A while ago I wrote a post about the importance of backing up your website. A somewhat timely post in my case! A few days ago, I noticed my website was down. Not a major problem – servers have glitches, and they can often go down for a few minutes here and there; but they’re…
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The Importance Of Good First Impressions
Whenever you’re meeting a new prospect; either someone that’s requested a meeting, or someone you’ve met through a networking event, it’s important to make sure they have a great impression of you. Other than what you act like and say around them, that’s crucial, obviously; but you also want them to take away a good…
New Voicereel For 2015
A little later than planned, I’m now ready to publish my new voicereel for 2015, featuring all new material not used before in previous reels. I hope you like it….
Case Study: Tap2Tag Medical Alert Bracelet
This is a project I recently voiced for Tap2Tag, who have created an NFC enabled medical alert bracelet designed to aid emergency services to any conditions a patient has should the worst happen. Letting first responders know any crucial medical information from the get-go could be a major life saver.
New Website For 2015 And Beyond
You may have noticed on your travels here that the site’s now got a completely new look to take me into 2015 and beyond. I’d decided that it was time for a refresh, given it’s looked near enough the same for about 4 years. Plus the fact that now we’re moving into an even more…
Forvo – A New App To Help The Voiceover
Forvo, the website that helps us voiceovers out with pronunciations from time to time, have launched a new app to help combat pronunciation woes when we’re due to record. We’ve all been there on occasion; a script lands, and for the most part it’s fairly self-explanatory – but there’s the odd word we’re not that…
What If I Told You Your Script Needed Editing?
A recent experience has prompted me to write this post, in the hope of explaining the reasoning behind why I thought it important to mention it to the client in question. But first, let’s start with what we voiceovers do, in regards producing your recorded script. Essentially, it’s our job to bring your words to…
The One Major Thing You May Not Have Backed Up Recently
If you’re a bit like me, then you’ll be slightly paranoid about backups. Usually as a result of being a victim of hard drive failure and losing important material. I suffered this a few years ago. I put my trust in a certain manufacturer’s RAID drive, thought ‘Oh I’m perfectly safe with this now’ as it…
A New Beginning. With A New Agent
I am pleased to announce that as of this week, I have become part of the Chatterbox Voices family. Chatterbox is a voice agency based in London, and will now be your point of contact should you wish to engage me in TV commercial/promo/ident/bumper/narration gigs etc. My agent, Joanna Shiokka, will be more than happy…
Turning Your iPad Into An Ultrabook
How to work even more mobile The other day, I purchased something that will, I think, greatly help me work on the move for the times I don’t need/want to take my laptop with me. The Anker ultra slim iPad keyboard. The inspiration came from me seeing lots of reports about the Logitech counterpart, but…