Ask The Sensei - August 2021

"Ask The Sensei" Voiceover Q&A

with Narration Talent, Simon Vance

Ask The Sensei | Author and Animation / Audiobook Voiceover Talent James Sie

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You Should Do Voiceover
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Our August special guest was narration talent, Simon Vance.

Simon began his narration career as a BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London and is now the critically acclaimed narrator of more than a thousand audiobooks, winner of over 70 AudioFile Earphone Awards, and a seventeen-time Audie Award® recipient, seven SOVAS awards as well as his most recent: a 2021 Independent Audiobook award for best male narrator.

Amongst his most critically acclaimed performances are Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (An Audie winner and of which the author herself said: “No author could hope for a more faithful and imaginative audio version”), and Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart (who tweeted: “It’s hilarious. The tone of his voice is perfect!”).

Simon brings the art of narration to all of his work and has received every major audiobook honor including being an Audible Narrator Hall of Fame member, an AudioFile Magazine "Golden Voice", and the inaugural Booklist Magazine "Voice of Choice". He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife where, not satisfied to only conquer the audiobook world, he also works as a film/TV actor.

Simon joined Sensei Tish and our "Tech Know" Sensei, Dan Lenard to answer questions around narration

Visit Dan Lenard's website, Home Voiceover Studio.

About Tish Hicks

Tish Hicks has been a working voice pro in many genres for 20+ years (Subaru, GTA5, Stinky & Dirty). As the founder of The V.O. Dojo, a full voiceover training center in L.A., Tish has helped people from all different backgrounds unleash the power of their voice and build sustainable, successful careers.