How did it all start?

This is exactly how my VO career began. Fate. I was approached by a bearded man called Martin in 1996. I happened to be fronting my 7 piece funk bank at a venue in the City of Cambridge at the time. During the intermission he kindly complimented me on the tone of my voice and asked me if I would be interested in voicing some recordings for a telephone system. I said ‘Yes Martin, I would.’

It turned out to be the telephony system for the Wembley Stadium Box Office Ticket Hotline and sounded just like this.

I realised that I possessed a commercially viable voice and hailing from Cambridge I naturally spoke with a ‘neutral’ accent, perfect for the popular ‘BBC’ sound of the time.

I sent demos to radio and TV commercial producers across the country and the world and to my delight, voiceover work came my way. I converted the study in my house to a recording studio and boldly set myself up full-time. Expanding my portfolio, I found work in English learning, regularly voicing material for the Cambridge University Press, on-line E-learning modules, video game characters, in-store commercials, on-hold telephone messages and anything else that required a voice – including singing on radio commercials, and I’m in my 11^th year as the station voice for the fabulous Cambridge Radio.

 My full-time job as a voiceover artist and vocalist is still as enjoyable as ever, 30 years on.