TransLink Podcast: Meet the voice off SkyTrain
Your listen to the latest voice day-after-day since it narrates your own SkyTrain commute, telling you just what 2nd station is actually, hence top the newest doors have a tendency to discover, and you will locations to alter trains and you may exit to possess bus contacts. But i have your wondered who the fresh sound is part of?
It is Laureen Regan, a vocals actor away from Calgary! On event, she shares just how she had the task just in case she had so you’re able to audition, what it is such as for example having her reading by herself driving the SkyTrain, just what she finds out most interesting concerning the employment, whenever she becomes approved.
Transcript
Host JAWN JANG: Hi, this is What’s the T: the brand new TransLink Podcast. I’m your server, Jawn Jang, and on it event, I am sitting down to have a talk with this person…
JAWN: Once we kick off year three, we should do not hesitate to look back and think on a number of the high letters, personalities, and you may gurus one we have got on this program, out-of faculty so you can engineers, auto mechanics to help you providers. We’ve found way too many skilled people that aided keep Urban area Vancouver’s transit system moving. But there is only one people whose voice try synonymous with new SkyTrain, along with her name’s Laureen Regan.
TransLink Podcast: Meet the sound regarding SkyTrain
JAWN: Those individuals five lines are very synonymous with your day-to-day drive, while you take the SkyTrain. Indeed, you to definitely line is really so iconic you to definitely in the design stage away from that it podcast, we really considered naming this podcast, Next channel are . Today, eventually, we landed to the What’s the T, but that is the kind of impact people terms and conditions may have.
Now, just before i take a seat for the voice out of SkyTrain by herself, i wanted to sample an idea. Could others sub directly into create those SkyTrain announcements? Will we has a potential voiceover movie star someplace available? Music producer Vince and i also went down to help you Waterfront Route to obtain another high SkyTrain sound.
JAWN: You’re in reality really good at this. It’s Jawn Jang at Waterfront Route for What is the T: the TransLink Podcast. Today, we’re going to do something fun. We’ll query some of the people to offer all of us its effect of one’s SkyTrain voice.
JAWN: Julia, you murdered they. Including could you be a sound star of the people possibility? Such as for example, what now ? to have a full time income? Instance, what the deuce?
Perchance you need certainly to give us your best effect. I’m particularly you really have a number of pipes towards the your. What exactly do you think?
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JAWN: Oh, I really like you to. I love which you got a refreshing, deep voice as well. Which contributes certain bass and baritone to it. Are you willing to sing particularly, is that something that you would?
JAWN: The fresh new goat, in reality. The number one of all time. The first sound of your own SkyTrain regarding skin. None other than Laureen Regan. When i told you, for most people, Laureen’s voice is something that we grew up which have living in City Vancouver, narrating our very own commutes. You to station at once. And at all this type of years, the individuals SkyTrain notices are prime.
JAWN: I had the chance to sit back that have Laureen for a long-awaited talk with extremely get acquainted with the person trailing this legendary voice.
What i’m saying is, let’s get straight into it. The fresh voice of your SkyTrain. Somebody that has lived here, lived right here their entire lives, otherwise individuals who are just checking out the very first time into the Urban area Vancouver. Several could be using SkyTrain at some point or any other, and they’re going to hear your sound. It is synonymous with public transportation near this particular area. Very primary concern for you. How did it all start? Eg exactly how did you rating picked as sound of SkyTrain?