I'm back on the wireless! Yep, you can hear me on the all new Hits Radio on a Saturday night from 10pm-1am playing some acoustic chilled out hits and chatting about the week. I love the view from the studio which overlooks a moonlit canal in Manchester's Castle Quay....
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Why we need to pick up the phone more
Hello... voiceover calling Old Pals: I spent the weekend with a group of school pals, we managed to all get together with our gaggle of kids and hang out. It was a lot of fun and as we talked about our lives and juggling work and kids and everything else, it...
Time to play my ‘A Game’
I've been watching TV commercials and telling myself how I could voice the adverts I see for national brands for ages and haven't done anything really proactive about trying to get the work. So when I saw Rachel was holding a commercial and promo workshop as part of...
Voiceover from the heart..
As a voiceover artist you get to work on a wide range of projects, some of which are fascinating, some are topics you have never heard of, meaning there's tricky words to say. Other's are areas of significance interest to you meaning you can voice from the heart. I...
Turning 40 and being happy about it…
I'll be honest, I was dreading this birthday.. I remember being a kid when my Dad had a 40th at our house. My Mum surprised him with all his pals dressing up as him ( picture a mix Buddy Holly & Groucho Marks ) I remember thinking how old they all were and noisy...
I’ve just published my 100th podcast episode and I can’t quite believe it
I've just published my 100th podcast episode and I can't quite believe it. Podcasting as I'm sure you'll know is constantly evolving and growing in popularity. From the powerhouse of NPR to the British Podcast Awards you can't ignore it anymore and why would you want...
Hot yoga and splatting
My pal said to me yesterday 'Exercising is the new socialising ' which I gaffawed at and then proudly told her I had started doing hot yoga. I have found practicing yoga really beneficial to my voiceover work and my sanity. I love it and over the years have tried to...
Children’s voiceovers
My little boy turned two last week, I made a cake , I didn't last year. It went down a treat, especially with my son who ate his weight in cake and chocolate. It was Hey Duggee a character from his favourite TV programme which if you don't know is about a Scout Leader...
Christmas in Manchester
With Christmas only 5 days away, I'm desperately trying to end the year feeling like I'm ready for the new year. With that in mind, paying a little attention to this blog has been on my to do list, since I changed my website in June! Do you feel the year...
chit chat
One of the things about being a voiceover / audio geek is knowing what is the best kit and there's so much out there it can be daunting. I'm currently loving my tascam handheld recorder as I'm out and about interviewing people for my podcast. It's pretty idiot proof...
Let me say it for you
I'm Natalie B, a voiceover, presenter, podcaster - all round audio geek and I love talking. I've made a career of it. Since my teens I was obsessed with the radio and set my heart on working in radio and getting paid to talk. This all came true. I started in hospital...
Take a look at my face…
After a wonderful weekend with some of my oldest friends, I was struck with how well we all scrubbed up. We've always been a pretty lot, I remember an old boyfriend commenting years ago about how all my pals were attractive, and we all talked about how we felt we...