Recording Audio Book
Recording Audio Book
Recording the audio book is not a simple job.
95,000 words, 25 chapters takes time.
It took 20 hours of recording over 3 days at Ladbroke Audio in Croydon. Unusually, I stand up to record. This may not be as relaxing as sitting down and reading but It helps me deliver the right performance to the stories. I need regular refreshment and pause often throughout the process. I’m not drinking tea or coffee - they tend to impact on the vocal chords - So instead I drink hot honey,
The story weaves its way through my Camino with memoirs from my career in radio, TV and entertainment. It’s quite a different experience reading out loud rather than reading to yourself. Things that make sense on the page sometimes need adjusting in the spoken word.
It's been a revelation.
The next stage is editing (suprisingly there are one or two retakes!) and there are some sound effects to be added. Then a proof reader listens to my reading and compares it to the original manuscript.
When the producers are happy it goes off to the distributors – Audible books and Spoken Word. It becomes available as a download and you can listen on your device, in your car, wherever you may be.
You can pre-order the book and be part of the lucky ones that will have it more immediately…
We celebrated the end of the recording marathon with a bash on the head like this or like this!
Bash on the head like this or like this….
