Hank Marvin influenced a generation of guitarist’s with his wide grin, black specs and red Stratocaster. He changed the way we see the guitar and producer John Sugar interviewed the music legend at Soho Square Studios for the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Thing About Hank’  celebrating Marvin’s contribution to contemporary music .

Scrub A Dub Dub!

Hard, shiny faucets, steamy windows and beautiful marble curves. Yep that’s right, Bathstore’s new TV ad campaign is coming to Voice and Music courtesy of M&C Saatchi. Adam will be overseeing the project our end and is looking forward to it, “It’s really great to get the opportunity to do some more sound design based work and especially for something so high profile. Often we’re thought of as purely a voice recording studio but what more people are beginning to realise is that we’ve got a wealth of sound design talent here as well.”

Awards Galore

Voice And Music Go Gold!

Under normal circumstances we pride ourselves on being discrete but some things are worth shouting about. So, with record sales at an all time low, you can imagine how thrilled we were when Emily from Chapman Entertainment dropped in and presented us with our very own Gold Disk for our part in Peter Kay’s Animated All Stars for BBC Children In Need. It was an amazing production for us to be so heavily involved in and with record sales to date standing at 415 000, and counting, there is always the possibility that it could go Platinum. Until then the Gold Disk has taken pride of place on the wall in our client reception.

Everything’s Rosie At Voice and Music

The first pictures from VGI’s new series Everything’s Rosie for BBC CBeebies have arrived at the Voice and Music and we’re happy to say they look stunning. Having completed the voice records here we were delighted to find that VGI have chosen us to do the sound design and final mixes for the upcoming series. Chris, our head engineer, has been in charge of the project for us and the job now falls to him to come up with the goods. To that end he’s been working closely with Foley artist Ruth Paveley to add extra layers of texture and complexity to the mixes.

“Its important to get things right when you’re doing something of this nature. The quality of the CGI on this is really good, so the sound has to be spot on. Libraries are all well and good, and they’re great for most things but with this we felt it was important to add that extra something you get from actually physically making the sounds. Its especially pertinent when you realise it has to go out in 5.1.”-Chris Morris, Senior Sound Engineer.

Everything’s Rosie promotes the idea of fun and fulfilment through friendship and celebrates discovery, curiosity and imagination.  At the heart of the series is Rosie - a positive thinking, enthusiastic and bright role model for preschoolers.  With the help of her lively and diverse group of friends, she finds surprising and refreshingly unpredictable solutions to everyday challenges.

ALL ABOARD FOR DRIVER DAN’S STORY TRAIN ON CBEEBIES!

Weekdays 12.30pm - Starting Saturday 9th January

Launching on CBeebies tomorrow, “Driver Dan’s Story Train” is a CGI animated/live-action series that welcomes its young audience aboard The Story Train, with its cast of loveable new animated friends, led by the grown-up lion, Driver Dan. 

The series features a colourful and inquisitive group of 3D animated animal characters of pre-school age, who love stories and adventure. Each full of personality and individuality, the animals join the ‘grown-up’ lion, Driver Dan, on his Story Train as they play games, have adventures, solve puzzles and find out that there is a book for absolutely every occasion.

Peter Serafinowicz, Actor, comedian and the voice artist for Driver Dan says, “Having always wanted to narrate a children’s show, it seems fitting that now, when story-telling is diminishing in the family home, I can be involved in such an exciting project. “Driver Dan’s Story Train” brings back the value of books and introduces them as fun without the educational association.”

Driver Dan’s Story Train was recorded by Stewart Barnes in Studio 1 at The Voice And Music Company.

Roary Scoops RTS Gong!

Chapman Entertainment’s Roary the Racing Car walked away with the prize for the Best Children’s Programme at the recent Royal Television Society North West Awards.

The Hellie’s A Winner episode was competing against Chapman stable mate, Fifi and the Flowertots, plus Citizenship & Surveillance for the BBC Learning Zone in the category.

Chapman MD and executive producer, Greg Lynn, and Roary the Racing Car director, Tim Harper, accepted the award.

“We pride ourselves on making first class shows for pre-schoolers and winning Best Children’s Programme for Roary is a great honour - especially as he is in such excellent company,” said Lynn. “This award is a reflection of the combined talents of a dedicated team of specialists working in the field of children’s animation, and I’d particularly like to thank both the production team in London and at the studio, Tim Harper, our director, and Phil Chalk, our senior producer, on a job well done.”