Punch and Roll: Fix the Fluff Without Losing Your Flow
Tripped on a line? Punch and roll lets you back up, read along and carry on in one clean take. How to set it up and make the joins disappear.
Tripped on a line? Punch and roll lets you back up, read along and carry on in one clean take. How to set it up and make the joins disappear.
Medical narration and pharma ads: how drug names are built, how to prep a pronunciation sheet, and what US rules say about the side effects read.
Documentary narration asks for restraint, timing and trust in the picture. What working narrators and directors say, and how to bring it to the booth.
Where to look when a name stumps you, which sources to trust, how to write a pronouncer you can read at speed, and how to keep a pronunciation log.
The voice-over genre written into accessibility standards, what the read asks for, the published rules, and how to practise it without a client.
What e-learning narration really asks for, the 20 decibel standard every training file has to clear, and how to land your first course.
Real hours behind a finished hour, how ACX pays narrators in 2026, the technical bar every file must pass, and a ninety-day plan for your first book.
Audiobooks are booming, so should authors narrate their own? A look at the hours involved, the skills pros bring, and what to listen for in a narrator.
Mike voices corporate narration, e-learning and commercials. He talks about how he got started, working from home, and where voice over's headed.
How hiring a voice over moved from big city agents and ISDN lines to home studios, and what to watch out for when you cast online.