E14: Martin Whiskin: How to be a voiceover artist!

In the last episode of the season, I met Martin Whiskin to talk about how a voiceover artist makes a living, what goes into the work, and how a voiceover artist can help a business stand out from the crowd.

You can check out the deep-dive reflection on my Substack, where I talk about what I learned and sum up this episode: https://tommeetsinterestingpeople.substack.com/

Martin Whiskin is a voiceover artist who has lent his voice to Lego, RAF, Mercedes, NHS and BMW, to name a few, but his background is much more corporate and far less creative than voiceover. 

He worked as a data manager for 20 years while trying to be a "rock star" and was made redundant around the same time he realized that he wasn't good enough to be a famous musician. 

Martin was left looking at the skills he'd built up over the years during his time in bands, photography, design, videos etc., to see if any of those skills could be monetized. They couldn't! What was good enough for punk bands wasn't good enough to sell to businesses… but in a roundabout way, this led him to voiceover. Something that, having never had any plans to do anything even remotely like it, he is in love with.

Time Stamps:

03:13 Voice Actor? Voice Artist

03:54 They're not going to fire us, right? - Starting in Voice Over

06:59 The X-factor/BGT Guy

07:42 How being made redundant gave Martin the push he needed.  

09:08 What skills does Martin use as a voiceover artist?

12:28 How to prepare for a new voiceover job?

14:25 Mic technique for podcaster/beginner voice over

16:29 What directions can clients give to help voiceover artists

19:05 How long will a voiceover job take

21:08 Martin's favourite job

22:59 Why it's better to get a pro to record the voiceover you need rather than record it yourself

31:57 What do they mean by a treated room? - talking about gear and equipment

36:53 Why networking is important to Martin

42:45 STEVE!!! Let me on your show!!!

46:10 The Questionaire

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