“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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Exploring Tr*mp’s words
Yesterday Donald Tr*mp gave a press conference that was arguably the most bizarre and terrifying spectacle I've ever seen. Some of his words made no sense whatsoever. I thought it'd be fun (?) to record just a sentence, ONE SENTENCE, in a few different voices to see if…
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Who will sing at the inauguration?
Singer Rebecca Ferguson has been asked to sing at Donald Trump's inauguration. Here's everything you need to know about the story here. Here's my stupid impression of Rebecca Ferguson talking about her song choice. To hear more stupid stuff, click here.
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