I have suggested several times over the last few years to make myself up a very special CD...now even more likely now that I can manipulate MP3's with great ease, live at gigs.

About once a year, I lose my voice completely. Sometimes its mid week for a couple of days, other times its co-insided with gigs, where I've sounded like some husky cowboy DJ, or something out of a Dr Who alien encounter...

So, my idea is an emergency "voice" CD...

At some time when my voice is fine (EG: 363 days of the year), I could record myself (with no music bed in the background) saying as many phrases as I could think of, that would get me through almost any gig.

So, what phrases would you need?...what phrases could I add?

Here's some ideas.

"Ladies and Gentlemen...keep those requests coming in"

"Last Orders"

"Time at the bar. Sorry everyone, the bar is now closed"

"Drink up !!!"

"Do your talking, while you're walkin'"

"We've been going through your requests and now..."

"We're heading back to the..."

"Sixties"

"Seventies"

"Eighties"

"Nineties"

"Nought-ies"

"We're going to slow things down with this..."

"And now, one of the brides favourite songs."

"Taxi for Smith" (a great cover up for most silences)






So, what phrases would you need?...what phrases could I add?

Gary are you trying to get the posts up so you can win the radio mic!

No, I've lost track of the post count completely since my PC went mammorys-skywards...

I had a wonderful spreadheet with allsorts of data on it, which I'd theorised, about project increase of the member count, and posts dropping down during the summer vacation times, and wedding season, and all that...it also had a summary of everyones guesses...but its all gone now.

No, tonight I should have been nearing completion on an equipment review, but got some sort of "writers block" and just ended up venting my creative energies into some topics for discussion.

Besides, I've already got a radio mic. If I were to win the Mic competition, I'd probably try to auction it off and give the proceeds to a childrens charity. In fact, theres no "probably" about it.

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! MASS POSTING TIME!

i would also add in a few punch lines to the voice cd.....

Fire!
Earthquake!
Flood!
Help!

An emergency voice cd!......hmmmnnn mine could be endless
Right I need one of me singing

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

Taxi for Jones

Taxi for Brown

Taxi for Pointon

Taxi for the bride

Taxi for sir Lance Corporal Field Marshall Swithen-Higgins M.B.E.

I could go on but the CD would be big enough

For newbie DJ's, there are 'DJ Toolkits' available where you can 'slot' in your required pro-voice-over for the right moment.
I think some are good and some are bad!!!!!

I can imagine the gig where, say, Paula is entertaining - and a deep booming male voice introduces the Buffet....and everybody slowly turns towards her with a wry smile and vacant stare!

"WHO SAID THAT!?!"