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VO and redundancy – it’s not what you think!
It’s good to have a spare! I recently read a blog post by a voice over artist which had some sensible advice for anyone who works in their own voice over home studio. It was originally posted by FVO Jenna Sharp (left) in December but I only came across read more
Radio presenters with long careers
When should you hang up your headphones? I still tend to describe myself as a voice over artist with a radio background. After all I was a radio presenter for over 20 years. I gave it up because at that time in commercial radio it seemed like the only read more
Voiceover narration update
Trying to match new work to an older voice session A recent post on LinkedIn from another voiceover suggested that January is a good time to take stock and also to catch up on a things that may get overlooked at other times when you are more busy. So read more
Health curse of the voice over
When your health lets down a voice performance The winter time curse of voice overs is to experience a cold or a sore throat. It is an occupational hazard at this time of year. Looking back I realise there have been a number of posts by me at this read more
An amazing home studio
A studio I would love to work in Many voice overs have home studios as do many musicians. The voice over version can be quite simple with just some kind of booth, a mic and mic stand, somewhere to put the script and a laptop for recording. In the read more
Getting pronunciation right
How you say things is important On a recent self directed medical equipment explainer voice over job for a client in Sweden I had sent him the VO recording only to find he thought my pronunciation of a word was incorrect. The word in question was “respiratory” and my read more
A surprising voice
Not the vocal delivery you might have expected For once this is a post that is not about voice overs but is still about a voice – and a surprising one at that. I’ve not really been a huge fan of singer Billy Bragg but I’m certainly aware of read more
The art of audio editing
It started with a cutting block, razor blades and editing tape I just came across as blog post about one of the key skills in voiceover and audio production work and the content of it really resonated with me. It’s written by radio professional David Lloyd who writes about read more
What voice overs really sound like
Can you be a voice over and not like the sound of your own voice? I came across a recent article by female voice artist Katie Flamman that resonanted with me. It’s about an often overlooked aspect of voice over work – or a thing that you get so read more
Demise of the Voice of God?
The end for documentary narration? A writer of an article on the Guardian website claimed to have discovered a trend in documentary making whereby voice overs are apparently no longer used to provide narration. Recently I wrote about voiceover in corporate and explainer videos being replaced by animated titles read more