And so, February and this year of 2017 moves on apace and new audio recordings are being released; sometimes in a bit of a flurry, like last month and sometimes quite gradually, like this month.
The first audio release of February is my audio book version of a sci-fi novel by Brett Savory, '
A Perfect Machine' and here are some details from the publisher, audible.co.uk:
"Henry Kyllo is a Runner, a member of a secret society called the
Inferne Cutis. Every day he is chased through the city by Hunters whose
goal is to fill him with bullets. It is a secret war steeped in history,
tradition, and mutual fear.
Rumours abound about what happens
when a Runner achieves ascension, but it has supposedly never happened
before, so no one knows for sure. Except that it has happened before.
And it is happening again. This time to Henry Kyllo."
Written by Brett Savory
& Produced by Neil Gardner
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It's curious sometimes how publishing schedules progress. Rather like
Assassin's Creed,
A Perfect Machine was produced to an incredibly tight deadline; recording, editing and publishing all occurring within a couple of weeks. In contrast, the production of the NRSV Bible has already taken two years or so and despite the actual recording only taking up eighteen studio days, it still seems no closer to a release date.
For some reason, I quite like working to tight schedules; less time to 'out-think' myself in terms of preparation perhaps, just go with the flow and trust my instincts. At the moment, I'm preparing to narrate two fascinating audio books and it all seems very lazy and relaxed, because I don't have to be in studio to record them until next month; what a luxury!
The next thing I want to mention in this posting is a piece of very
welcome and gratifying news, which I became aware of earlier today. It
seems that the Big Finish production of
Doctor Who: Only The Monstrous, has been nominated for an
Audio Publishers Association (USA) 'Audie Award' in the Audio Drama category - yay!
In fact, another Big Finish box-set recording that I took part in,
The Tenth Doctor Adventures,
has also been nominated, although alas, not the story I performed in. However, two bites of the Awards 'cherry' might be regarded as being greedy and I'm just pleased and proud to have been involved in both of these adventures.
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I must end this update on a sad note. During the past couple of weeks, two acting colleagues have passed away; Gorden Kaye, with whom I worked on two series of 'Allo, 'Allo for the BBC in the late '80's and Sir John Hurt, with whom I worked much more recently on Only The Monstrous.
When
I first met Gorden, I was much younger and quite in awe of him as the
star of a hugely popular comedy series. When I worked with John Hurt, I
barely slept the night before recording. They were different people and
performers in very many ways, but both were immensely kind and generous
to me and within minutes of starting work, I felt comfortable and
relaxed with them and able to do my job.
I feel proud and privileged to have worked with two such fabulous actors and I am grateful to both.
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...all for now, more just as soon as it happens!
