GTT Client Profile: Marc Graue, Voice Over Legend
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GTT Client Profile: Marc Graue, Voice Over Legend

B1IntermediateApril 27, 202629 min
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What does it take to survive (and thrive) through every era of voiceover? Studio engineer, producer, and VO talent Mark Graue joins George Whittam to share stories from radio hustle to Hollywood studios, working with legends, and building a career that adapted from analog tape to today’s digital world. From a near-disastrous timecode session to landing VO work at Hanna-Barbera, this episode is packed with hard-earned lessons on engineering by ear, storytelling in demos, and knowing when to step away. Timeline 00:00 – Audio service promo 00:22 – Cold-call spec spots: the original hustle 03:12 – Breaking...

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GTT. Not sure if your audio sounds professional. A sound check by George The Tech removes all doubts and explains the next steps. Audio books, podcasts or voiceovers. For content creators, we do it all. New customers get 20% off their first service with coupon code XPTO. George The Tech.

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And so I would call people and go, hey, you know, I've heard your ads on the radio. I just wanted to play it back some and I would actually write a spot and play it back to them and they'd go 90% of the time. It was great. A couple of times it was very funny with the, I just need to pick up a check. No worries, man. Well, you know, we'll send you one. I'm thinking I'm not going to get home unless you give him a check.

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George the tech. Hey, everybody. It's George the tech back again for another trusted partner interview. And this is not just any interview and this is just not any partner. I'm talking to him with a legend and he'll tell you why he's a legend in a minute. An old friend and an incredible talent and studio engineer, producer and just a juggernaut

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