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Voice Of McDonald's Singing Contest Semi-Finalists Studio Recording Vocals

Toronto semi-finalist vocalists John Paulo Amor & Justine Fajardo recording songs and 'live' studio music video for the 5th annual Voice of McDonald's worldwide employee singing contest.
Since 2006, employees have entered by submitting more than 36,000 videos in hopes of winning trips to Orlando, Florida, USA to compete for up to $25,000 and more exciting prizes.
The competition has grown through online voting: videos on www.voiceofmcdonalds.com featuring top VOM performers have been seen more than 1.75 million times, and voting by the public has helped to make their dreams come true.

Stacey Englehart Television Commercial Voice-Over

Great audio recording session with the friendly, sweet and sexy Stacey Englehart for the ‘Behind The Brands – BIC’ pens Television Commercial Campaign.

Stacey's TV and Radio Personality credits include Brandpower, Evanov Radio Group, CTV, CBC, Global, Sun TV, E! Network, and Fox.

Sensodyne's Repair and Protect Has Gone to Air

We are pleased to announce 'Sensodyne's Repair and Protect' voice-over recorded at the studio has gone to air - Watch the television commercial.

The G Adventures Team Voice-Over

Rocking voice-over recording session with Todd Rogerson, Mayor at G Adventures and his team of eight ethnic voices. Good on ya for the twisted script Steve English!

Bolshoi Ballerina Svetlana Lunkina Graces JL Recording Studio

It was an absolute pleasure to spend time recording a Russian voice-over with Bolshoi ballerina Svetlana Lunkina this afternoon at the studio. Svetlana is a strikingly beautiful lady and extremely passionate about her involvement with the arts. Svetlana has been in Canada for about eight months and has joined Toronto's Dance Teq studio for a teaching stint. Also, she isn't ruling out applying for a post at the National Ballet of Canada, where artistic director Karen Kain has allowed her to take classes with the company.

Sensodyne 'Repair and Protect‘ 30 second Television Commercial Voice Recordings

Fantastic early morning studio session joined by voice artists Lori and Erica recording English & French voice-overs for Buchanan Group ‘MediFacts – Sensodyne Repair and Protect‘ 30 second Television Commercials.

Jenny Lee Stern Voice-Over Recording

JL Recording Studios today welcomed the very talented Broadway Star Jenny Lee Stern to record a voice over for the Museum of Science.
Jenny Lee is part of the new company of Forbidden Broadway beginning previews July 24th.
Jenny is thrilled to be a part of this prestigious New York tradition. She originated the role of "Mary Delgado" in the Chicago and Toronto productions of Jersey Boys as well as playing it in the First National Tour. Recently she's been seen around the city as The Little Mermaid in the Off-Broadway bound Disenchanted. Regionally, Jenny has garnered critical acclaim time and again for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in Always...Patsy Cline.

 

Canadian Tire "Sure Life" Television Commercials

At the studio today with content media producer Tony Sasso and Ann Smith, voice over artist.  The audio recording session included mixing and mastering for several Canadian Tire "Sure Life" television commercials. The spots will shortly air across Canada.

Air Wick Television Commercial / Punjabi

Things were buzzing at the studio with creative directors Imran Awan and Irfan Khan at the helm for today's voice over recording, mix, and audio mastering of the upcoming Air Wick " Colour Changing Candles" television commercial in Punjabi. The 15 second spot is soon to be aired.

Our Very Own Victor Garber at JL Studios

   

Our very own Victor Garber was at JL Recording Studios today laying down voice overs for The Canadian Diabetes Foundation radio campaign.

Victor is in-town currently to promote Paramount Pictures' Titanic 3-D on DVD.

In addition to this visit, Garber - who has appeared in a litany of Hit Films and Television Series, including Alias, You Again, The First Wives Club, Legally Blonde and Sleepless in Seattle - will be returning again shortly for TIFF 2012, as he stars in Warner Bros.' Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck. "I'm heading back home today and will be back again next week!", he says. On Argo, he tells me, "You're going to love it. It's an excellent Film."

OVA spots for SPIKES Program

SPIKES® is the latest craze from Ontario Volleyball!  The program has been successfully launched across the province as an exciting combination of developmental and house league structures.  SPIKES® is focused on providing a supportive, non-competitive environment, where learning volleyball skills is a whole lot of fun!

Youth who participate in SPIKES® will learn the basics of volleyball: forearm and overhead passing, attacking, serving, and basic team movement.  Depending on age, game play is modified to ensure that every athlete is involved with each play, ensuring maximum learning.  Also, the game environment is modified to increase early success, improving the enjoyability and fun factor for all involved.
In addition to the technical elements of the game, youth are immersed in the other side of our team-based sport:  clear communication, being supportive of teammates, and good sportsmanship.  By spending time encouraging these elements through the drills and activities, it is our hope that SPIKES® will foster youth who are not only passionate about the game, but recognize the value of being a respectful and supportive teammate, as well.

