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WIWO: my idea

on February 5, 2015February 17, 2015 By melhulm
Lightbulb
a misleading lightbulb

This week I am working on an IDEA—not the lightbulb kind, rather a submission for the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA).

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#fbf: best of the Super Bowl

on January 30, 2015February 18, 2015 By melhulm
Nfl football
pumped up for Super Bowl

I’m talking ads here. I’m not ashamed to admit I’m more interested in commercials than cornerbacks and the spots I’m after have nothing to do with ball placement. So in anticipation of the advertisements worth more than $4 million a pop, here’s my top 5 from Super Bowls past…

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Why phone numbers in ads are a bad idea

on January 29, 2015January 30, 2015 By melhulm
Toy phone
Who you gonna call?

As a voice actor I see countless radio commercial scripts containing phone numbers. Here’s why you should reconsider this strategy.

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Read my lips

on January 25, 2015January 30, 2015 By melhulm
Image of mouth
(not too) bad lip reading

With just over a week until Super Bowl, the latest instalment of NFL Bad Lip Reading is out and it’s hilarious!

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WIWO: Yarra Trams

on January 22, 2015February 17, 2015 By melhulm
Sorry for the coffee stain
Sorry for the coffee stain

A recent project I voiced for Yarra Trams:

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Searching for Siri

on January 21, 2015January 30, 2015 By melhulm
Siri image displayed when you ask Siri a question
How can I help you?

Mistaken identity, forensic investigation and a CNN scoop—it sounds like the hunt for a criminal mastermind.

It was, in fact, the search to uncover the original voice of Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri. And as I posted my Siri-esque voice adventure last week, why not get to the bottom of who Siri really is? It appears this is quite the story…

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#fbf: being Siri

on January 16, 2015February 18, 2015 By melhulm
zzzzark
zzzzark

Flashback to when I got to play a Siri-esque phone assistant…

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You know you’re a voice actor when…

on January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 By melhulm

The pop up studio

on January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 By melhulm 2 Comments

Do you need to record on the go? Need studio quality but don’t have studio space or studio bucks? Well this little pop up studio might just be the solution…

Image of The Porta-Booth Pro®
The Porta-Booth Pro®

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#fbf: my voice acting career started with worms

on January 9, 2015January 12, 2015 By melhulm

While most kids my age were roller skating, riding bikes and climbing trees, I was over at my best friend’s house begging her to crawl under her house to retrieve this little gem…

norelco dictation machine
Norelco dictation machine (available on ebay…hmm tempting)

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