Gravy For The Brain

11th August - 10:00am BST (London) / 2:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEST (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZST (Auckand)
Join Toby Ricketts for a masterclass in how to edit voice and dialogue. This will cover the recording of your voice, doing some processing, editing out breaths, how to supply your audio and also some tricks of the trade in saving multiple smaller files from one long recording, such as IVR or gaming.

24th August - 10:00am BST (London) / 2:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEST (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZST (Auckland)
It’s hard to get feedback these days on your voice audition audio - nothing from P2Ps and rarely from agents or clients. Send a recent audition mp3 along with the job and voice brief to toby_ricketts@gravyforthebrain.com and Toby will give you feedback on your performance and recording quality as well as offering constructive feedback to improve.

25th August - 10:00am BST (London) / 2:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEST (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZST (Auckland)
Join Toby Ricketts for another long form interview with seasoned veteran of audiobook recording - Ray Porter. Toby and Ray will discuss techniques on how to breathe life into characters and make subtle shifts in tone define characters in an audiobook or play. If you aspire to audiobooks or character acting then this is a must-watch!

8th Septmber - 10:00am BST (London) / 2:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEST (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZST (Auckland)
Lisa Ristau runs Impressive Talent, a Maryland based American talent agency that won 3 SOVAS awards in 2021. Toby and Lisa will discuss why her agency has a different approach than traditional voice agents, and what the current and future state of voice in the USA looks like.

22nd Septmber - 10:00am BST (London) / 2:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEST (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZST (Auckland)
Toby Ricketts is joined by Jordan Greville from NZ Audio Editors who uses Audacity everyday in his business of editing and processing voice files for voice artists. Find out the basics of how to record, edit and process your voice recordings to make them sound their best!

12th October - 9:00am BST (London) / 1:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEDT (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZDT (Auckland)
Voice123 announced earlier this year that it will allow a limited number of it’s voices to build an AI voice model and start to use it for providing auditions on the site, and possibly to complete jobs in the future. Join me for a chat with Rolf about the last year at Voice123 and where they are going in the world of AI, and WHY.

13th October - 9:00am BST (London) / 1:00am PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:00am EDT (New York) / 7:00pm AEDT (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZDT (Auckland)
Working Internationally as a voiceover brings a whole new set of challenges; working in different currencies & timezones, sending and reconciling payments in foreign currency, accounting for your taxable income. In this webinar Toby Ricketts will take you through the mechanics of working with international clients - from Timezone scheduling, linking to overseas studios with Source Connect, Skype or ISDN, right through to invoicing and getting paid efficiently in the right currency!

10th November - 8:00am GMT (London) / 00:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 3:00am EST (New York) / 7:00pm AEDT (Sydney) / 9:00pm NZDT (Auckland)
Toby Ricketts sits down with arguably the best accent specialist in the world, Amy Walker from 21Accents, to find out what makes accents tick? Why do we have accents? The best way to learn accents? Plus a whole lot of fun along the way!