Richcraft Studios

What's your morning routine to prep for recording? One important thing I do is getting hydrated as early and as fast as possible. I'm writing this because I totally boffed my routine this morning and now I have to wait to start recording because my mouth noise is horrendous! Nothing worse than a sticky mouth and, no, apples are not a real substitute because they can add sugars to your mouth and so I've only had short term success with apples. You can't beat deep internal hydration for the best results, plus I find that my stamina is better, and my eyes don't get quite as dried out from staring at my screen/script. In a pinch, I will grab a can or bottle of seltzer water and sometimes that helps me get going faster. I find myself doing that in the second half of the afternoon when I'm probably trying to do too much recording but if I'm in the middle of editing and need a pick up line and the mouth is smacky, then a bit of seltzer does the trick. #voic

I've tried blogging in various forms in the past and while I love to write, I somehow end up selling myself short. Part of the reason why I want to do this is to share my thoughts and adventures and maybe make someone else think...or have an adventure.  Who knows! Shall we look to see what kind of fun we can have together?

In 2018, I finally let myself try the world of audiobooks.  When I say "let" I mean, yes, this was a purposeful decision not to venture into the world of audiobooks. Was I afraid? Yes, but maybe not for the reasons you think of. Yes, audiobook narration can be intimidating because you are making very personal choices about: what to narrate how to characterize people that are initially strangers to you but are intimately familiar to the author what emotions to share and how to express them can I really pull off that accent that I didn't know was in chapter 15 of the book? But I was really afraid of starting to do audiobooks because I had a feeling that I would be totally addicted...which turned out to be true. So at the same time that I was working other voiceover jobs, I managed to squeeze in about 13 or so audiobooks in 2018.  Some were good choices, some were not, but I chalk that up to my learning curve and overall I feel that I've established a soli

Welcome to the new home for Richcraft Studios.  The new studio is ready and I'm excited to show you the production center that will support your custom voiceovers. The heart of the studio is an instance of ProTools to ensure professional quality recording and editing.  The studio itself is an acoustically isolated booth in a below grade room to take advantage of the earth's natural sound proofing.