TransLink Podcast: Meet up with the sound away from SkyTrain
You hear the latest voice each day because narrates your SkyTrain drive dutch women, telling you just what next station is actually, hence side the fresh gates usually discover, and you can the best places to alter teaches and you may hop out to own bus connections. But have your wondered just who the fresh voice belongs to?
Its Laureen Regan, a sound star regarding Calgary! Regarding episode, she offers exactly how she had the job incase she got to audition, exactly what it is particularly to have their own reading by herself operating the new SkyTrain, just what she finds out most interesting regarding the employment, and in case she becomes approved.
Transcript
Machine JAWN JANG: Hi, welcome to What is the T: the newest TransLink Podcast. I am their machine, Jawn Jang, and on this occurrence, I am sitting down to possess a chat with this individual…
JAWN: Even as we start seasons about three, we want to please feel free to appear back and think on a number of the higher letters, characters, and pros one to we now have got about program, of professors to designers, aspects to providers. We’ve fulfilled too many skilled those who aided keep Metro Vancouver’s transportation program swinging. But there’s just one people whoever sound is actually similar to this new SkyTrain, along with her name is Laureen Regan.
TransLink Podcast: Meet with the voice away from SkyTrain
JAWN: Those four outlines have become just your daily commute, incase you take this new SkyTrain. Actually, you to range is so iconic you to definitely for the structure phase out of that it podcast, we really felt naming this podcast, Another route was . Now, eventually, i landed into What is the T, but that is the type of effect those individuals terminology can have.
Now, before we sit back towards the sound regarding SkyTrain by herself, i wanted to attempt a concept. You will definitely someone else sandwich into build the individuals SkyTrain announcements? Can we have a potential voiceover celeb somewhere available to choose from? Manufacturer Vince and that i took place to Waterfront Route to acquire the second great SkyTrain voice.
JAWN: You may be indeed really good at this. Its Jawn Jang at Waterfront Station to own What’s the T: the newest TransLink Podcast. Today, we will do something fun. We shall ask a number of our very own users provide all of us its effect of the SkyTrain voice.
JAWN: Julia, your slain they. Particularly are you currently a sound actor from the people possibility? Like, what do you do getting a full time income? Eg, what the heck?
Perchance you should provide us with your very best impression. I feel like you really have a beneficial gang of pipelines on your. Just what exactly do you believe?
Person 1: I will however do this for your requirements. Yeah. Ok, well, I am able to state another end try Waterfront Route.
JAWN: Oh, I really like that. I enjoy that you got a wealthy, strong sound as well. It adds particular bass and you may baritone so you’re able to they. Might you play such, would be the fact something that you perform?
JAWN: The latest goat, in reality. A ever. The first voice of SkyTrain about skin. The one and only Laureen Regan. Once i told you, for many of us, Laureen’s sound is one thing that individuals grew up having located in Location Vancouver, narrating our very own commutes. You to route at once. And after all such many years, those people SkyTrain notices continue to be primary.
JAWN: I’d the ability to sit with Laureen having an excellent long-awaited talk with most get to know the individual trailing so it legendary sound.
I mean, let’s get right into it. The newest sound of the SkyTrain. Somebody that has existed indeed there, existed here its entire lives, otherwise individuals who are merely visiting the very first time in Metro Vancouver. Several would-be taking the SkyTrain in the some point or some other, and they’ll pay attention to your own voice. It’s become synonymous with public transportation in and around this particular area. Thus number 1 matter for you. Exactly how did it the begin? Instance just how did you score chose given that voice of the SkyTrain?
