Mike’s Week on the Mike (23 February – 1 March)
I described Reading this week as “The Las Vegas of the Thames Valley”, and I don’t see why it shouldn’t rise to claim its crown. I’ve seen plenty of it this week, with two jobs for Matinée Sound and Vision. One was for Computer Associates for their range of antivirus, anti spyware and computer security products; the other was for production company Pictures and Words, on building site safety. The Matinée people are always nice to deal with, and after Thursday’s session they even sent me away with a nice packed lunch (complete with apple and packet of crisps. What more could I ask?)
Monday morning started with me writing and recording some new links for Film24 following Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. I couldn’t write them any earlier, obviously!
On Wednesday, Met Film asked me to record three voiceovers for the winners of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For, for the awards on Thursday night. I also visited Jean-Paul Orr at The Showreel to do a new commercial demo reel, which I’ll be unveiling shortly. Watch this space!
I also heard this week that I got the gig for the dyslexic English learning job for later in March. Oh, and if you live within the service area of Telford FM in Shropshire, you might hear me inviting you to dinner with legendary footballing duo “Saint and Greavsie” over the next few weeks, thanks to a little ISDN job for Ginger Productions.
Mike’s Week on the Mike (16-22 February)
Fresh back from holiday last Monday night, this week was one of those weeks that was about getting back up to speed. I also found myself getting over an ear infection, the flu and food poisoning, which all came on within a few days of one another. Not nice.
Nonetheless, and despite being deaf in my left ear (a state of affairs which continued until about 11am on Saturday) I managed to do an audition for my agent on Tuesday for a training course for children with dyslexia. On Wednesday I found myself at the History Channel narrating another episode of Dinosaur Secrets – this one was actually set in the last Ice Age, so was something a little different.
Wednesday night and Friday morning both saw me on newsreading and continuity duties at the BBC World Service, who seemed pleased and relieved to see me back after my holiday and illness, and Friday afternoon found me at QVC voicing some promos and a corporate video. I also took part in another demo of Source-Connect for a potential client on Thursday, and await developments with interest…
Finally, I got asked a couple of times this week for advice on getting into the voiceover business, and decided to turn my long and detailed emails into a series of blog posts for my other website, Gobs on Sticks.
So, not too shabby for a first week back, considering!
PONS ¨Read and Listen” series goes on sale today
Some months back I was asked by German publishing house, PONS GmbH, to narrate some audiobooks for learners of English. These included two short stories by Roald Dahl, two by Ian Rankin and six of Nick Hornby´s “31 Songs”. The titles go on sale today in Germany under the “Read and Listen” banner, and are pitched at advanced-level learners.
Each pack contains a CD with the English recording of the story, plus a book with the English transcription and a German translation. The tracks were recorded and edited in my home studio and have been mastered onto CD in Germany.
I was also pleased to be able to get two of my friends involved in the project as it progressed. Trish Bertram and Kathy Clugston have also contributed to the series: Trish with Muriel Spark´s “The Portobello Road”, and Kathy with Marian Keyes´s “Twelve Months”.
You´ll find the series on the PONS website here and you can hear a clip from one of my Roald Dahl stories here.
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