Getting a Head for Voiceovers
New year, same old puns in the title…. This post is a rather contrite follow up to my “Favourite Voice Over Performances” post I wrote a few weeks ago, which upon reading, the Other Half pointed out that I’d missed one of the most iconic and distinctive Voiceovers EVAH – Richard Burton’s portentous and charismatic narration on Jeff Wayne’s “War Of The Worlds” musical concept album, based on the HG Wells novel. Whoops. So it’s now belatedly included in a ...
Silence of the RAMS: Talking Machines
HQvoice Audio Blog: Silence Of The RAMs – Computers With Voices by HQvoice I talk. I blog. Why it never occurred to me to put the two together I don’t know, but I have blatantly stolen the concept of speaking my blog posts from CreativeRadio.com’s Steve Campen. He told me to do it guvnor, honest. To diminish my guilt, go and have a look at his website. I thought this first multi-media version of the blog should have audio ...
Who, me?
Like a lot of working Voiceovers I sign up to one or two Pay to Play directories and subsequently I receive alerts for for jobs available that theoretically my voice is suited for. Some I respond to. Some I don’t. A couple of weeks ago I received a job alert from Voices.com that interested me, but it was evening and I was out of the house at the time so thought I’d take a look when I got home. By ...
