What did the creation of Lake Windermere sound like?
This is an audio version of a poem I wrote years ago when I was staying in the Lake District. I wrote it in a bothy overlooking Lake Windermere on a cloudy, stormy, rainy day. If you've ever been to the Lakes on a day like that you'll…
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Hello – a short film by David Richard Birtles
My husband's a film maker. He asked me to be in this short film made for Trevor's House Productions. (And he was a *very* tricky client let me tell you. Oh, the takes he made me do). I play the voice of...well, an object. The film is about…
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Making beautiful music
I'm delighted to share this collaboration with you. It's an ambient music project I've worked on with From The Forest. I've done the vocals. The vibe they were after was very other-worldly. The track features a soundscape that'll take you to another time and place. Put your headphones…
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Getting Right With Tao
A few years ago I recorded Ron Hogan's excellent modern take on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. I came across his book 'Getting Right With Tao' by happenstance when I wasn't really searching for it, which is when all the best discoveries are made. I'm a lover of Taoism…
[Read more]The day I met a flasher
A couple of years ago an award-winning international portrait photographer called to ask if he could come and take my photograph. I was flattered. Not least because my usual…
[Read more]Voicing…for art’s sake
I've written elsewhere about NOT voicing for visual media...so here's a post about writing for a very visual medium indeed - ART. I was lucky enough to be asked to voice a film for artist Jon Buck who creates sculpture and drawings inspired by nature, Africa and organic shapes. The…
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