When it comes to viral videos and such, I’m always behind about 1,000,000 people in learning about them. Maybe it’s work or kids or travel but I never know about these things early on.

So to find Stephanie Ciccarelli’s post today about a viral video wedding announcement brilliantly crafted as a movie trailer that has been on morning shows and blogs for a while now, I thought why should I bother posting it?

Then I realized, there are more “me” types out there than there are viral adopters so you may not have seen it either.

Sometimes I give these things too much thought – just watch the darn thing 🙂

And congrats to voice talent Larry Wayne for getting the gig and going viral.

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Voice Talents Peter K. O'Connell, Karen Commins & Craig Crumpton in Atlanta

Enjoyed over a week-long visit with my family for Easter break in Atlanta – grandparents, cousins and in-laws, oh my! It was (it can now be revealed) the location of my “undisclosed location“.

Having now returned today, I enjoyed the great camaraderie and stories of new and old voice over friends at dinner at the Olive Garden Monday evening.

Karen Commins and her very nice husband Drew stopped sorting socks (long running joke there) just long enough to join me with tremendous stories about their life together and Karen’s very successful career. Also stopping by for a longer visit than when I was here last year was the triple threat (film actor – singer – voice actor) Craig Crumpton whose stories about his participation about the upcoming Robert Redford-directed “The Conspirator” kept the conversation going on into the parking lot! Great stuff!

These voice over meet-ups always leave me so proud of the people whom I call peers. They also fill me with hope for the enormous talent within the voice over industry. I am sincerely grateful for the time Drew, Karen and Craig shared with me.

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After the worldwide success of my YouTube debut a few months ago, while I had some time this week during a commercial session, I thought you would enjoy watching how I performed my parts for a radio spot I was cast in.

This again was a remote recording session but I think its great fun and at the end you hear the finished part – chosen not by me but by the producer of the spot. I hope you enjoy it.

And if you are not yet a subscriber to my YouTube channel, I hope you will be, it’s free.

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MALDEN, Massachusetts, April 2, 2010 – – Building on the success SunSetter Products enjoyed this year by signing professional voice talent Peter K. O’Connell to serve as the voice of the company’s national radio advertising campaign, the company has again hired O’Connell to serve as the voice of its national television campaign. The TV spots, like the radio spots, will promote the company’s famous SunSetter Retractable Awnings.

WATCH THE SUNSETTER SPOT HERE

SunSetter Products is America’s largest manufacturer of deck and patio awnings. SunSetter Awnings are the #1 best-selling retractable awnings in America. Their retractable deck awnings and patio awnings offer sun and rain protection with the convenience of opening and closing automatically. SunSetter Products also offers SunSetter Screen Rooms which make decks or patios insect-free, Window Awnings, EasyShades, and a selection of awning, deck, and patio accessories.

A professional voice talent since 1982, some of Peter K. O’Connell’s professional voiceover credits include productions for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Shell Oil, Starz Cable Channel, New Jersey Alliance and New Jersey Tourism, J. Walter Thompson Advertising (JWT), 2K Games, Cleveland Browns, Tops Friendly Markets, Island Press Publishers, Harlequin Enterprises, First Choice Power, Pathmark Supermarkets, Crosby Stills & Nash, Fashion Outlet Mall, Junior Chamber International, Peek N’ Peak Resort and Spa, Devaweb and The Advertising Club of Buffalo.

Peter is President of audio’connell Voice-Over Talent which provides English-speaking professional male and female voiceover services for national and international clients. The voice over needs of foreign language clients are served through another O’Connell-owned company, International Voice Talents. Mr. O’Connell also owns Voice Over Workshop, which provides professional voice over training to novice and experienced voice talent world-wide.

audio’connell Voice-Over Talent, International Voice Talents and Voice Over Workshop are all a part of O’Connell Communications, LLC.
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NOTES TO EDITORS

Company Media Releases ON LINE:
http://www.audioconnell.com/media

Company Name Pronunciation:
au·dio·o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-oh-kah-nel) or au·di-o’·con·nell (awe-de-oh-kah-nel)

Company Name Spelling:
Use lower case letters- audio’connell or audio’connell Voice-Over Talent

Company Web:
http://www.audioconnell.com

Company Blog:
http://www.voxmarketising.com

O’Connell Voice-Over Resume:
See resume here

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Outside of the world of fashion, I’m not sure if there is an industry that has more lists than voice over.

There are billions and billions (quite figuratively) of voice talent directories, paid and free, where voice over talents can be found and contacted for work. Keeping up with them can be a full time job.

Well you weren’t doing anything more important at the moment than reading this blog so here are two more lists you should know about and be on so get cracking.

The Minewurx Studio Voice Talent Directory – developed by Michael Minetree

VoiceTweet – developed by Trish Basanyi

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The great, wonderful, talented and kind Mary McKitrick has changed the address of her voiceover blog recently.

I just updated my voiceover blog roll on here and if you were subscribing to her OLD feed, you need to update your RSS feed too.

And if you’re not reading her blog – well you should be, so get on that right now. 😉

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