Navigation
Voice artists need to build a client base
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 read more
Voice overs – don’t forget the basics
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 read more
A niche radio feature
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, read more
RAJARs are back
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 read more
On-line video voice over narration
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 read more
Varied work in the voice-over booth
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 read more
Good script writing for voice overs
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 read more
Voiceover or animated text?
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 read more
Want to be a voice over? Read on
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 read more
Voice over with own studio ….and Source Connect
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 read more