“What the world needs is a podcast about radio commercials obtaining legal clearance for broadcast.”
Me and a couple of pals have created a stupid comedy podcast about the rigmarole of getting radio advertisements cleared for broadcast. Anyone who works in radio will be familiar with this arduous process (although the Radio Advertising Standards Agency is purely a figment of my fevered imagination). And if…
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Is this the most annoying voice ever?
A client emailed me. "Emma, can you sound annoying? Not just a bit annoying. We're talking the kind of annoying that people never forget. You'd be the voice everybody loves to hate." I asked my colleague, Rich Sweetman who has…
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“Dear Emma Clarke, can you sound very very very old? And normal?”
A beloved regular customer sent me a script. "I know you can do this," he said encouragingly, as if I was about to do a bungee jump down a ravine. "You've got to sound old, and…
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“Dear Emma Clarke, do you do men?”
Reader, it's a question I'm sometimes asked. In this case, the follow-up question was "Specifically, do you do Yorkshire men? In a comedy way?" O the answers I could've supplied. As a pro voiceover the requests I get from customers are rich and varied. "Can you sound normal?" (Tricky, but…
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Me and funnyman colleague Rich Sweetman have gone Christmas crackers!
Look, I realise it's October and I've just invoked the 'C' word but for us poor souls toiling in voiceoverland, EVERY day is Christmas. In so many more ways than one. Me and my old mucker Rich Sweetman have created this amazing showreel (TM) demonstrating (once again) our incredible chemistry.…
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“I want to hear the sexy.” The joy of giving direction to a professional voiceover.
I love it when clients are passionate about what they do. I love it when clients give me direction. I ask them to imagine I'm the audio equivalent of plasticine; I want them to shape me into whatever form they prefer. Many clients take giving direction to a…
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