I’m always listening for new voices to match with stories.
Pay rate: $5 USD per 500 words, rounded up. Minimum $30, maximum $75. Max story length we run is 7500 words. Payment via PayPal.
To audition, send a demo of you reading a few paragraphs of something of your choice that is not rhyming poetry. Put VOICE DEMO: Your Name in the subject bar of your email, attach your file as wav, aiff, or mp3, and send it to curiousgallery@gmail.com. Please leave about 5 seconds of silence at the beginning or end of your recording for a noise sample.
Large file transfer – my favorite service WeTransfer. It’s free.
I prefer to work with raw recordings. Most of our narrators do not use studios. Experienced narrators – please turn off the compressor. It makes the noise harder to remove.
If you live on a street or near an airport, I recommend recording without headphones so you will know when to pause for passing motorcycles or airplanes. Those are the most difficult noises to remove as they tend to have a rising frequency.
Stories in search of Voices as of November 2019:
We are listening for someone who sounds:
Male, natural British Isles accents for longer works (over 5000 words)
Female, 2nd gen South Asian diaspora
Male, Black American, (‘Voice of God’ southern preacher type would be ideal)
Male, American ‘Noire’ guy
