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Recently, I did a review of some of my voice jobs that I had done over the past few months and I began to notice a bit of a pattern emerging. Interestingly, most of the roles, included an ability to ‘drop’ an accent and do so convincingly. These included Cockney,...

So recently, I decided that I would like to explore ‘Thinkubator Challenge’. This is where hubs of academics, alumni fellows, undergraduate, postgraduate and research students, solve a business problem as identified by myself. My voiceover business is growing, yet I...

Recently, I have been quite busy with castings, voice over jobs and creating new video demo reels for my voice over website. However, I decided that I also needed to take some much needed ‘time out’ from voice over work and pursue other interests. I have over 18 years...

When I started out doing voice overs, I remember that getting as much experience was my initial goal. As the years passed and my confidence grew understanding what areas to focus on in voice acting became more of a  focus. I struggled with this because although I kept...

I remember about 3 years ago, I looked at the key areas of my voice over business that needed to be improved. One element that I considered to be a weakness, was my technical skills and ability. For years I would go to my friends flat who was a DJ and Audio Engineer...

The voice over industry has changed dramatically in recent years and it continues to evolve every year. Debbie Grattan a US based voiceover talent  in her 2018 blog, spoke of five key emerging trends that I felt were important to outline further in 2019. Firstly, more...

Well back in January of 2019, I wrote a blog highlighting why It was important to understand your niche as a voice over artist. Since writing that blog, I recently watched an online video with an African-American voice over artist, called Earl Hall. During the 15...

I had come to the realisation that I needed to have a closer look at how I could provide further clarity of vision for my business and life. Then, whilst doing some internet-based research, I came across Natasha Marchewka, a US based voice talent who happened to be...

I realised from the outset of when I decided to dabble into the world of voice over, that to get really noticed, having demo reels would be an important part of my overall marketing strategy.  So back in 2009, I did some market research into the top demo producers in...

One of the areas that I have focused on as a professional voice-over artist in recent years, has been to embrace my own core values. This perhaps has become more apparent when developing relationships with new clients. ‘Trust’ is a value that I often hear from...

In recent years many new and experienced voice over artists would have noticed the explosion of Freelance and P2P (Pay-2-Play) sites popping up on the internet. Whilst the camp remains divided on the value of such sites, I for one can say that they have played a...

When I started doing voice over work over 15 years ago, I remember trying out so many different genres of voice over, including, radio commercials, jingles, corporate, TV commercials, gaming and short films. I also kept  telling myself to  ‘have a go at doing that...