I’ve been a book lover from all the way back when I was too tiny to do the reading myself, and had the good fortune to be born into a family who believed in reading to babies. With that lucky start, it is perhaps inevitable that I ended up working with words. I remember long […]
Tag: voiceover
Keep Captain Obvious from your advertising
The limited time in your radio, television or online advertising should be used wisely. Don’t let Captain Obvious steal a moment of it. Who is Captain Obvious? Captain Obvious is a seemingly benevolent, but ultimately evil villain who swoops into advertising copy and steals precious seconds. Let me give you an example I heard […]
Hold the phone number
The easiest thing to cut from a tight commercial script When it comes to voicing radio and tv ads, most make their way to me via an agency or production house, so I rarely have any say in the writing of the script. However, when an advertiser works directly with me and they […]
Leaping with joy to be the voice of Speech Frog’s Software Platform
Every time a client entrusts me with voicing their project, it is an enormous honour in which I take great pride and joy. However, every so often a voiceover job brings with it additional warm and fuzzies. A project I have been working on over the past month is exactly one of these. I am […]
Voiceovers go viral – Finding a safe voice in an outbreak of newbies
Since things went Corona Crazy, voiceover forums have been inundated with questions and comments like: ‘My Grandma’s podiatrist said I have a nice voice, so I’ve decided to be a voiceover. Where do I get clients?’ and ‘I’ve borrowed Fido’s blanket and hung it over a dining room chair, so that’s my studio sorted. Look, […]