In order to qualify for a Grammy nomination any recorded work must be accompanied by the original art used for the CD cover and liner notes. But what happens when the recording was a download only offering on iTunes? That’s just what happened recently to our friends at Prime Time Voices for Children in Los Angeles, CA.
First the back story; 31 of the country’s top voice over pros led by long time IMS client Joe Cipriano, gathered in the recording studio to donate their time and talent to Prime Time Voices for Children. This is the first time that the people whose voices are heard every day on TV, radio and in movie theaters have had the opportunity to participate in a recording project and live performance for a cause such as this.
Joe Cipriano produced the project and brought in John Masecar for the sound design of the classic holiday poem. Steve Bravin and his team at Killer Tracks, courtesy of Universal Music Group donated the music free of licensing fees to the cause. The track can be purchased on iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.
The cast includes well-known movie trailer voices such as Ashton Smith, Ben Patrick Johnson and Scott Rummell, TV network voices Cipriano (CBS), Rino Romano (NBC) Randy Thomas (ET) and George DelHoyo (Fox) and animation voice actors Bob Bergen (Porky Pig) and Pat Fraley (Ghostbusters) join the cast of 31 voice actors.
IMS originally created the Album Cover art for display on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and the Prime Time Voices website – and we were pleased to be able to donate the expanded art needed to accompany the nomination for Best Spoken Word Grammy. (link to iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/twas-night-before-christmas/id488277317 )
Here is the art work:
