The Off Air Voiceover Podcast

Hey folks and welcome to Episode 5 featuring the amazing Camile Murdock!
 
If you've seen Camile online you'll know you're in for treat with her infectious personality, but if not then you're in for almost an hour of smiles and inspiration from a story of someone who in such a short space of time has made a wonderful career from the voice over industry
From working on 999 and the construction industry to within 2 years of starting as a voiceover being nominated for a SOVAS award and flying out to LA.  It's a great story and journey to listen to and a good motivator on personal branding and standing out
Hope you enjoy it as much as we had a laugh and we'll see you on next weeks episode!
 
Cheers Camile!
 
Camile can be found at https://voicedbycamile.com/
Michael can be found at www.manchestervo.co.uk
Jen can be found at www.jenlawtonhunt.com 
 
 
 
 
 

Welcome to Episode 4 'Mastering Audio' Ft The wonderful Henry Willard!
 
Main Topics:
The importance of professional engineering in voiceover sessions
Best practices for remote and in-studio recordings
Crafting impactful voice demos and studio setup tips
Industry outlook, including AI impacts and career longevity
 
If you’ve had the good fortune to work with an audio engineer you’ll appreciate the huge difference they can make to a voice actors’ work; whether it’s creating an epic demo, improving your home studio, facilitating a live session or just allowing you to relax and concentrate solely on your performance.
 
On this weeks’ episode, we’re joined by the glorious Henry Willard. Henry shares his session stories, lets us in on his background,  his feelings about personal branding and offers his top tips to improve your performance.
 
Thanks for all your info Henry and an enjoyable chat
 
One not to be missed!M&J
 
Henry has provided his services to some of the big juggernauts of the world when it comes to brand names, such as Coca-Cola, HBO, Netflix and Disney to name but a few!
You can contact Henry and learn more about his work at www.henrywillard.com
 
Michael can be found at www.manchestervo.co.uk
Jen can be found at www.jenlawtonhunt.com 
 
 

Starter for ten:
Interested in acting in Audio Dramas? This episode is for you.
Join us for Episode 3, Season 4: Alternative Stories
In this episode we are joined by Producer, Casting Director and founder of Alternative Stories, Chris Gregory.
Chris shares his story of setting up the business, its development over time, how he uses AI and how you could get cast in one of their productions. Again we talk about the importance of human connection and how all the traits that make us human enrich our performance, and the world of an audio drama.
Lots to take away, so be sure to take it all in!
Are you enjoying the season so far? Let us know 🙂
Michael & Jen
 
You can find out more about Chris and his projects by visiting https://alternativestories.com/ 
Michael can be found at www.manchestervo.co.uk
Jen can be found at www.jenlawtonhunt.com
 
 

Welcome to Episode 2, Season 4 Featuring the one and only Chris Tester!
The Art of The Pivot
 
This week we sat down with Voice Actor and social media star Chris Tester to discuss his experience of the voiceover sector; from voice cloning and AI synthesis to building a brand that cuts through the noise. 
 
Chris explains why it’s good to pivot; the game has changed, and like any business, you need to adapt.
We get into the ethics around voice data, navigating an oversaturated market, and why your weird niche obsession (yes, sports, gaming....erotica? ) might be your greatest marketing asset.
 
A really fun and enjoyable conversation with someone who has the knowledge and expertise you want to hear
 
Thanks for being part of the podcast Chris!
 
Michael & Jen
 
You can find chris at www.naturallyrp.co.uk
Jen at www.jenlawtonhunt.com
Michael at www.manchestervo.co.uk
 

Welcome to Season 4 of the Off Air Voiceover Podcast!
After several attempts to get this season planned plus an original first episode that didn’t make it into 2026 😂, we are really glad to finally share these episodes with you!
This season we have a great mix of episodes with guests from across a range of areas. They’ve kindly shared their experience and insights to inspire us all in our voiceover careers.
In our opening episode we catch up post Xmas (recorded Jan 16th) talk about ideas, aspirations and personal goals going into the new year, awards season and the mental gymnastics of it all! Plus plenty of side-quests before our first big guest next week.
We hope you enjoy it!
Michael and Jen

Well Episode 8 was supposed to be the last one, but we had so much fun chatting to everyone and took so much away we figured we'd do one bonus episode to reflect on Season 3, what we learned and and what we take away for the future
 
Another big thankyou to all of you that were part of this great season, were super grateful and of course thanks to all our subscribers, listeners and supporters, it means the world to us ❤️
 
 
See you for Season 4....
 
