I like to reflect on how my work takes me into interesting areas, offers insights and creates opportunities to share experiences. It’s not the world according to me, just some musings on topics that may be helpful to others.
The big assumption about medical narration is that it’s all about 17 syllable words, spoken in a range of styles from ‘professional and authoritative,’ to ‘calm and reassuring’. When I first started as a Voiceover
Versatile Character Voiceovers for Every Story British Accent – Lots Of Character When it comes to developing a skill-set as a VoiceOver artist, there’s one area that really deserves some special attention – Character Voice
A Voiceover Artist is a semi cave dwelling creature that occasionally interacts with other physical beings. We spend a lot of time in our studios creating professional, broadcast quality audio and have to strike a
When NASA sent people to the Moon (they really did), the average age of the staff at Houston Control was 35. Thats the upper age when people assume you can adapt to new technology, wear
Compressors are sexy, so why aren’t we talking about them ?
All Work and No Play Leads To Burn-out Do you have a guilty pleasure ? Well if you do, then maybe the time to indulge it is when it feels like your eyes are square
Before I was a Voiceover Artist, not too long ago but long enough that facsimile was still a thing, I had a career in healthcare. Over 30 years I developed an ease of clinical literacy
The noise around AI is relentless. There’s lots of fear, lots of scepticism and plenty of discussion in communities that feel under threat. Let’s take Voiceover as an example, my industry. Assumptions keep being smashed,
All Businesses – Universal Truths As a VoiceOver Artist, Freelancer, Independent business owner, or whatever hat I’m wearing today, two big concepts span this and my former careers: 1. The importance of great communication. 2.
It’s quite a challenge to write about authenticity without constantly tripping over yourself in the process and asking, “does this sound authentic?” I guess that’s the point I’m trying to make in this blog. I’m
In October 2019 I gave notice at work and committed 100% to my freelance voice artist career. I’d been doing it part time for years, plugging every spare second that wasn’t already committed to married