What does your voice say about you? Does it give away aspects of your personality you’d rather keep secret? Does it inspire trust, or make other’s worried?

No doubt about it, most of us don’t drink enough water, however hard we try. I’m a water bore! I go on at my kids All The Time about hydration…

…next time something goes a wee bit awry in your day, try thinking 'What's the good news about this bad news?' There’s always a positive spin on bad news, and seeing that first puts your mind in a much better place to deal with the bad news part!

Could you pop over this morning and fix a portion of the leak I have so, for free, that I can see your workmanship please? If I like what you do with that small portion I'll give you the whole job and then pay you okay?

If you’re new to working with voiceover artist, this will help you to understand licensing voice in the UK and USA.

I was just working out how I was going to ask for the melon, and checking which coin was what so that I could hope to hand the right money over first time around,  when I heard a voice. A very English voice. A very distinctive English voice…

Being a voice-over artist is often more about admin and tech than about voicing. You're your own technical helpdesk and if you're not techy when you start - you have no option but to upskill. Fast!

Voice overs deliver kind writing best!

And we deliver it faster too.

Here are a few things you can do to help deliver an e-learning script for voice-over, that works off the page.

Are AI voices to real human voice artists as typing is to long hand? When we write with a pen the process is slower, we take time, perhaps find nuances that don’t come when we’re clacking away at a keyboard. However good an AI voice, I think it’s a long time before they can replace the spirit of a real, connected human voice.

Creating characters, playing with accents, mixing sound and effects - part of a day’s work for a voice over artist!

Received Pronunciation (RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard for British English.

No, the Queen of England does not speak with an RP accent! Although her unique way of speaking has mellowed over the years, it’s a far cry from ‘Received Pronounciation’.