Gravy For The Brain

27th September - 3.30pm BST (London) / 7.30am PDT (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EDT (New York) / 0.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)

The voiceover studio at its most basic is the simplest recording studio set up. But what happens if you need extra capacity, or want your editing space separate from your recording space? In this webinar we will consider some of the options available to overcome some common problems faced by voiceovers, including how to play audio back down the line to a client on a remote session.

27th October - 3.30pm BST (London) / 7.30am PDT (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EDT (New York) / 01.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)

Explore how to enhance your self esteem in order to deliver an assured voiceover performance

28th October - 3.30pm BST (London) / 7.30am PDT (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EDT (New York) / 01.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)
At the time of going to press the audio world is eagerly awaiting the imminent release of the latest generation of Izotope’s amazing audio restoration suite - RX9. No exact release date has been announced, but it’s expected in mid-October. So in this webinar we’ll (hopefully) have a first look at the latest offering - considering which modules are most useful for a VO and looking at the new features as well as the old favourites. If RX9 hasn’t been released by this date we’ll just show each other photos of our pets

8th November - 3.30pm GMT (London) / 7.30am PST (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EST (New York) / 02.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)
D’Arcy Smith is a Professor in the Acting Department at the University of Cincinnati, USA. He has over 20 years of experience as a professional actor, coach and teacher of performers.
Most actors don’t know what their voice sounds like or how their voice “reads” to other people, especially on the microphone.

D’Arcy has created a unique exercise to help solve this problem. He begins by finding your “normal,” everyday voice. Without an idea of what your neutral voice is, it can be very hard to know what to adjust when it comes to character performance.
This fascinating webinar aims tell you a lot about the kinds of products you might sell, the companies you would be best suited to work for and the audiobooks that you would be perfectly cast to read. 
D’Arcy will reveal the detail about your vocal dynamic which underpins  the impression of who you are and how to change the way you sound to the audience. He calls this his “vocal recipe.” However, the first step to this goal is to discover your neutral voice type and develop an awareness of how others read you. 

D’Arcy has kindly agreed to work with 5 members live on this session. If you would like to take part, please send a 30 second MP3 recording of yourself talking about something you’re interested in, something that you feel comfortable talking about and send to: ellie_davies@gravyforthebrain.com by Monday 25th October.
D’Arcy will select 5 people to work with on the live webinar.

11th November - 3.30pm GMT (London) / 7.30am PST (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EST (New York) / 02.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)
Music can transform a production and give new life to a read. In this webinar we’ll take a look at how to source and choose a piece of music, some techniques for mixing the music with our voiceover and have a brief look at copyright and licensing.

14th December - 3.30pm GMT (London) / 7.30am PST (Los Angeles) / 10.30am EST (New York) / 02.30am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)
Audacity has changed quite a bit over the last couple of years, so it’s time to have another back to basics look at what it does and how to do it. Well look at some of the new features as well as revisiting some old ones to help you get the most out of Audacity.

20th December - 3.00pm GMT (London) / 7.00am PST (Los Angeles) / 10.00am EST (New York) / 02.00am + 1 AEDT  (Sydney)