My voiceover news updates seem to have slowed down a little of late. That’s not because there’s less to write, but more because there seems to have been less time of late to write it! There was also the small matter of a (well-earned) holiday to Menorca in early September, which gave me the opportunity to stop thinking about voiceover work for a little while, with the net result that I came back refreshed and ready for action.
So, what’s been happening in the last six weeks or so since the last time I rounded things up?
Well, August was a mad month, with a nice spread of voiceover work from clients old and new, many of them finding me through this website . All that search engine optimisation stuff I’ve been banging away at for the last year seems to have paid off! As a result I was pleased to welcome new clients like Learning Dynamics and GoLocalise to the fold. This trend continued into September with a corporate video for Qatar-based Qatofin, a large eLearning job for Alcatel/Lucent and an interesting project from an independent producer, called “Drivesafe” – more of which closer to its launch. I also voiced a short film for the UK’s Environment Agency, which I’m pleased to present here:
My work as a continuity announcer for Film24 and The History Channel has continued throughout, as have my commitments for the BBC World Service, Travel Deals Direct, QVC – and via my agents, The Voiceover Gallery.
I’ve been slightly better at keeping in touch with the world via my facebook fan page, which – at time of writing – now has 275 followers, twitter, and I’ve been adding material to my YouTube channel too, as well as blogging regularly, both with Friday Fun posts and some other commentary. Plus there’s been a round of networking through the IVCA, commercials for UK radio stations, and the odd TV promo to keep me busy.
Boys’ toys have also been on my mind, with a new microphone to try out (the Neumann TLM 193, which I compared to the TLM 103 on my blog) and I recently invested in an Avalon 737 microphone preamp, with which I’ve been very happy so far.
Still not enough? What else? Oh yes, I helped my good friend – Foodie and Broadcaster, Bill Buckley – to set up his own blog and facebook page too.
So yes, I’ve had a fair bit on, come to think of it!
