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I Found My Voice Again
No, really; I was horribly sick and lost my voice for a whole month right up to mid-October, so, I’m really sorry for going MIA for so long. On top of that, the previous guy who worked on my website was supposed to walk me through basic things like making changes but he ghosted me. Thankfully I found someone who was able to help – huge shoutout to eBYTEmedia.com for saving the day and also for making all the changes I needed! Many things have been circling in my head recently and as an inaugural post MIA blog, I thought I’d
How to do voiceovers on Tik Tok videos?
This old dog is having to learn new tricks. Remember when your parents asked you how to send an SMS? Or when they needed you to teach them how fill out a form online, or access their Google drive? Yup, that’s me now. I literally just tried recording a video in Tik Tok. I embarked on this life changing event when I saw a question somewhere – someone asked how one does a voiceover on Tik Tok. So, I set up my account and recorded a silly video which is best never seen by anyone, not even me ever again or
The Loaded Question
From my experience working in a production house in the 90s, the pricing of voiceover artists in Singapore used to be very straightforward. A flat rate for a 30-second script, or a 5-minute corporate video was very much the norm. And rightfully so – with Singapore’s broadcast mediums being only free-to-air (FTA) TV and radio stations, we certainly weren’t spoiled for choice. But even ads going on TV, cinema and radio didn’t attract an additional premium, what’s referred to as ‘loading’, which makes me wonder…. Anyway, back to the article. The new millennium brought about a complete shift in TV and
The End of An Era
Over the past few weeks, like many others, I’ve been watching documentaries about Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Indeed, she was deeply devoted, dutiful, gracious and not to mention, very beautiful. Have a look at her side profile that famously adorns Great Britain’s postage stamps – how stunning. I offer my sincere and heartfelt condolences to King Charles III, the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. She was a remarkable person, a remarkable Queen. When news broke of her passing, I remember feeling a sense of loss, even though my life had been pretty
Every Breath You Can Barely Take
Keeping Up With the Guide Voice “We have the edit ready with a guide voice.” One of the most jitter-inducing lines a voiceover artist can hear. When I was still editing videos about 20 years ago, I had an ongoing project dumped on me. For starters, it was the most disorganised timeline I had ever seen in my then, more than ten-year career. The OCD in me started to convulse. But, even worse; as I played the edit, I was horrified – I instantly knew that no voiceover artist would ever be able to keep up with the incredible speed at
Stand in the Corner
Makeshift VO Recording ‘Booths’ I probably sound old when I say that we never, ever used to do it this way. But then again, those were the days when most production houses had in-house recording studios so I’ll snap out of nostalgia and get with the times. The reality is that, there’s more to the situation than resources. It has a lot to do with time as well. The time that no one seems to have anymore. It’s a bit of a catch 22 if you ask me. In the past, the entire production supply chain as well as clients had