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Episode 151, July 21, 2014

Demo Demo Derby

Guests: Cliff Zellman and Uncle Roy Yokelson

0:00:00  Incomparable Promo (with echo SFX)

0:01:02  Intro Video

0:01:46  The opening, complete with monster truck voicers.

0:02:41  Ground Rules for the Demo Demo Derby.  Tonight will be about technical quality.

0:03:15  Cliff tells about his work with demos.

0:03:46  Roy describes his work.  

0:05:01  Cliff describes what the modern demo must be.

0:05:38   Dan describes tonight’s goal to look at production of the demo and audio quality.

0:06:49  First demo (audiobook).  

0:08:29  Critique.  They liked the performance.  Roy thinks it needed more breaths and pacing was off.  Recording quality good, though George said levels were low.  

0:11:15 George on mastering.  RMS was -25.  It should be closer to -20dB.  It appears almost raw.  

0:13:19  Sponsor words.  

0:14:46  Next demo.  Commercial demo.

0:16:02  Discussion.  Cliff wanted more variety.  Roy wanted to see more range demonstrated.  

0:17:35  Roy talks about sequencing of demos.  

0:18:21  Cliff says a demo must be entertaining.  

0:19:40  J.S. Gilbert commented that it wasn’t actual broadcast spots.  Don’t break out with the nationals that you didn’t do unless you really pull it off.  

0:21:00  Don’t try to fool the casting director.  

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