Bloodmoon episode 3

Darker Projects Presents:
Bloodmoon
Episode 3 - Denial


http://www.darkerprojects.com/bloodmoon.php#003
(19:24, 26.6 MB mp3, released 2009.06.12)

Sam's refusal to accept the shocking news of his transformation is wearing thin as he notices more physical changes: the night doesn't seem as dark as it used to, Sam can smell things his colleagues can't, and can hunt perps in the dark like.. well, like a wolf. But what further changes lie in store with the approach of the night of the full moon?

This episode featured the voice talents of

Mark Kilfoil as Detective Sam Packer
April Sadowski as Erika Elkins
Perry Whittle as Earl Parker
Cathy Rinella as Paula Mckee
Eric Busby as Brad Bracken
Jeff Robinson as Tony Verrano
Mary Alice White, Perry Whittle, Elie Hirschman, and David Ault as Other Cops
and Kim Gianopolous as Marjorie Woods
Additional voices by Scott Stronack and Riece Ptolemy

Your announcer is Jon Specht

Produced by Waleed Ovase
Directed by Elie Hirschman
Sound Design by Matt McLaren
Original Music by Matt McLaren and James Taye, additional music used under license

The Announcer voice

I thought there was a general trend in voiceovers these days towards hiring more natural voices for commercial reads. Less of the traditional "announcer type" associated with the 1950's radio broadcasts and more of the Everyday Joe types selling you stuff on the radio. (My voiceover coach stressed this, and I think I remember specifically reading something about this in the book There's Money Where Your Mouth Is)
But lately, I am hearing all sorts of "classic" announcer voices being used - most notably in my mind:

• the Joseph A. Bank commercial, with the oh-so-over-the-top and exuberant delivery
• The relatively new sweeper announcer on WCBS 880
• Several commercials with (what sound to me like) artificially deepened voices
  

This is disheartening to me, because anyone who has heard my voice knows it's NOT your typical announcer voice, and I have run across people who were so accustomed to the typical announcer voice that they couldn't understand how I was in the VO business.
Is the trend swinging back the other way? I hope not.