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Savannah, GA, United States, 08/20/2009 - The Moth, renowned host of New York and Los Angeles-based StorySLAMs, selects Evoca Voice-to-Web services for The Moth Story Line, capturing storytellers’ audition recordings by phone, Skype, and online recorder for its National Public Radio program.
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Evoca announced that The Moth, the acclaimed non-profit organization dedicated to the art of oral storytelling, selected Evoca’s online audio recording service to deliver The Moth Story Line. The Moth invites aspiring storytellers to record a one-minute audio recording “story pitch” to compete for air time on its NPR (National Public Radio) program, The Moth Radio Hour.
Featured in the Sunday New York Times (16 August 2009), The Moth invites voice recordings using Evoca’s digital media creation methods: phone (U.S./Canada toll-free 1-877-799-MOTH), Skype global recorder (the-moth-story-line), and online recorder. The competition continues throughout the broadcasting season of The Moth Radio Hour, which is being aired by NPR stations around the United States. Finalists’ recordings will be streamed on The Moth website. Winners will be invited to tell their stories live on The Moth stage in New York City. Whether it’s for fun or to launch a professional career as a performing artist, The Moth Story Line offers a chance to be in the spotlight.
Founded in 1997 in New York City by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, The Moth is a recreation of his storytelling experiences while living in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. The Moth attracts storytellers from all walks of life including police officers, neurosurgeons, teachers, musicians, office workers, and actors. They tell true stories from their lives, with no notes, to enthusiastic audiences. Since their inception, The Moth StorySLAMs in New York and Los Angeles have been sold out. The Moth’s national tour has attracted keen interest in the organization’s plans to expand to additional cities. Savannah is on The Moth’s short list due to its history with Mr. Dawes and because of its thriving community of arts, culture, and history enthusiasts.
“When Evoca was contacted by Lea Thau, The Moth’s executive director, we welcomed the opportunity to provide Evoca’s audio web services and to strengthen the natural bond between this outstanding arts organization and our Savannah community”, explained Murem Sharpe, Evoca CEO. Addressing whether Savannah could support monthly StorySLAMs, Sharpe responded, “It is likely that Savannahians would embrace The Moth, given the vibrant pool of amateur and professional talent here. With Savannah as a tourism magnet, future Savannah StorySLAMs could also attract out-of-town visitors who want to try out their storytelling skills.” The Moth (themoth.org) brought its Mainstage national tour to Savannah’s Telfair Museum on July 23rd featuring five top winners of StorySLAMs, including Mr. Dawes, Wanda Bullard, an engaging storyteller from St. Simon’s Island and long-time school teacher, and Steve Osborne, a retired New York City police lieutenant. The evening incorporated music by Savannah’s Ben Tucker, hailed as one of the world’s Top Ten Bass Players and successful musician, businessman, and community leader.
Evoca invites members of the Savannah community to attend “Pitch Your Best Story” workshops at locations throughout Savannah and surrounding counties beginning in August. Evoca will provide “story pitch” practice sessions and help storytellers submit their one-minute pitches to The Moth. For more information contact Evoca at 1-866-940-9988 or send an email to wordup (at) evoca (dot) com. Skype users can click on the “Add me to Skype” button at the top of the Evoca home page to activate a call to Evoca using the Skype global recorder.
About Evoca
Evoca (evoca.com) is a leading global Voice-to-Web services provider, enabling organizations and individuals to easily create fresh, engaging voice recordings using any phone, Skype, and its browser microphone. Evoca provides its voice recording and online distribution services through its highly scalable “Software-as-a-Service” media platform, providing worldwide public phone numbers, as well as dedicated local and toll-free telephone numbers available in over 45 countries and more than 5,000 cities around the globe.
Organizations of any size can easily integrate and customize Evoca features into their online properties, marketing programs, education and language training courses, and customer-facing operations. Evoca launched its Twitter audio update application, TweeVoca, to enable posting of audio recordings to this popular micro-blogging site. Evoca subscribers can also “share” recordings on Facebook, MySpace, websites, and blogs by posting digital media players streamed by Evoca. Large organizations and partners can also benefit from Evoca Enterprise, its media platform delivered through a flexible interface (RESTful HTTP API – applications programming interface).
For more information, visit the Evoca home page or contact Evoca at businessdevelopment[.]evoca.com, +1.212.372.7670, toll-free U.S./Canada +1-866-940-9988, or via Skype contact: evoca-bizdev-call-recorder.
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