

At the time, Advance had a rudimentary phone system and was using Google Voice to administer their navigation of calls and outgoing messages. Google Voice accommodates wave & mp3 produced audio files.
Problem was, Google only allows 30 second lengths of outgoing message and Advance had much more to say.
By December, Advance had done some homework into the VoIP market and selected: Ring Central as their new business phone provider...Well, talk about voice & production options. Plus, they were now able to avail themselves of Ring Central's On-Hold feature. TC & Company wound-up producing all their VoIP programs. Here's a portion: Click to hear - Advance at Home Physical Therapy (Message Program)

 

By: +Tom Clifford, VoiceOver & Creative Services