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2019 in Review: The Rise of Deepfake and AI!

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Dec 16, 20193 min read

2019 in Review: The Rise of Deepfake and AI!

What a way to end the decade! 10 years ago voiceover was less diverse and amazing than it now is today. That trend is only going to...

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Nov 26, 20193 min read

The Many Accents of English?

In voiceover, we daily hear and experience accents of English from all over the world. Accents that are so different from one another,...

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Oct 22, 20192 min read

How to Voice a Character on the fly?

Sometimes in a voiceover session for a commercial, e-learning, animation or gaming project, the director or producer says something like...

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"The Most Common Voiceover War Story!" or How I learned to love Conflicting Directions in

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Sep 24, 20192 min read

"The Most Common Voiceover War Story!" or How I learned to love Conflicting Directions in

Most commercial and corporate voiceover war stories from seasoned voiceovers go something like this: "I was in the booth, ready for the...

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Aug 27, 20192 min read

The SCIENCE and ART of Voiceover.

Voiceover is a highly creative, and highly technical endeavour. It requires an approach that is methodical, structured, planned with one...

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Why You NEED A Professionally Trained Actor Behind the Microphone!

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Jul 16, 20193 min read

Why You NEED A Professionally Trained Actor Behind the Microphone!

The internet has changed everything. Even, voiceover. These days it seems that anyone can buy a low cost microphone and pre-amp and set...

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The SECRET guide to how the Voice works - and WHY you need to know it!

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Jun 25, 20193 min read

The SECRET guide to how the Voice works - and WHY you need to know it!

The human voice is a wondrous thing, capable of producing great depth and texture through voiceover, speech, song and character. But how...

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May 28, 20192 min read

Why Sound Quality Matters!

Ever had a conversation with someone you jut met and suddenly the sound quality went downhill? You couldn’t hear them, they cut off...

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Apr 30, 20192 min read

The Man of 100 Voices!

In voiceover legend there goes a tale of the voiceover artist who can effortlessly slip from 1 to 100 characters in 120 seconds. He is...

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Mar 19, 20192 min read

The CHANGING FACE of Content.

Content creation possibilities are exploding around the world. With this explosion there is a substantial movement away from what was...

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What makes an AMAZING and MEMORABLE commercial with voiceover?

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Feb 12, 20193 min read

What makes an AMAZING and MEMORABLE commercial with voiceover?

In this age of content saturation, and competition for viewer eyeballs, what are the ingredients that make a TV and Internet commercial...

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2019: What's ahead for Voiceover and Content, and how to stay relevant?

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Jan 15, 20193 min read

2019: What's ahead for Voiceover and Content, and how to stay relevant?

2019 looks to be another year of rapid change in voiceover and content. For those at the coal face, it may seem like the wheel turns...

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2018: THE YEAR THAT WAS – Robots, Netflix and the rise of immediacy

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Dec 18, 20182 min read

2018: THE YEAR THAT WAS – Robots, Netflix and the rise of immediacy

FX TV Network CEO John Landgraf publishes an annual TV survey. This year there were 495 original series produced (think Game of Thrones,...

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Nov 27, 20182 min read

Why, Oh Why?

Have you ever walked down a busy street in London, LA or New York or stepped onto the underground and looked a person you didn’t know in...

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How has Netflix changed Voicever and Content?

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Oct 23, 20184 min read

How has Netflix changed Voicever and Content?

The Netflix effect is everywhere - even in voiceover. Netflix is a cutting edge digital company giving consumers what they want – choice,...

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Top 8 Trends in the World of Voiceover Right Now

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Sep 24, 20183 min read

Top 8 Trends in the World of Voiceover Right Now

The world of voiceover, advertising, corporate films, e-learning and training, and animation and gaming often run hand in hand. We are...

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What's it like being a working Voiceover Artist?

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Aug 30, 20182 min read

What's it like being a working Voiceover Artist?

The common perception is that a voiceover artist is in the booth the whole day recording for various clients on different projects. All...

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Jul 31, 20182 min read

Are the Robots coming for Voiceover?

Decades ago, it took a long time for the most advanced computer to do simple tasks. Today, the phone in our pockets has vastly more...

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Listening to the Human Voice. More powerful than watching Film and TV?

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Jun 26, 20182 min read

Listening to the Human Voice. More powerful than watching Film and TV?

A recent study sponsored by Audible and undertaken by University College London proves this. How can just the voice evoke more of a...

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The Power of Intention with characters for Gaming, Animation and Advertising.

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May 22, 20182 min read

The Power of Intention with characters for Gaming, Animation and Advertising.

Intention is powerful. As we saw last month it really impacts in the world of commercial and corporate advertising on the macro scale:...

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