Wow! What an amazing experience!

Last Thursday, Liya and I met our Butler’s Tale voice-over artists for the first time. Jenny had travelled down from Lancaster to record the narration for the animation, and Scott had driven from Watford to make his debut as the Butler himself.

The venue for this momentous meeting was No Machine Studios in Wokingham, where the venerable Neil Sadler sat surrounded by sliders, knobs, speakers and complicated mixing kit. Plus about twenty guitars, lined up against the wall in case of emergency!

When we arrived, Scott was already in full flood. Listening to the voice coming over the monitors, we were expecting someone in their mid-60s. When the studio door opened at the end of a take, and Scott came through to say ‘hi’, Liya and I were surprised to see a 30-something chap who didn’t sound a bit ‘Butlerish’ in real life.

Once we’d nailed the Butler’s introduction, it was over to Jenny for the narration. Her soft Lancashire accent contrasted beautifully with Scott’s robust Butler (which occupies a strange nether-land somewhere between Stephen Fry and Father Christmas!). I hope you’ll agree when you hear the final app. recording that her voice has a truly magical story-telling quality.

After two hours of hard work, we whisked our ‘voices’ off for afternoon tea at the nearby Cantley House Hotel. Over tea and scones, we got to know each other better, before presenting our two competition winners with a case of vintage Champagne each and waving our farewells.

Huge thanks to commercial photographer Simon of Hyde End Studios for the excellent photos. I’m not sure how he managed to get such great images in the gloom of the studio, but we really appreciated his quiet professionalism.

If you’d like to join us for The Butler’s Tale Launch Party (Weds 14th Dec, 6-8pm) and haven’t received an invite, please drop Liya an email. We can’t wait to show the app. off, and see what you think!

From left to right: Liya, Jenny, Tiffany and Scott.