What happens when you find out you’re in a viral video about a monstrous hate figure
It was late last night. I was messaging a friend about exciting plant-based recipes. It was cold, dark and the wind was howling around the turrets of Clarke Gables. I received a notification on my phone. It was an Instagram message from my daughter. She was in the room next…
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It’s the “Clearing The Air” Christmas special!
Following the rip-roaring success of the first season of Clearing The Air, get your ears around the Christmas special. It might be almost Christmas but the intrepid officers at The Radio Advertising…
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Christmas imaging for BBC Radio Manchester
I love being the imaging voice of my local BBC radio station. While I personally can't stand the sound of my own voice, at least for this gig I get to use my natural…
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Over-written scripts: How to somehow make time seem slower
Voiceovers are Time Lords. We're given scripts to read that have to fit into a fixed period of time - usually 10, 20, 30 or 40 seconds. But copywriters rarely actually write scripts that will fit into (for instance) 30 seconds without a helluva squeeze. This can be due to…
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Voiceover Jobs I Have Declined #1
A customer asked me if there were any jobs I'd turned down. "HELL YES," I said. So here's an audio blog telling you about one memorable job I declined to voice. This is the first in an irregular series! :) NB - NSFW or children. Want to hear more stupid…
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New character showreel. Take a listen.
Here's my brand new, hot-off-the-press character showreel. It's a smattering of types of character voices but is by no means definitive. I love to create characters by changing pitch, pace, tone, accent, vocal quirks. The task is to create a fully imagined personality in just a few syllables. I often…
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