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A voice over re-visited
A VO for bed retailer explainer I recently had the experienec of being in a newly re-opened shop and hearing my own voiceover drifting towards me across the showroom. Non-essential shops in my town are re-opening following the relaxation of lockdown restrictions and so I found myself recently in read more
Busy time in the voice over booth
A range of new voice over projects Despite a recent slight relaxation the country is still to a large extent in lockdown but – as I blogged last month – I am fortunate enough to be still getting a variety of voice over jobs. Of course I am very read more
Voice over narrations in lockdown
Working despite the restrictions As might be expected during the lockdown things have been a bit quieter than normal – but nevertheless I have still had quite a number of voice overs to record. Thankfully I’ve built up, over a number of years, a client base of businesses that read more
Voice over with own studio
Professional Home studio for voice over During the coronavirus outbreak producers are frantically searching for voice over artists with their own studio. While other workers are adjusting to working from home for the first time we voice overs have been doing just that for quite a while – in read more
Voice over for a brand film
VO narration for corporate video I recently recorded a voice over narration for the data management company Enfo. It was a voice over gig I nearly didn’t get. Just after I was originally booked by the production company, just before Christmas, I went down with a horrible cold. When read more
Narration for robot information video
Voice over for explainer video on an industrial process In recent years I seem to have voiced quite a lot of work for industrial complexes, processes and installations. In the last year or so I’ve described factories making pylons, a new paint spray process machine for vehicles, steel making read more
VO for information video
Voice over for training videos When you provide voice over narrations for corporate and information videos you start to find certain sets of initials crop up over and over again. Things like “ISO” numbers and “COSHH” for anything involving hazaerdous materials. Another set I’d come across a few times read more
Heart warming VO story for Christmas
How a voice over can live on after the demise of the VO artist Voice announcements pop up in loads of places these days – and thank goodness they do as it means more work for us voice over artists. Of course pre-recorded announcements are not that new and read more
Planet Rock – in at the start
Life on the “rock specialist” Digital radio station Planet Rock has recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary. It’s great that its become so well established and it still going 2 decades after it first started broadcasting. Why do I care? – well back in November 1999 I presented the first read more
Voice acting – the lingual mechanics expert
With voice work the action of the tongue is crucial I’ve mentioned voice coach Nancy Wolfson before in these voice over blogs – I’ve found many of her on-line voice over training videos to be very insightful and informative. She’s great for taking the less obvious approach to voice read more