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When part of your work is recording corporate and explainer video voiceovers you can discover quite a range of things  you previously had no idea existed.

For example non slip tennis courts; a special plastic used in photovoltaic cells; an iphone app that controls wood burning stoves; how to decommission wind turbines; a machine that measures human body resonant frequencies; how to turn a conservatory into an extra room; a water distribution and sewerage company in the desert in the UAE and finding out how to drive fancy VW cars over rocky terrain – you name it I’ve done the voice over!.

I hope these blog posts give a flavour of the more interesting voiceover stuff that sometimes comes my way – plus some of the other things I like that I’ve come across in those moments when I’m waiting for the next script to arrive!

Chris Radley – Voice Over

Voice over blog posts


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Voice artists need to build a client base

 December 21, 2021
You need clients that come back time after time Right from the first Covid lockdown there has been a massive influx of people into the voice industry: setting themselves up as voice over artists.   Actors with no work because of Covid. Former radio presenters let go due to increased radio networking. Plus those who have been told they have a “nice voice” and who seem to think that with a read more
AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Voice overs – don’t forget the basics

 November 22, 2021
Avoiding unwanted noises in the booth During a recent voice over recording session something happened  that served to remind me that even experienced people sometimes forget basic stuff that they really should not. I was in my voice over booth for a Source Connect directed session with a production studio in Leeds to record an on-line commercial.  So far so straight forward.  I think it was because this kind of read more
Church bells

A niche radio feature

 October 25, 2021
Recording a venerable radio slot One feature on BBC Radio 4 that has intrigued me for a while is Bells on Sunday  It’s one of those public service broadcast things the BBC do that are – to my mind – incredibly niche in terms of their interest but, I imagine, somehow help to fulfil a remit of providing something for everybody.  Basically its a weekly broadcast of church bell changes being read more
DAB Radio

RAJARs are back

 October 20, 2021
Radio listening figures return When you work in radio, as I did for a couple of decades, you get used to the quarterly rhythm – with all its attendant stress and concern – of the publication of RAJARs (Radio Joint Audience Research) – or listening figures. The future careers of on-air colleagues could be riding on them especially if a presenter had a couple of “bad books”. Traditionally the figures read more
Euroswitch - renewable energy wind generators

On-line video voice over narration

 October 11, 2021
Voice over for an explainer video I like to display lots of examples of my work on my website. From time to time I spend a few hours researching on-line to find new examples that I can use to update my demo page. So here is a video I’ve just come across that I recorded the voice over narration for a short while ago and which I did not have read more
Aston Element microphone and pop shield Photo by Louis Radley

Varied work in the voice-over booth

 September 21, 2021
A range of new voice overs I’ve had quite a busy time in my voice over booth since people came back from their holidays at the end of the summer – whether staycation or something more exotic.  To me September always has that “back to school start of a new term” feel . Clearly quite a lot of others have been getting back to something a bit closer to “normal” read more
AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Good script writing for voice overs

 September 1, 2021
Try reading scripts out loud before sending them to a voice artist I’ve just come across a blog post on Linked-In from voice artist Moira Tait that deals with one of those issues that frustrate many voice artists: the content of the scripts you get sent from the client and why it’s often so hard to read. In her blog post Moira has a client sending off the script that read more
Neumann U87 microphone and shockmount close up Photo by Louis Radley

Voiceover or animated text?

 August 2, 2021
Are subtitles the end for VO narration? This is a topic that should be of concern to any voice over artist – whether newcomer or established voice talent. I’ve just been reading a Linked-In article by William Gadea from 2020 that looks at the choice of using voice over or animated titles in video. William is a video producer and he says that while in the past you would always read more
Aston Element microphone and pop shield Photo by Louis Radley

Want to be a voice over? Read on

 June 30, 2021
The situation is one of massive over-supply This is a voice over blog post I’ve been thinking about for a while during the Covid pandemic when so many new people have come pouring into the VO world all expecting to make their fortunes while sat at home with a laptop and a USB microphone. I’ve wanted to give an idea of the reality of life as a VO so that read more
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Voice over with own studio ….and Source Connect

 June 22, 2021
A new studio service for directed sessions I recently wrote a post about the demise of the ISDN line in my voice over studio.  For many years the line and my ISDN software codec were mainstays of my voice work and studio. Despite being based on 1980s technology I was using my line for the remote recording of voice overs for radio and TV ads right up until nearly the read more

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