This Blog Post: Helping Voiceover Artists To Begin Their Unique Journey. Where Do I start? Great question! Start by asking what your free time would be. A time within the day that you would be available for recordings. This doesn't have to be the same times every day, however to be able to provide a service either full or part time, I would recommend that you are really honest with yourself.  Can I Make Money? Like all freelance or self employment, the income isn't guaranteed. You usually get out what you're able to put in. It takes time to build up a client base, determination and a thick skin to be able to accept repeated rejections and brutal feedback relating to your voiceover work. That said, with a foundation of the right skills both within voiceover and audio editing, a good standard of ability and most importantly excellent work ethics, you'll be well on your way towards the start of your very own Voiceover business.  Do I Need A Studio? Yes. Whether this woul...

  "Feel the fear" a wise man once said, standing on stage in front of me at a conference room in the media department of Thames Valley University, as I was about to embark on my first public reading of a travel news bulletin. “Who would like to feel the fear first?” The voice boomed again. I put my hand up, heart pumping, trying to concentrate on the words I’d so carefully crafted over the space of 15 minutes… Perhaps I should explain why I was there in the first place to give some perspective to all this.  A long term friend of mine that I presented a hospital radio show with, called me one day when I was on a bus journey (he'd remember the bus number, I can't) to say he knew of a way we could ‘get into actual radio’, a Travel News course he’d seen advertised. At first I slated his idea, as I felt it sounded like an extremely boring waste of cash, little did I know what the future had in store for me. I ended up changing my mind and booking onto this weekend course ...

No, it really did! So picture this, you’re presenting your regular show, across the entire country and to whoever’s listening online around the world. You’re playing the penultimate song of that show, back timed exactly to the ads, everything is pretty normal. Or is it? Suddenly every screen in front of you (apart from the internet screen) goes blank. That penultimate song still playing away, listeners oblivious to anything of course apart from enjoying the music.  Let’s stop there for a minute and freeze that moment in time. What would you do? It’s moments like this when broadcasting live that really let you understand your character, your heart rate, your control of a situation seemingly out of your control. Do you call an engineer, run to the racks room (if you have access), but how much time do you have until, silence? Oh, there is an additional factor here, your national show goes into local shows across the country, presenters sitting preparing their shows, also listening in...

Hi there and thanks for checking out my first blog post, let's get straight into it then. You know what I'm good at? Speaking. And more specifically within the voiceover world, corporate work. Explainer videos, health and safety videos, how-to videos and even those tricky medical explainer videos, yes I really do like the challenge of saying words like eicosanoids and cytokines. But how do I know that I'm good at corporate work? Well... I get booked and repeat bookings and great feedback. Sure, I've recorded many commercials too, and for some well known brands, but for me, corporate work is my mainstay. Right now anyway. That's why I created a dedicated website  just for my corporate work. Why? Well for one, it helps with searchability, focuses my brand message and promotes what I can deliver to the client in one simple space. There I said it, ' brand ' - it's a buzz word within the voiceover world you know. If your brand message is clear and focused, ...