The Purgatorians | Original and Ambitious 5 season audio drama
JamesGibbons128 for Singer for some credit sequences
I will give you a brief explanation of what the song should be about, sending you some scenes if required. I will also give the emotions the song must convey as well as the style. It will then be up to you to put some songs together and I will choose one. Please keep in mind if I do not choose a song initially, it could still be chosen for a future episode. Your songs will play throughout the credits.
I would prefer one year exclusivity to the song, starting from the day the episode goes live, but we can discuss a higher payment for full rights to them.
Don't audition with this line. Just give me samples of your singing. Various styles preferred.
Wow. What on earth have I just listened to. I thought i was clicking on an audition piece but I heard the angels singing from heaven.
Song 1 -That was absolutely beautiful and fantastic
Song 2 - I'm not sure how a song of this style would fit in but I like that you can sing different styles of songs.
Song 3 - Fantastic voice in this one too.
Song 4 - Once again I love your voice in this one. Also it's the only song I recognized.
Can I even afford you? You did look at the pay didn't you? I'm sorry but you are just so talented. I don't even know you and it's like I'm a fanboy meeting their favorite star. I'm going to stop now as I honestly can't praise you enough.
I need to ask some questions I ask all the singers.
1 - Can you write your own lyrics?
2- Can you compose your own music? If not, no problem. I can always pay for someone to create a backing track.
3 - What is your favorite style to sing? What do you consider yourself best at? Don't worry if you can't answer that. I am having trouble picking my favorite from the 4 you supplied.
Also, I have just listened to some of your submissions. Are there any acting roles that take you may be interested in too?
I haven't had a chance to look at any of your roles yet but let me know if there are any you'd like me to suggest. Also if you'd like to here mors of my music here is my tiktok (jamesgibbons128) & youtube (@jamesgibbons1886) though I don't posy nearly as much as I should hence the apply for lots of things 🥰
I have checked through your submissions and the roles I think may suit are as follows. I will link references if I have them.
As of now there is the narrator. He doesn't have a lot to do in the first 4 seasons but gets a much bigger role in season 5 when his character shifts. He is mainly used for all the extra things now such as cast interviews, pre season recaps and things like that. He needs a calm voice in this type of tone. Skip to 00:20 https://youtu.be/t9SV7K05nek
Jamie Atkinson - Main character - highest paid along with mason - Skip to 02:21 and he is in it until the trigger warning - https://youtu.be/EutOb1kHg-w
I noticed you can make your voice sound a bit older than what it is so if you want cold and calculated killers, three of the council of 5 may fit. These must sound ruthless and threatening at times except William who couldn't care less but still needs to be a little menacing in his voice to show the audience he is still a threat. These are Isaac Newbury (40s), William Evermore (Late 30s) and Frederick Chambers. (40s or 50s) - the only reference I have is a line for Isaac show how calm he can be, but still slightly menacing, when speaking of murder Skip to 00:40 https://youtu.be/EutOb1kHg-w
If you want to go full evil there is Tobia Hasple, the liberators right hand man. He speaks calmly most of the time but can flip straight over to fury. When doing the soul transfer poem, start out soft and build it up until the end when he says all is calm, all is at peace. he is the one who tricks people into giving up their souls.
I noticed you did a rougher voice in your submissions and it sounded a bit older., If you would like to try Ivar Miles. He is a guardsman for the royal bridge. his voice needs authority but he does need anger in some scenes. Do not add a thick accent to this though. Or there is Peter Miles who is not that good at his job. Skip to 00:35 https://youtu.be/APJExeVCNno
Also, there is Max Jarvis. A simple woodcutter who shy's away from fights due to his nerves and anxiety. No reference I'm afraid.
These are all the ones I think would be a good fit for your voice and I hope some take your interest.
I'll have a go at those :) but any chance you could send them to me as a script as manually writing it all down is proving to be rather tricky
Do you want me to Email it to you? If so DM me with your Email please.When you say script do you mean just what I wrote above or all the audition bios and lines as well?
Thanks I'm glad you like it 😅 I'm trained in musicial theatre but I love crooner music, folk, Classical, opera, American country & I have a guilty pleasure for 4 chord songs. I saw the pay but I haven't done any auditions for a while so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring. I do write but it would depend on what you were looking for. 4 chord songs are easy to bash out but something more complex would take more time. We can have a chat on discord about it if you want here's my @handle james128halo#1232
Thank you for your reply. I could not afford the license for songs to cover as I do not have a lot of money, only on benefits due to illness and disability, and the show is now costing roughly £30,000 per season to make for voice actors alone. This includes main episodes, Christmas Special, Anthologies and optional extras though.
What I am looking to do is show the singers who can write lyrics the scenes I want a song for the end credits based around and the style of song I'm looking for. I suppose I could hire a lyricist in the next batch of auditions though if that would help. They then create a small 30 second sample and then I choose which one best fits that episode. I then pay for it to be turned into a 2-3 minute song.
The payment stated only gives me the rights to use the song in the show which means the videos can't be claimed and given a strike or takedown notice. We can discuss a higher payment for rights to use it as standalone, either on the internet or in a soundtrack. None of these rights that I pay for give me full ownership of the songs you create or sing. We possibly could work that out in the future but as of right now full ownership would be too expensive.
There is an official Discord for the show which has a dedicated musician and singer channel which I shall add you to if you joined, although you can still speak in general chat. There are not many there yet but you do have a little fan club there. https://discord.gg/XKQfAUEn