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Microphone milestone
An Aston anniversary I’ve blogged before about UK mic manufacturer Aston Microphones. I don’t have any relationship with them but I do like the microphones made by them that I have in my studio – currently the Stealth and the Element. When Aston brought out their first microphone – read more
New microphone from Hammer Audio
Eye catching design of new studio microphone I’m always interested in microphones – and I have more then most voiceovers would need – but this is because I also do work as a recording engineer and audio producer. I’ve written previously about some of the mics I own but read more
New commercial voice over on-line
Voice over for TVC I recorded the voice over for an on-line commercial and also an information video towards the end of last year. The information video has recently surfaced on-line. As the voice over I’m in the illustrious company of Lewis Hamilton no less. My bit starts at read more
Advice for voice overs – relax!
Tips for improving VO performance There is a huge amount of information and advice on line on how to be a voice over artist. One of my favourite sources of information and entertainment for all things voice related are the various free training videos posted by voice coach Nancy read more
Recording and studio project
Recording a new opera in unlikely surroundings Over the last week I’ve been involved with a recording project that has nothing to do with voiceovers! With my audio producer’s hat on I’ve been working on an interesting project that was partly funded by Coventry City of Culture. I’ll probably read more
Studio art?
An unusual visual image I was checking Linked In while I was waiting for a delayed voice over script to arrive and this image was posted by someone on my news feed. It appealed to me as, in addition to voice work, I also do audio production and engineer read more
Voiceover in a directed session
Clear direction can help in a recording session As I’ve said before – Often when people start out in voice over they think all they need is a good or “nice” voice. Actually these days where clients want “authentic” voices almost anyone could be a voice artist – but read more
Covid isolation over – back to the booth
Infection free and catching up on work I posted last week that I was isolating due to testing positive for Covid. I detailed the delights of the symptoms in that post so don’t need to go over that here. Suffice it to say that isolation took longer than I read more
Back to normal? Not quite..
Covid is still causing issues When you work in voice overs, or any kind of voice work throat infections and colds are occupational hazards to be avoided if you can. Most years I seem to get a bad cold every winter – and more than one when my children read more
Voiceovers – what’s room tone?
The technical standards for professional recording When I began my voice over journey it seemed like having a “nice voice” would take you quite a long way. You also didn’t need to know much about marketing or to have the skills of an audio producer or recording engineer. Back read more