Finally, all of the producers are starting to figure out and it makes their lives easier, too. I mean, there's no finally, what we already all knew is that, you know, we could do our job just as well or better remotely than we could actually in studio. I have been in a recording studio other than my own once. I can remember it since last March, when the entire world shut down. I can go and do it anywhere in the world." I can't remember. So we both were both part of the exodus from the cities, the voiceovers saying, "I don't need to be in a big city anymore. So I'm just outside of Toronto now in a little city called Hamilton.
During the COVID, we bought a little house in a community about an hour outside of Toronto, I had been in Toronto for like 30 years. So you're based in Canada, we're about in Canada. Just reading website, just reading your website. The way you say, I've been, you know, just you've been around the industry a long time, that doesn't sound so good So I'm keen to sort of explore some of the aspects of the voice and industry who, which some people might not realize exists. I'm fascinated, that used to be in advertising, and you've really kind of like, been around the industry for a long time. And so I wanted to explore that and find out more about your history. As I was just saying before, like we've, we've met briefly sort of in in zoom meetings and things and I and I had a sense that you were sort of, you know, voiceover kindred spirits. And today on the podcast, I'm very pleased to present my good friend and fellow Gravy for the Brain territory controller, Graeme Spicer from Canada. Welcome to vo life presented by gravy for the brain Oceania, the interview segment where I talk to people in the voiceover industry who are agents or they're producers, or they've also brought us to the top of their field so that you can hopefully benefit from some of the advice they have to give. How TTS and AI voices are making inroads into the world of VO What is the current state of the Pay to Play sites? And where will it go into the future?
How do you decide on compression levels for your reads? How the damands of home studio operators is increasing How modern casting has changed to be much more inclusiveįavourite voice genres vs the one you get hired for The benefits of showing range versus doing one thing really well The difference in attitude between US East Coast and West Coast, and how it applies to VO
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The Canadian accent, and how to master it How advertising has changed from using a single brand voice to a new voice for each campaignĪ typical day as a voiceover (if there is such a thing!) The previous organisations Graeme has been a part of WOVO, Edge Studio, Why group script read-throughs are so useful, why watching others is such a good way to learn Graeme's past career in advertising and as a marketing director and how this influences his current voice craft How Covid 19 has taught producers that home studios are adequate for recording spots How voiceover artists are moving out of cities to the rural regions In this episode, Toby talks to North American / Canadian Voice over industry legend (and Current Gravy for the Brain Territory controller) Graeme Spicer!