Voice Of McDonald's Semi-Finalists

JL Studios had a wonderfully creative past two days working with Molly Marlow and Sarah Peterson vocal recording and shooting live off the floor video for the Voice of McDonald's IV worldwide talent singing contest.

The contest showcases the talents of crew and managers worldwide, as they show the world all kinds of opportunities the company provides for their restaurant employees.

Contestants were be able to enter through the competitions in their own countries.  The top 16 contestants (four each from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific/Middle East/Africa) will become Global Semi-Finalists, and eligible to compete in the final rounds at McDonald's 2012 Worldwide Talent Convention in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Heating It Up With Lisa Ray

OMG!! Lisa Ray, Bollywood/Hollywood Actress and former Model was recently at JL Studios recording voice and her quest for gold is heating up...on  OH MY GOLD!
 Starting July 11th on Discovery TLC.

Sneak peak into behind the scenes of Oh My Gold!


 

Twilight Star Robert Pattinson at JL Studios

"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson stopped by JL Studios this afternoon to record an ADR voice-over for an L.A. project in the works. Rob was very laid back and accompanied by two friends with a dog. He is a huge music fan and is an excellent musician, playing both the guitar and piano.

MR816 CSX Is JL Studios Newest Addition

The MR816 CSX fuse fully featured FireWire studio interfaces and inbuilt DSP FX power with next-generation integrative technologies. Developed by Steinberg and Yamaha, both MR interfaces are the centerpiece of a latency-free recording and monitoring environment that fully exploits the flexibility and power of Cubase.
The MR816 CSX is, simply put, the ideal hardware for any Cubase owner who needs to record vocals, instruments, keyboards, percussion or any other audio source. The Advanced Integration between MR816 and Cubase offers a unique and powerful production solution that fully mirrors Cubase functionality, adds DSP power for mixing, allows on-the-fly rerouting of input signals via Quick Connect, full integration into the Cubase user interface and much more.

Apple Mac Pro Takes Center Stage at JL

We are in love with our Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core!!! This baby is a member of Apple's most powerful family of computers yet. Boasting "Nehalem" processors for seriously beefed up performance, the Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core accesses information between cores more efficiently than ever before. Plus, with a massive 640GB hard drive - and three more internal drive bays for expansion - along with 12GB of installed memory, four FireWire 800 ports, and five USB 2.0 ports, the studio has a powerhouse companion for your demanding professional audio work!!!

Morgan Kelly at JL Studios for "Long Day Gone"

Morgan Kelly at JL Studios for ADR voice on his soon to be released film, "Long Day Gone".

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Inspired by true events, Long Gone Day is the story of Christian Locke, a young rockstar who was on the verge of superstardom, then he disappeared. A year since his bands last tour, Christian no longer opens his door.

Phone calls are ignored, messages are not returned. Isolated in his loft, Christian hides from the outside world. Despite his childhood dreams of stardom, he now spends his days getting high and remembering Layna, the girl who left him as his addiction spiraled out of control.
Determined to get her back, Christian finally vows to overcome his demons. But as he soon discovers, while drugs can be addictive, fame can be even worse.

Caught between his dreams of musical immortality and the simple happiness he's found in his girlfriend Layna, Christian is on the verge of losing it all. But just when the memories of his past catch up with him on his journey towards recovery, a dark secret is discovered that casts doubt over everything we believed to be real along the way.

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Chad Pollett and Dani Matte Explore Cory Lee

Chad Pollett, producer and Dani Matte of The Management Trust met singer, songwriter, Cory Lee today at JL Studios to explore possible future collaboration.

Shannay Smith is an Original and Distinctive Voice

Shannay Smith graced JL Studios today to record piano and vocals for her latest four song effort. This talented singer with her crystalline vocals and insightful songwriting, is one to keep a look out for. Shannay is an original and distinctive voice who will surely be welcomed by the Toronto music scene.
Shannay Smith has been involved in performing arts since she was a little girl. Her first debut performance as Anne of Green Gables when she was 10 years old. Since then she has been the lead in many musicals such as Laurie in Oklahoma, The Narrator in Joseph and the Technicolor dreamcoat, and Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Having had extensive vocal training Shannay has been awarded multiple scholarships for her vocal performances.She graduated from the performing arts school Randolph Academy.
She is involved in an entertainment group called the Blonde Moments - singing and dancing to choreographed songs from the 50's and 60's and she is one of the lead singers for a cover band called The Groove Babies.
She began composing her own music on the piano when she was in high school and has only recently begun to pursue a career in being a solo artist in Toronto.