Voiceover work

[rob1963]

As you probably know, I run pub quiz nights most nights of the week.

Barely a night goes by without at least one person either complimenting me on my voice, or asking questions such as "Are you on the radio?" "Do you do voiceovers?" "Are you an actor?" etc etc, which I find very flattering.

Apart from being clear, my voice is also distinctive, and I've recently been thinking about the possibility of getting into the world of voiceovers.

I haven't really decided what type yet, as it's something I know very little about.

There's a girl who was in one of my quiz teams that does voiceovers for ITV, especially promos for Saturday night shows like X factor, but I can't ask her for advice, as I no longer do the quiz in question & we've lost touch.

I would be interested to know if anyone here has experience of doing voiceovers, and I'm also looking for advice about how you think I should take things forward.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[discomobiledj]

Try this place

http://www.broadcast-support.co.uk/

[Starlight]

I do voiceovers and been a hobby for around 10 years now. What do you need to know? Equipment? Voice techneques?

Mendoza.

[Candybeatdiscos]

also try radiodaddy.com, there is a mix of both us and uk VO artists and you build up reputation points, very good info and assistance.

also why not offer to do vo work here i know i would be interested in getting you to do some VO work for my pub.

[Dragonfly]

As you probably know, I run pub quiz nights most nights of the week.

Barely a night goes by without at least one person either complimenting me on my voice, or asking questions such as "Are you on the radio?" "Do you do voiceovers?" "Are you an actor?" etc etc, which I find very flattering.

you have to remember these people have added alcohol to themselves Rob ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :beer1: :beer1: :beer1:

[rob1963]

Thanks for the replies so far, guys.

Not as many as I was expecting, though!


you have to remember these people have added alcohol to themselves Rob ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :beer1: :beer1: :beer1:

Not all of them, Dave! :p

Apart from that, my friend also does 5 quiz night's a week, and he's NEVER had a comment like that, which is why I've recently been thinking of taking this forward.

[Jiggles]

try speaking to Peter ****son the voice over man :D

[rob1963]

I do voiceovers and been a hobby for around 10 years now. What do you need to know? Equipment? Voice techneques?

Mendoza.

Everything!

[Tom]

dj bids and ebay. :D

[Dragonfly]

dj bids and ebay. :D


have i missed a very important bit of this thread???

[Excalibur]

have i missed a very important bit of this thread???

If you have, then that's at least two of us. :confused:

[rob1963]

3 actually!

[PropellerHeadCase]

Roz, the guy that owns the DJ company that I do the most work for does a lot of voiceover work. What you need, first and foremost is what's called a brag tape/CD/MP3 - just a good recording of you doing several different types of voiceover, preferably recorded professionally.

Failing that, maybe you could record you doing a quiz night, pick out some 20/30 second snippets from that.

Are you sure none of the old PIRATE radio crew have moved on to bigger and better things?

Oh, and maybe you could hit some of the local radio stations - they won't say no to free voice-overs, and you wouldn't say no to the professional recording thereof ;)

[rob1963]

Roz, the guy that owns the DJ company that I do the most work for does a lot of voiceover work. What you need, first and foremost is what's called a brag tape/CD/MP3 - just a good recording of you doing several different types of voiceover, preferably recorded professionally.

Failing that, maybe you could record you doing a quiz night, pick out some 20/30 second snippets from that.

Are you sure none of the old PIRATE radio crew have moved on to bigger and better things?

Oh, and maybe you could hit some of the local radio stations - they won't say no to free voice-overs, and you wouldn't say no to the professional recording thereof ;)

Hi Al,

Indeed some of the old pirate crew have moved onto bigger & better things.

One of them is now a DJ on radio 1 & also works in clubs all over Europe, but sadly I lost touch with him many years ago.

Another is now an entrepeneur who makes a fortune setting up & selling radio stations, but again we lost touch many years ago.

Many thanks for your advice.

Looks like the first thing I'll be doing is knocking up an MP3 "demo"

I might contact my local radio station as well, as I used to work on it...although that was about 28 years ago in the days before they had a licence!

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

One of them is now a DJ on radio 1 & also works in clubs all over Europe, but sadly I lost touch with him many years ago.



Can we ask who?

[rob1963]

Can we ask who?

Of course you can, Darren.

I think I've mentioned him before, but it's Dave Pearce.

If you go to the jingles page on the Surrey Sounds website (that was the pirate station I ran after working with Dave), you will hear that Dave did most of the jingles & voiceovers for us.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Of course you can, Darren.

I think I've mentioned him before, but it's Dave Pearce.

Yes, you have....brain not working. :o

[rob1963]

Yes, you have....brain not working. :o

No problem!

:)

[Tom]

have i missed a very important bit of this thread???


If you have, then that's at least two of us. :confused:


3 actually!

I should of said. I have no idea on voice overs but i said ebay as you might need equipment. I didnt think you would want to spend a lot of money first if your trying it out .

:o :sofa:

[Starlight]

Rob, to start off with you need a condenser mic aswel as a mixer, Adobe Audition software or Sony Soundforge (Which is freeware ;) ) and a standard computer. For a cheap condenser, your looking at around 100 to get you started. Adobe Audition (AKA Cool Edit Pro) will set you back a few hundred pounds but if I was in your position, I'd go with Sony Soundforge, it's free, pretty powerful and does what it says on the tin basically.

You really can mae a cheap 100 pound condenser sound far better than say a 1000 pound 1, it's all to do with the acoustics of the recording booth. You can also make an expensive 500 quid condenser sound pants maybe because of the way your processing the sound or the acoustics of the recording booth.

Mendoza.

[rob1963]

Rob, to start off with you need a condenser mic aswel as a mixer, Adobe Audition software or Sony Soundforge (Which is freeware ;) ) and a standard computer. For a cheap condenser, your looking at around 100 to get you started. Adobe Audition (AKA Cool Edit Pro) will set you back a few hundred pounds but if I was in your position, I'd go with Sony Soundforge, it's free, pretty powerful and does what it says on the tin basically.

You really can mae a cheap 100 pound condenser sound far better than say a 1000 pound 1, it's all to do with the acoustics of the recording booth. You can also make an expensive 500 quid condenser sound pants maybe because of the way your processing the sound or the acoustics of the recording booth.

Mendoza.

Thanks for the advice, Mendoza.

I'm already aware of Adobe audition, as I used it a little while back to make short comedy sketches for a radio show.

Thanks again.