Music

  • The First Edition of Voice Note by Emma Nabarro-Steel

    The First Edition of Voice Note by Emma Nabarro-Steel

    An eclectic monthly update form the booth and beyond. Voiceover, Music & Culture.

  • Inside the Voiceover Booth: A Little Corner of Sound Perfection

    Inside the Voiceover Booth: A Little Corner of Sound Perfection

    To step inside my voice booth is to be at once isolated and connected. The chunky door closes with the satisfying ffft of a fridge (incidentally where the seals are reclaimed from). 1 x 1 m of acoustically treated silence envelopes me, bringing deep focus and calm. Meanwhile, headphones, mic and computer screen, connect me…

  • Self-Love and Ladybird Books

    Self-Love and Ladybird Books

    If you happen to be spending the 14th of February in South Korea, you might be inclined to give a man the gift of chocolate. And if you are Finnish, you won’t be doing Valentine’s Day but Ystävänpäivä – ‘friends day’! We grow-up with so many customs surrounding love and I started thinking about the…

  • Over to you!

    Over to you!

    I decided maybe it wasn’t my turn and I needed the creative energy of others. This week I’ve received the generous gift of freshly penned poetry from two opposite sides of the globe. And bang! The intersection of this serendipitous pairing (geographically somewhere around China) is magically, right here for you to enjoy.

  • Disclaimer: this is my disclaimer

    Disclaimer: this is my disclaimer

    Music is something I seem to ‘lean in’ to the discomfort of, although it still scares the bejeepers out of me. Most of us have something we want to be braver at and learning about other people’s true colours (even beige) is always a joy to me. Although it’s not always easy to jump in…

  • Marie Kondo – A Single Thread

    Marie Kondo – A Single Thread

    Some songs decide to grow outwards in all directions. The new track ‘Marie Kondo’ sprouted lots of little stories. The kind that connect you in a hidden way to the people you can’t be with: a cohort which recently includes pretty much everyone we know. View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  • Or…We Could Just Stay Here

    Or…We Could Just Stay Here

    How lucky we are to have such an infinite array of choices, even at the moment when we see our lives as unusually restricted. Far too many have lost loved ones this year, and though it’s at immeasurable cost, this surely deepens our experience of what it is to be alive. View post to subscribe…

  • Save to the Soul Reserve

    Save to the Soul Reserve

    Somewhere along the meandering course of 2020, I became a little fixated by running water, streams, rivers and the general flow of things. View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  • Avian love song…and a mysterious hush!

    Avian love song…and a mysterious hush!

    I’ve been recording the birds. I know I’m not the first, but as I hit record, creep back from the open window and back into bed, I wonder why I’ve never done this before?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.