BigMouthStudio

96 Rock Studio Session

2008-11-01T21:10:00.000-04:00

Check this out... Me in a studio session doing voice work for 96 Rock

96 Rock Studio Session from ZEDiMac on Vimeo.

And the beat goes on and on and on....

2008-06-08T07:00:00.007-04:00

Note how time flies when your having fun... and I am have lots of fun... Started a new project that includes my favorite genre of music.. Classic dance music to be exact... Disco, HiNRG and some Freestyle from the late 70's to the mid 80's. It all started with this idea that I had to do a live syndicated show for radio and web broadcast (Which I am still working on). My working title is "On the Beat with Jerry McCrae" a weekly 3 hour show of all that great classic dance music that would make you want to get up and boogie oogie oogie till you can't boogie no more. Then I get the idea that I should learn how to beat mix just like the do in the clubs, so I can do this for the show. PaceMaker (No not that heart thing) is a new device from Tonium. It's an MP3 player that list for like $899.00 US (but the software is FREE!). Now this player has 2 play decks with all the controls to allow you to beat mix. Check out all my really cool classic dance mixes at BMS's PaceMaker Page! It'll make you say "In The Mix With Jerry McCrae", or "Jerry McCrae just ah gettin it on the 1's and 2's!" Oh and BTW if you wanna help me afford this player please make a donation to my cause... Please? PayPal donations accepted:

I'll keep you posted on the total.. So far I've added $25 of my own, so only 874 US to go... :-)

Sweeper, Sweeper Man your Brooms!

2008-01-23T19:15:00.000-05:00

I just wonder where they came up with the term "sweeper" for a produced piece of audio that is played between 2 songs? Perhaps its because these are played in a long sweep of non-stop music. Our friends across the pond call the same piece of produced audio a jingle. Well no matter what you call it here is one of them.....

Talent Database dot com

2008-01-16T20:00:00.000-05:00

Here is a new way to promote your talent.... It's called of all things Talent Database... rather catchy don't ya think? Check out BMS at the Talent Database dot com!

BigMouthStudio :30 Spot

2008-01-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

Part of the reason for my blog is to showcase my talents as a voice over guy and production guy. When your on my blog and you see white circle with a ">" inside of it, this is the "BigMouthStudio Wimpy Player" click on the ">" to hear audio. Todays audio is my latest spot for internet radio... Here we go!

Look what bounced off the "SB"!

2008-01-07T19:58:00.001-05:00

I found this great website that you can store audio clips for all to find. This website is called SoundBoard. This is just another FREE tool to use to get your service found. You never know when you might need to use the free player to embed on your favorite blog. Check it out!

All those little Knobs!

2008-01-05T05:14:00.000-05:00

Now that 2008 is firmly in command, it's time to think about upgrades to the infrastructure here at BigMouthStudio.com. This time around it will be a hardware upgrade. I think that a compressor / limiter & an exciter would be an excellent addition to BMS. The problem is, "What do all those little knobs do"? How do you keep the sound that you've got and fully use the new equipment to enhance that sound, when you have not a clue on where to set all those knobs? Trail and error? If you ask Alan he will tell you that I am the "King of Warm" and that I have found that "One" thing that makes my current set up work. Ah yes all those little knobs! On top of that how do I rationalize the cost -vs- the effect that this hardware would have on my work flow in the studio. Where can I get a micro loan? I don't think that I qualify for Kiva.org, Loans that change lives. Perhaps we will have to wait until 2009, Or if could get 40 people to give me $25 each, then I would have enough money to upgrade BMS... notice I said give... not loan! :-)

Make a difference in 2008!

2008-01-01T20:13:00.000-05:00

Everyone makes resolutions for the new year and for the most part they are not worth the paper that they are printed on. I have decided to make a difference this year and I have found a way to help others $25 at a time. Kiva is a website that matches people with a few dollars to spare with business owners in Africa, South America and other less fortunate countries that need loans to expand there business. In most cases these businesses need $300 to $1,500 and would not be able to get a loan the way you and I do. So if you can spare $25 to make a difference in somebody life check out Kiva "loans that change lives"! My first $25 goes to a Taxi Driver in Uganda Anatona Kakooza who needs repairs made to his taxi to continue in business. BMS Lender Page at Kiva!

2008 A New Year

2007-12-29T10:15:00.000-05:00

I am so looking forward to the new year 2008 and I am wondering what might be in-store for BigMouthStudio? Perhaps a bunch of new clients and making new business contacts like my friend Alan over at VoxJunction or Kris a up an coming voice talent. It's really the people that we meet in the course of business that really makes a new year prosperous. So here's to the new year 2008 may it be full of wonderful people. Happy New Year 2008 from Jerry McCrae and BigMouthStudio!

Happy Holiday's

2007-12-24T06:51:00.000-05:00

I wish the very best for you this holiday season. Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from Jerry McCrae and BigMouthStudio.com!

Dear Santa!

2007-12-20T20:00:00.000-05:00

I have been a really good boy Santa... No really I have and I deserve so much more than a big old lump of coal. This year instead of the coal, would you mind bringing me a brand new Neumann. So if it not tooooo much of a problem would you drop off the "Neumann U87 Anniversary Set"? It has everything that I want in a carrying case and just drop it off at BigMouthStudio. Don't worry Santa it will find me just fine. Psssst! Just between you and me, I will have lots of cookies ready on Christmas Eve. Thanks in advance Santa! You're the best! P.S. If you don't get me the Neumann U87, would you please bring me Stella? Thanks a bunch Santa!

