A Face For Radio !

One of the first jobs this morning was the production of a sweeper for a radio station in Ireland. The webcam was balanced on the monitor, so I decided to hit record for audio and video. Here's the result. Yes, the moving pictures of me are just as bad as the stills ! Don't say I didn't warn you.....

Top UK Voice Man Mike Hurley Passes Away

Mike Hurley, one of the best known voices in Britain passed away earlier today. Although I never met Mike, I followed his career from his days as the breakfast jock at Pennine Radio in the late 70s, where his laid back presentation style, dry humour and fondness for playing Steely Dan tracks made for essential listening, through his countless ads for radio and television.
I used to think that Mike's voice was instantly recognisable, particularly on those energetic hard sell reads which Mike could do so well, but it wasn't until I discovered an short TV documentary about him that I realised just how many of the nation's favourite character ad voices he was responsible for. A true pro and a great loss to the industry.
Have a look at the documentary here.

Reward Points - (Not Quite !)

Dear Reader,
Order anything via my website and mention you read this blog and receive an extra dry liner free of charge ! Well, they don't do Green Shield stamps anymore.....

Hillarious Tales On The Road With Bryan

If you want to beat the January blues, there's a new audio comedy book out that will do the trick.

Canadian voice over artist and marketing guru Bryan Cox is also a comedian and his new audio book harvests the funniest tales of life on the road on the stand up comedy circuit. There's 2 CDs packed with wall to wall laughs and it really is a "must listen".

For further details and places to find Comic Road Stories, click here. You won't be disappointed !

A Vast Collection Of Talent

Thanks go out to my good friend Bryan Cox for directing me towards a new talent listing site for promotion of voice over, radio, TV and artistic talent. As well as Bryan, my friends Jerry McCrae, JJ Wright, Jud Niven and many more already have a listing there.

You can check out my page at

Belated New Year Greetings !

A bad bout of flu has seen me out of action since New Years' Eve. So now I have finally got my voice back, let me wish all friends, whether they be clients or radio/voice artist colleagues a Very Happy 2008 !

Great Acoustics.... Anywhere !

A voice artist buddy of mine, Kris Daniels, recently documented the ups and downs of improving studio acoustics whilst building a voice booth (read about it here) which reminded me of a recent solution from Harlan Hogan for those who have a less than ideal room to record in. It's a booth-in-a-box which can transfer a hollow sounding hotel room, bathroom etc into a studio without having to deploy power tools or a hammer.

Even Santa Has To Do Multiple Takes !

Here's a little voice over related seasonal fun. I wonder how many of my voice over buddies will be too busy trying to identify the gear in the studio ?