For me, it's music! No doubt. Music is my mood changer. My secret weapon.  Something switches in my brain, depending on what type of song and of course what mood I may already be in. Some motivate me to get on with mundane jobs around the house, some motivate me into action... like writing a new blog post! And some provide me with the soundtrack to some Zen Time.   So as I write this I've been listening to Bon Iver - 8 (Circle). Check it out (great with headphones on or decent speakers recommended), all that detail in one song, amazing. Incredibly chilled and a great thinking song for me, and one that sparks memories of what I associate that song with. WARNING - sometimes this is not so good! Ha ha. I've made the best demos (radio) out of listening to some of the tunes I may have played on past radio shows. There's nothing better for me than standing in a radio studio, having those monitor speakers up loud with a tune playing that I absolutely love and getting lost in e...

The irony is, the great ones, the ones that do it because that's what they do best, do not ever crave that 'shout out' or recognition. It's the success of those they mentor that provides them with the most fulfilling reward and self-satisfaction.  But I'm going to give that 'shout out' not by name, because again, that's the last thing they'd want! But by influence and how we crossed paths. So here's my nameless list of those mentors that have believed in me through my career, so far... First, at the very beginning. Hospital Radio, where I was paired with someone that was already a someone in media and that was gold dust for me. I listened and learned as much as possible. I remember being given a task of prepping something todo with the first plane flight, I really did over prepare for what turned out to be a 30 second on air piece, ha ha. That person also chose the song; You Say It Best - Ronan Keating as my theme on the show promos montage, tha...

A question I get asked a lot!  So here's my definitive guide to...  1/ Help you get started. 2/ Decide whether it's actually for you. 3/ Guide your mentality for success. Let's start with  1/ Help you get started  (as A Voiceover Artist / Voice Actor). It's actually fairly simple and straight forward to set up your first little recording area. All you really need is: USB Mic, Laptop / Computer (that runs silently), recording software and most importantly the right recording environment. If you're more of an audio learner you may wish to listen to everything I'm about to cover here in the blog, in a recent podcast interview I recorded, where I cover all this and more.  For those of you reading on, let's get into it then...  So, you've got your kit. It really doesn't need to cost the earth and no I'm not going to recommend mics / recording software because that's really your journey. I personally have used Adobe Audition all my career and loa...