By now you may already know that this was my second year as a judge for the One Voice Awards (OVA), UK edition. That doesn’t mean that I will be back again next year, but if I am, you’ll never

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you know that I caused quite a stir last week, when I called out a voice over coach for telling his YouTube followers that anyone can make it in voice overs as long

In my previous blog post I reviewed the latest addition to my microphone locker, a U87 clone I bought on eBay for only $218. The man who made it is Ian Davidson. Ian works as a tech in a few

Please listen to the sound file first, before reading the article below. It’s the dream of many voice over artists: to own the holy grail of microphones, the Neumann U87.  It’s a very expensive dream, because a new one will

Common wisdom tells us: Fix the roof when the sun shines. However… Many of us tend to take action when things go wrong. After all, when everything’s hunky dory, why bother? Here’s a familiar scenario. Let’s say you’re a voice

Every year, at the VO Atlanta conference, a new “Unicorn” is crowned. A Unicorn is someone who has distinguished him- or herself in the voice over community by showing exemplary character, and who is a true “Mensch” to their colleagues.