Piehole’s younger talent has an impressive range of gigs under their pint-sized belts including Cadbury’s and Aer Arann Airlines.

You are cordially invited to the Piehole UK Voiceover meetup! When? 2nd March. Where? The Bell Pub (50 Middlesex street, near Liverpool Str Station, 18.30 – 22:00) Why? You decide. Come along and give voice overs a voice, meet other VOs, network and fill your piehole with a few beers and some food. This is a Piehole event, but all voiceovers are welcome! Entry is £10 – this is to cover your food and a drink… The event is for fun and not for profit!Spaces are limited to fit into the pub, so please book your tickets here:

TICKETS

Entry (includes food and 1 drink) £10.00 GBP Entry + Piehole T-shirt (food, 1 drink, t-shirt) £15.00 GBP

T-shirt size* if you’re buying £15 ticket

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Emma Hignett has been the voice of London Bus for the last number of years and now she will also have the privilege of being the welcoming voice of all of the new bus routes for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

She’s even just beenfeatured on BBC News. Check out the Story Here

Check out Emma Hignett’s Profile Here

Uncle Piehole wants YOU to submit your most awesomest demo reel and go head to head against the greatest talent that the VO community has to offer with the glorious goal of being crowned with most amazing voice-reel out there!

ENTER HERE - www.piehole.co.uk/actors/new

HOW TO WIN:

• Enter your Demo and we’ll send you a URL code that you can share on your Facebook profile and add to others.
• Get all your friends, family and ‘Facebook friends’ to click “Like” it as many times as possible.
• The top 20 demos with the most “likes” (10 male/10 female) will be the finalists to be judged by our top international judges

@ Cristian Downes: Producer – Wieden + Kennedy (Creative Advertising Agency – Amsterdam)
@ Chris and John: Another Tongue Voices Agency (Heads of Voice Over Ageny – London)
@ Kevin Breathnach: Avondale Recording Studios (Sound Engineer and Media Producer)

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PRIZES!

1st PRIZE: Demo of The Year 2011 customised winners badge for your website / piehole page PLUS 1 x year free basic on Piehole.ca, Piehole.co.uk and Piehole.ie
2nd PRIZE: 1 year on piehole.ca
3rd PRIZE (consolation prize): Piehole t-shirt – Signed and pre-worn by each member of team Piehole!!! Kidding, it will be clean and new.

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RULES: There are no rules!!!…….except for the following guidelines which must be strictly abided by.

1.) It’s open to every VO on the planet (including existing members)
2.) You can enter one demo of no more than 3 minutes in length.
4.) The demo must be in MP3 Format.
3.) It can be have any type of content.
4.) The commence date is the 06/01/2012 and closing is 06/02/2012.
5.) The prizes cannot be exchanged for…..bla bla bla monetary value etc.
6.) We will accept a referral invite to the event as a Like so the more VO’s you invite the more likes you get.
7.) Top 10 demo’s with most likes go forward to panel of external panel of judges who pick the 3 winners.

Check out their VO Profiles here John Lovett,  Wendy Quinlan and Rebecca Horan

How and when did you get into voiceover work?

Whilst working for a television company in 2008, I would entertain my colleagues with different accents and impersonations I could perfume. A senior producer overheard and asked if I could voice an animation character for games channel. From the first through to the last recording session I loved every second of it and so my career in voice overs began!

What makes you a wicked voice over artist?

With my fortunate ability to perform very realistic voices and characters its not just Kieran behind the mic, you’ve got a bus full of characters awaiting to perform! Most importantly, when performing I like to bring the script to life to the point where even I’m blown away.

Any advice for aspiring voice overs?

3 bits of advice I’d give to new comers are 1) Invest in a top quality demo and training. For those who try and wing it by making it yourself, you’re wasting everyone’s time. 2) Practice reading out loud as often as you can! 3) Don’t give up! If you want a career in voiceovers, it’s not going to happen overnight! You have to be prepared to put a lot of effort and time into building your business.

What would be your ideal job?

My current target is to be the voice of a few international and national brands for television and radio commercials and also to voice a character in a big feature film!

An appearance on the Simpsons as a special guest appearance VO or a years international contract with Coca Cola?

Well I’d have to go with the Coca Cola contract! Not only is it a year’s international contract, but I wouldn’t have to buy another can again! That would be a big box ticked off the list.

Anything else you would like to let us know?

Having been in the voice over business for a couple of years, I’ve found with each job you grow and grow. I’ve been lucky to land some great jobs, which have helped me to invest in a broadcast quality studio. From this I can perform everyday on all kinds of work keeping my voice over skills as sharp as a razor! I have a series of work set to be released early next year which, using my different voices, are set to impress!

Please feel free to contact me for questions on quotes and my schedule.

Check out Kieran’s Profile here

We’re extremely proud of David Cronin, Amy Stack and Toni Webb, the three Piehole voice overs who proudly represented us on TV3′s  ‘The Apprentice’ last Monday night.

Each of them made a quick appearance on the small screen and showed the Irish nation what being a professional VO is all about.

Our very own Ruler, PG, also makes a short but sweet appearance at 13mins 45 secs. Don’t even blink…………your ears.

Favourite quote of the episode relating to the merits of hiring a professional voice over:

Business Yuppy one: “I don’t think we need a voice over, I really don’t”

Business legend and future Bill Cullen: “It makes some difference. It makes it into a real professional ad to have a good voice over”

Business Yuppy: “I’ll do it”

Business Legend: “You’d want to be smoking 20 a day!” – Brilliant!

Check out the stars profiles here!

Toni Webb + David Cronin + Amy Stack

When Karl heard from Animation student, Adam Bullivant, from the University of Lancashire – UK, it took him back to his days as a student; remembering the help he’d received from folk while studying for his degree. Adam, who found Karl through the Piehole web site, needed a short recording of two characters for a course project. Adam’s opening gambit was that he really needed the voiceover done on the cheap, as he hadn’t much available budget. To this, Karl agreed to record the supplied script for free, submitting an MP3 file by return the same afternoon.

The premise:

Two oranges in a fruit bowl, disgruntled to learn that someone has named a mobile phone after them (presumably because nobody asked their permission), discuss the absurdity of the whole business:

“Do I look like a mobile phone?”

Asked why he’d offered to do the work pro bono, Karl replied:

“It was clearly never going to be a big-earner, so why not? Besides, when Adam Bullivant becomes the next John Lasseter … he might just remember some of those who helped him get there!”

Having received the audio from Karl, the polite Adam replied to say:

“I received your audio, which is perfect! Thank you again for donating your time and effort to my project. Adam James Bullivant.”

Check out Karl Littardi’s VO profile here!

Piehole VO Guy Harris has just become the voice of ALL of the characters in WORMS Ultimate Mayhem. A cult video game for over 20 years, they’ve now just released a new version.

Check out Guy’s Profile Here and the awesome VO job he’s done below

Hilary Cotter has just finished editing her new acting showreel.  It’s only 1min 17secs long, so go on, have a quick peek at it and listen to her voice reels on her profile here