Drop the mic!

Being a freelance voice actor is having a ticket to ride. My life serves as an example: I have an audio booth in my home’s attic, I exchange emails with clients on the computer in the living room, I speak with studios on my mobile phone while I’m shopping for groceries or waiting for my children to leave school, and I drive or take the bus to various studios in Lisbon and neighborhoods. Once I was asked to fly from Lisbon to Los Angeles to record a voice-over…

There is no doubt voice travels at the speed of sound. But the distances that a talent has to make to give his voice for those in need vary a lot. My good French colleague Thomas Dormoy, who says he sees the Eiffel Tower from his window at home like every Frenchman, and eats croissants throughout the day like every Frenchman – hahahah! -, did what many French people would dream of doing but few dare to participate: a tour de France by bicycle, voix off version.

“My name is Thomas, I am a French voice talent based in Paris. Like many of you, I had boring and complicated months of lockdown in my home studio [due to Covid-19 pandemic]. Confined in the audiobooth and surrounded by acoustic panels, I have decided to do the exact opposite: to leave the studio and get some freedom. I have decided to go meet VO colleagues all around the country by making a “Tour de France” in bike s’il vous plaît. 2 months and 10 days, 4.000 km, 15 studios/home studios visited, damn that was hard but that was a real experience”.

I’ll never complain again when a studio asks me to go there instead of being able to record at home!

If you need a French VO talent check Thomas’ work here: www.thomasvoix.com