May 10, 2005

speak to me

The wheels are turning on the audiobook version of Foop! If all goes as planned, it could be the greatest thing to hit your ipod since Arcade Fire.

After much debate, the book will be read by Chris, taking on the role of Joe, the narrator in Foop! This decision was made after Chris realized that the only other people who could pull it off, Crispin Glover and Tiny Tim, were either out of reach or quite dead.

With Chris in place to narrate and a few genius sound desigers being considered, there's still the matter of the supporting cast. Chris briefly considered doing all of the voices himself, but then he realized that while he can do a mean impression of Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, he's a far cry from Mel Blanc.

So we're holding open auditions for all those interested in using their voices for something besides yapping about some nonsense for once. If you're one of the amazing folks who has already read Foop!, and you believe you can do a good voice for Mr. Burk, Martini, Ba Hubba, May, Mrs. Burk, or any other minor character in the book, here's your chance to be part of what promises to be a sonic masterpiece for the ages. There will be music, sound effects, Chris' heavy breathing, and, possibly, you.

To audition, all you have to do is record yourself reading a chunk of dialogue from the book in the voice of a supporting character of your choice. Just pick a favorite scene, get a scene partner, fire up that cheap computer microphone you have sitting in your closet, and go for it. The more unique your voice is, the better. Once you're done, email the file in mp3 format to me here.

Since a lot people aren't computer savvy enough to record an mp3 of their voice (Chris' family, I'm looking in your direction) Chris set up an audioblog here where you can post your audition over the phone. How cool is that?

If you really, really, really want to audition for Joe, be my guest. In that case you can just read a chunk of text and not have to worry about a scene partner. But keep in mind that you'll be up against Chris, who's a total vocal stud.

If you enter and don't get picked I will still post a clip of your audition on this site for kicks. You have until the end of June to submit. Godspeed.

And if you haven't read the book yet...well, what in the name of H.R. Pufnstuf are you waiting for? GET IT!

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