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How to book a professional voice over
A checklist before engaging a voice over artist If you are planning to use a professional voice-over in a project for the first time you may find the whole process rather daunting. A recent post on Linked In by voice artist Sarah Bowers makes everything straight forward with a read more
50 year old microphone gets an upgrade
Taking a look at the new Shure SM7dB mic One of the regular questions that people new to voiceovers ask when they plan to set up a home studio is – what voice over mic should I use? The advice generally is to get a large diaphragm capacitor mic read more
Should a voice over be a lurker?
Should voice overs use social media? A recent posting on Linked In resonated with me. It was by a Linked In trainer who works with entrepreneurs – Lea Turner. The posting was about people on social media who go on there regularly and never, or rarely, post anything. That read more
New mics from Aston
A new hand held stage mic I’m taking my voiceover hat off for a moment and putting on my audio producer / sound engineer hat on. (Metaphorically of course – I would struggle to get my head phones on if I wore a hat). Anyway there is news from read more
Changes in Radio
BBC follows commercial radio groups into regional networking Until 2010 I was a radio presenter – mostly on local commercial stations. I still take an interest in developments in the world of radio. When I was still in commercial radio there was a trend underway towards increased networking with read more
Fido Bug – VO narration
Another explainer video voice over Here is explainer video where I recently recorded the voice over narration. The video explains how you can use a small device – called a Fido Bug – to help discover and then locate where an underground pipe may be leaking. The bugs can read more
3 voice over things to consider
What you need to be a professional voice over As my recent voice over blog posts reveal I’ve been spending some time recuperating from eye surgery. After having to lie on my back all the time for a week (essential apparently for the kind of corneal surgery I’ve just read more
Voiceovers – back in the booth – again!
Back to voice work after surgery Back in May I reported on my voice over blog that I was getting back behind the mic after eye surgery – following that post I had a few busy weeks until the time came to have my other eye operated on. This read more
Back in the voice over booth.
Return to the microphone I’m getting back behind the microphone to do some VO recording in my voice over booth after a couple of weeks recovering from eye surgery. Now with part of one of my corneas replaced and healed I’m back and firing on all cylinders and getting read more
Voice Over – another explainer
Narration for an explainer video Here is an explainer video that I recorded a voice over for recently. I have worked for Leka Systems for a number of years and was very happy to be asked to narrate this video explaining one of their recent innovations. It is always read more