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Easter and On-hold Music

I’ve been working at Marketing Messages since 1998 and I can’t think of a single time we’ve been asked to produce a Messages-On-Hold production for the Easter holiday with holiday-themed music. Easter and on-hold music just don’t blend. A custom closed-for-the-holiday auto-attendant greeting for Easter, freshly recorded each year? Yes, for sure. Countless times. Dozens … Continued

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Preparing to Record Your Audio in Studio? Pause and Reflect

Pause and reflect before recording. As a long-time yoga practitioner, mindfulness is a topic that’s near and dear to me. Being present mentally and physically takes constant effort and like all such things that take effort the results make it a worthy pursuit. When I’m feeling mentally hectic, I like to slow down, sit in … Continued

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Coached Voice Recording Session for the Ideal IVR Experience

A professional voice services firm like Marketing Messages can and will go to all reasonable lengths to give its clients the best professional voice recordings possible. But even with trained voice talents and expert audio engineers combining their wealth of first-hand experience, there is still no guarantee that the completed audio is going to sound … Continued

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Professional Voice Recording During a Power Outage? Check!

For our sister company, ModPod, I recently posted about a remote audio recording setup I have and use. At the time, I’d never used my portable rig to make a professional voice recording for Marketing Messages because I always used a vocal booth, complete with DAW, lighting, microphone, monitor, USB audio interface, and wireless keyboard … Continued