Michael & Jen
 
 
 

In our final episode of season 3 *sniff* we are joined by animation casting legend, Kristin Paiva!
For anyone lucky enough to work with, or meet Kristin, you’ll know what a genuine and joyful person she is and she brought all that energy and more to the podcast.
In this episode she shares her journey from working as a casting and voice director for Disney to launching the incredible Paiva Institute and how she plans to support underrepresented voices and future directors in the industry.
We chat about the challenges of casting, commons mistakes Voice Actors make, and the magic that can be found. We also discuss the importance of originality in voice acting and how improv can help Voice Actors across all genres, amongst much, more more.
This is a hugely informative episode and hopefully will bring you a laugh or two too.
Thank you to Kristin for being so incredibly generous with your time and sharing of your experience, we are extremely grateful!
Our final Voiceover of the Week winner is the wonderful @katenieland for her hilarious portrayal of Winnie Winnington in the new Paw Patrol, excellent work Kate 👏🏻 go check it out.
Our final thanks goes to you for joining us this season. For every like, share, review and affirming comment you’ve sent our way we are hugely humbled and grateful, thank you and until we see you again, happy voicing.
Michael and Jen xx
 
Michael can be found at https://www.manchestervo.co.uk
Jen can be found at https://www.jenlawtonhunt.com
Kristin can be found at https://www.paiva.productions/
Kate can be found at https://www.katenieland.co.uk/
 

🚨Episode 7 has arrived!🚨
 
In this episode, the penultimate of season 3(!), we chat with the wonderful Donald Pirie, a seasoned voiceover artist, voice director and casting director, and delve further into the intricacies of casting in the gaming industry, particularly his experience working on AAA titles
He shares his processes for casting games and animations of all sizes at @bigmouthaudio, the importance of collaboration and being great to work with, And of course what makes an audition stand out - for all the right and the wrong reasons! 😬
  
We discuss the important role that voice actors play in building worlds and creating immersive experiences for players, and why strong acting skills and versatility may help you succeed.
Also, if you ever needed the motivation to post on social media, Donald shares a casting story that got us both determined to create more content!
Huge shoutout to the extremely talented and all round legend @rhiannonmouahall for her voice acting in Void Crew! Great work Rhiannon!
 
See you for the finalè next week....
 
Jen can be found at www.jenlawtonhunt.com
Michael can be found at www.manchestervo.co.uk
Donald can be found at https://www.donaldpirie.com  
Rhiannon can be found at https://www.rhiannonmoushall.com/ 
 
 

Welcome to episode 6!
Our longest episode at 90 mins, whats in here is packed full of useful takeaway information for Voice Actors of all levels
 
Rolf took the time to chat to us in a really candid way, nothing was off the table and we really enjoyed listening to his thoughts and opinions about the industry and what he feels Voice Actors need to know to make a success of their career in these evolving times. 
It’s absolutely not one not to miss!
Does he give his clear opinion on how to make the most out of the platform?  Yes
Does he discuss things that could be better? Yes
Does he tell us about how and why AI is on there?  Yes
Does he give some actual facts and stats about how AI is being used and what the future is looking like?  Yes
We hope you enjoy the information shared in this episode and thanks again to Rolf for being great with his time, information and just generally being a great person to chat to
 
Shoutout to our VO of the Week this week Susie Coleman for her epic trailer voice on new game Mortal Shell 2!  Excellent work Susie
See you next week!
 
Jen can be found at www.jenlawtonhunt.com
Michael can be found at www.manchestervo.co.uk
You can visit Voice 123 by going to the their website www.voice123.com
Susie can be found at https://www.susiecoleman.org.uk/ 
 

Hello!
 
Welcome to Episode 5!
 
This week we were joined by the fab Rachel and Jonny from Mighty Giant, an animation and motion Design company from Manchester.
 
As many VO’s source work from companies like Mighty, we felt it would be great to chat to them about what their process is like on a project and how they factor voice into it
Through this they shared some really great insight about working with their VO's and Jonny and Rach discuss what they do with the enquiries they get, (they get alot!) and give their opinions on the question many of us wonder as to what happens when they get those marketing emails!
 
To top it all off we chat about the importance of building good relationships with people you work with, (a message consistent across this season) and of course, AI!
Big shout out to Phil Rowe as this Weeks Voiceover of the Week for his performance is the video game Out Of Sight.  Excellent work Phil, thoroughly enjoyed your performance!
 
If contacting animation and motion design companies is part of your marketing strategy, this is definitely one to listen to!
 
Thanks again to Jonny and Rach for taking the time to chat with us and the insights shared, definitely learned a few things!
See you next week 👌
 
Michael can be found at https://www.manchestervo.co.uk
Jen can be found at https://www.jenlawtonhunt.com
Mighty Giant can be found at https://www.mightygiant.co.uk
Phil Can be found at https://listen.philrowevoice.com/