My introduction

davidjkcarr · Post by **davidjkcarr** » November 12th, 2021, 4:47 pm

Hello to you all. My name is David and I am a new to this forum, though I suppose that should really go without saying. I am British but I currently live in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, in S.E. Europe. The reasons for this are rather long-winded in nature and probably not germane.

For most of my professional life I was a lawyer, working in London, my home town. However, after 30 years in practice I become rather jaded with the legal profession and decided to embark upon a new venture. I now teach English online, with an emphasis on legal and business English. I never envisaged any sort of career, or even a hobby, as a voice-over artist but, having been complimented several times on the quality of my voice when teaching, the notion has now taken root in my mind.

Not knowing where to begin, I found a professional voice coach and engaged his services. His name is Dan Udenberg. He is a professional voice-over artist and a lovely fellow to boot. It was Dan who revealed the existence of this Forum to me and encouraged me to join. I followed his advice. He may be a member here too, I am not sure.

So, here I am. As I make my own videos, I already own a fairly decent microphone and also editing software and I hope that will be sufficient to get me started, at least. I hope to get some useful experience under my belt, learn as much as I can and, if I am lucky, get some feedback too.

My greetings to you all. I am very excited to embark upon this new adventure, regardless of where it leads.

lightcrystal · Post by **lightcrystal** » November 12th, 2021, 9:23 pm

Welcome to LibriVox, David! As a former lawyer you may be happy to learn that everything that we record is in the public domain!

davidjkcarr · Post by **davidjkcarr** » November 13th, 2021, 10:55 am

Yes, I am aware of that but thanks for responding anyway.

GraceBuchanan · Post by **GraceBuchanan** » December 8th, 2021, 7:06 am

davidjkcarr wrote: ↑November 12th, 2021, 4:47 pm
As I make my own videos, I already own a fairly decent microphone and also editing software and I hope that will be sufficient to get me started, at least.

David! Welcome! Yor experience as a lawyer, English teacher, and voice coaching client is marvelous! Your European background from London to Belgrade is also cherished here.

You might enjoy joining us for a Zoom meeting Friday. It's very early your time, so you might prefer to catch the recording on YouTube.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=83012&p=1980221&hilit=Microphone#p1980221
Please let me know if you wanted me to add any questions to the list.

We're looking forward to receiving your one-minute-test so you can check that your technical settings are compatible with our systems.

GraceBuchanan · Post by **GraceBuchanan** » December 8th, 2021, 7:11 am

GraceBuchanan wrote: ↑December 8th, 2021, 7:06 am It's very early your time.

Correction: I'm sorry. I counted backwards. The meeting is later in you day. I hope that time works well for you.