The Joy of VOX.
One of the hardest aspects of being a voiceover, and often not even contemplated by those entering the industry, is the loneliness that comes with the job. It’s not all flitting between Soho studios, and chatting to directors and studio engineers between sessions.
Are You Ready for GDPR?
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) comes into force in May 2018. It’s a regulation to strengthen and bring together data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU), by the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.
Voiceovers Know Your Market.
“Marry Your Market” was the headline of an article I read in Radio and Records magazine back in about 1992. I’m a voiceover now, but as a radio presenter then, this article meant being fully integrated into the market your radio station served. It’s a simple premise. If you’re fully absorbed into what’s going on […]
If you’ve got a voice, you can be a voiceover.
Are You Being Sold A Dream? I shuddered when I heard this. I was sitting in an acting class in Leeds, with a visiting voice tutor. She was trying to make the point that the voiceover industry calls for all manner of voices. She was being paid to teach a room of actors, and to […]