Hello Gorgeous!

2007-12-18T20:38:00.000-05:00

I know what you are saying right now. "Jerry you are such a geek" and "Yes" you are correct that I am a geek. I have always loved the look of the old school Vespa Scooters and now Genuine Scooters brings back old school scooters that are brand new with a manuel transmission and loads of fun. WOW this scooter is very cool. Hello Stella... Hello Gorgeous! Stella, soon to be the official transportation of BMS! :-)

Just say "I saw it on the Radio"!

2007-12-18T05:31:00.000-05:00

Perhaps I am spoiled with satellite radio, I sit through endless hours of music with for the most part no radio DJ and very little imaging. I guess that is the trade off that I must make not to sit through 7 minutes worth of spots. Yes 7 minutes is what some stations play in the spot cluster (at :21 and :47). Back in the day we used to play 9 minutes an hour (3 minutes each at :21, :35 and :47) and all spots were sold. Most hours would not have a break at :35. Today stations are selling to a saturation point and they play spots in all spaces that are not filled. Every hours has a full 14 minutes worth of spots giving you more than enough time to say "I saw it on the radio"!

AM Radio is now DEAD?

2007-12-16T13:43:00.000-05:00

I remember listening to the world on my transistor radio that picked up great stations like CKLW the Big 8, WOWO Radio 1190, 610 WTVN, and WWWE AM 1100 (Now WTAM), no doubt I had more dead 9 volt batteries and was always in need of fresh new ones. The little ear piece that you could pick for $1.29 at any Radio Shack was damn uncomfortable. Bob Sievers from WOWO used one of those ear pieces to monitor WOWO, I should know I sold him one when I worked at Radio Shack. Wow who knew? Then FM radio came around and they said AM would die, we now have HD Radio and AM still lives on. When we all able to pick up Net Radio in our cars will AM radio finally die or will they reinvent themselves once again? Would it be profitable to start a Net Radio station? How dose Net Radio make money? I have a couple of friends that have Net Radio Stations and they are not making a cent because listeners are not willing to set through 7 minutes of commercial announcements. Will Steve "Boom Boom" Cannon (Hello WHLO AM 640) still be the King of Trivia? All points to ponder while listening to our favorite AM station. Now back to much more music on the big 8 CKLW!

"State of the Art"

2007-12-16T06:25:00.000-05:00

I find it interesting the way things are sold and imaged. Take for example the statement "State of the Art", back in the day this was used to sell new TV's that had digital circuitry and no longer relied on tubes and this was a vast improvement. Back then TV shows were in B&W and I remember watching the FBI on Sunday night and the statement on the screen was "In Color" and we were watching on a B&W TV! How we wanted to watch that show in color. Fast forward today... TV shows can now be viewed in HD and on my web site it says "Jerry does voice work from his state of the art digital studio in his home." Funny thing is "What is old is new again?" and my pre-amp for my microphone has a tube in it! State of the art digital studio? Well for the most part yes! Digital sound is perhaps to nice or sterile and it needs a little color, so enter the tube pre-amp. Yes what is old is new again!

All about BigMouthStudio.com

2007-12-15T16:53:00.000-05:00

Studio Name: Jerry McCrae Productions
Wed site address: http://www.BigMouthStudio.com
Years in Business: Since Oct 2005
What we do: BigMouthStudio.com is the perfect studio for anyone who needs an extravoice for promotional or commercial spots. We do image liners too.
About: Jerry McCrae spent 15 years in radio and found himself "on the beach" with no steady income. Jerry got a job in customer service, but still wanted to be involved in radio, so he opened his own little production company called "Jerry McCrae Productions" and hung his shingle at BigMouthStudio.com on the web. Jerry does voice work from his "state of the art" digital studio in his home.

The Big Boss Sound

2007-12-15T16:04:00.000-05:00

Well I don't really have the "Big Boss" sound of the 70's, but I can come close. Here is a demo of all types of music promo's done Jerry McCrae style also known as the "Big Boss" sound of BigMouthStudio! Here we go!

Something is in the Strange Air tonight!

2007-12-15T14:53:00.000-05:00

I am a voiceover guy and an imaging guru (OK no one has given me the title as of yet, but I'm working on it!) and Matt Roberts with Strange Air Radio needed some help for his sick little show, oddly enough called Strange Air Radio. So I voiced the liners that he needed and sent them to him dry. I loved this one so much that I added some sound effects (from Beavis and Butthead) and the music from "Fractional Fairy Tales" and "POOF" you get "TasteLess Strange Air Radio"! Check it out by click on the play button below:

Wimpy Button Player

Strange Air Radio... The Mad Magazine of the internet radio world!

Great Idea Alan!

2007-12-15T14:37:00.000-05:00

So my friend, his name is Alan Bainbridge and he lives across the pond. He has this really great idea that he is going to start a blog as another way to show off his voice work and I think "BRILLIANT" why didn't i think of that. Well because I am a dumb radio guy... that's why! Everything in radio or voiceover has already been done and we all copy off of each other! So Alan, I am copying off you. Hope you don't mind!