Was inspired to test a voiceover sample for a new book written by a friend, Chris Garson, called Perk Noir.  

PerkNoirSample

Inspired by a ridiculous picture from a good friend

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Some thoughts I wanted to share about Justin.  Recorded this on my way to the wake, or rather the after-wake.  Sorry for quality...

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I live in Munroe Falls, a small Akron, Ohio suburb.  We have a police firing range in town, on the south side of the river, which is used by several local law enforcement organizations.  We live in an otherwise quiet neighborhood on the north side of the river and we are routinely subjected to long periods of continuous and sustained gunfire.  This makes the surrounding area sound and indeed feel like a war zone, as the concussive noise is amplified by the Cuyahoga River Valley hills around us.  

This is just one example of the type of gunfire we are subjected to.  This recording is from my iPhone, laying in the window sill in the front of my house.  Keep in mind this is raw recording, not volume adjusted or edited.  In the recording you hear myself and my 5 year old daughter, in the same room as the phone, commenting on the shooting.  

Myself and many other residents want the shooting to stop.  The city has no intention of doing so, and have failed to even implement effective noise dampening measures or to provide an accurate schedule of shootings.  I have been told stories of veterans with PTSD, having been taken by surprise by the shooting who have gone into a panic state as a result.    We have a beautiful park along the river and a Bike and Hike trail that follows the river in this area that are heavily traveled.  The shooting is not only a public nuisance, it is psychological danger to some of our citizens.  

Our town was somehow named as the 33rd Best Suburb in America, in our category, according to some Business Insider Magazine.  Apparently they didn't come to town, or if they did it wasn't on a shooting day.  We have a very poor business retention rate in our town and currently there are many storefronts that are vacant and have been so for more than 6 months.  One cannot imagine, despite being named 33rd best small town suburb, that the firing range is a benefit to business in the town.  Our mayor is an unwavering supporter of the firing range, and is up for re-election this up-coming week. Can you guess who those of us who oppose the excessive noise pollution of the shootings will be voting against in this election?  

Geoff Fiedler