I don't want to drone on about Covid-19 in this update, but how could it go unmentioned? I can only hope that the goodness of human nature, which is already expressing itself around the world, will help to bring us all to a greater appreciation and understanding of each other, to highlight how inter-dependant we are and the degree to which we share our little lives together on this spinning ball in space.
A regular update on these pages would mention latest audio releases and other stuff I've been involved with. In perspective, perhaps that's not the most important thing going on at the moment, although it does seem to me, that a little distraction, a short 'time-out' is always welcome and listening to an audio book, or a bunch of actors pretending to be Space Marines, might just be as good a means as any of taking one's mind to another place for a while, as we all hunker down and wait for this awful virus to play itself out.
Lockdown here in the UK, meant that I had to work at maximum effort and minumum time wastage, in order to complete the recording of an audio book; we managed it after an intense two days in the studio and at some point in the next few months, I hope it will be released on schedule, along with it's release in other formats. Alas, I'm still not allowed to say what the recording was of, or indeed what other things are in the publication pipeline; what I can say is that it's one of four books, three audio dramas and an animation series,* scheduled for release over the next few months.
Most of the studios I work with, if not all, are now closed and the only new audio work being produced, is by narrators who have access to a 'home studio'. At the moment, I don't have a home studio, but I'll have to put that right, just as soon as it becomes possible to acquire the necessary materials and electronic gadgetry to build one. I recently worked for a Los Angeles based audio publisher and I'm sure the majority of their narrators work from home, as the practicalities of getting to a pro studio in the United States, could be daunting. I'm grateful that they not only invited me to record with them, but also engaged a producer and hired a pro studio for me here in the UK. Fingers crossed they don't regret their investment!
Like most of us who are currently keeping to ourselves at home, I'm getting on with all the day to day things that normally get overlooked or ignored. I can't pretend it's as much fun as my day job, but I'm grateful to be well and able to keep myself usefully occupied.
There's an awful lot of text here and so far, not much in the way of illustration: perhaps I'll just throw in a couple of my favourite images from the world of Warhammer to liven things up...
Stay well, take care and happy listening; that's...
...all for now: more just as soon as it happens!
NB: * the animation series, Angels of Death, (see Preview 2 above) could be delayed as a result of the lockdown.
