Farewell, Kobe Bryant: Basketball Storyteller

Farewell, Kobe Bryant: Basketball Storyteller Reflections on a star’s creativity – on and off the court By Chas Rowe 27th January, 2020     Like many people around the world with a strong pull towards the sport of basketball and a longtime passion for the NBA, I struggled to sleep on Sunday night. Kobe Bryant …

Fair Pay/Play in the UK Voice-Over Industries: Analysis & Comment

Fair Pay/Play in the UK Voice-Over Industries: The First Independent Legal Survey of UK Voice-Over Artists Analysis & Comment By Chas Rowe   Introduction On 18th July 2019, the University of Exeter’s Centre for Science, Culture and the Law published the findings of the first independent, ”focused study” of voice-over artists working in the UK …

How to Hire a UK Voiceover Artist

How to Hire a UK Voiceover Artist 10 tips for good teamwork between clients, production houses and artists     What are your rates? Here’s the script – how much? Can you do a 30 quid buy-out with an NDA for all online media forever? These are all genuine questions I’ve been asked in recent …

Why GDPR is FUBAR

Why GDPR is FUBAR By Chas Rowe   The EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is like the Kennedy assassination: everybody’s got an opinion about it, lots of people claim they’re experts, nobody seems to be right, and we may be destined to debate it forever. And like the death of America’s 35th president, to …

Ready For Launch

Ready For Launch   There’s a lot of hard work that goes into launching a website for a voice over business. It’s a bit like a space launch. First, you need the ideas. Second, you need the engineering to push those ideas forward. Third, you need the team to bring those ideas and engineering together. …