Rates, Terms, and Conditions:

A few guidelines to give you an idea of what to expect.

- Voiceover rates depend on several factors: the medium (radio, TV, internet), the market (local, national, international), the length, nature, and use of the audio.

- Rates can be calculated per project, script length, or per word.

- The more detailed you are in what you want from your project and how it will be used, the more accurate quote and read I will be able to give.

- All of these prices are starting at rates.

- I’m more than happy to provide a free sample before booking confirmation. I want you to know what kind of performance I can provide before you agree to something

- All figures are at UK Market Rates. Smaller market shares might receive smaller quotes.

- If you have a specific quoting method not listed (e.g., per minute for explainer videos), let me know to see if something can be negotiated.

Corporate/Web/Explainer Videos:

- My basic session fee (starting fee): £250 (VAT included), this also covers:

  • Voice and edit for clean, broadcast-quality audio.

  • Studio hire.

  • 'Non-broadcast' usage (client website, social media, internal training, eLearning).

  • Retakes for errors.

  • Option to listen via Skype, Zoom

  • Supply of edited voiceover tracks in broadcast-quality WAV (or preferred format).

  • Free retakes unless changes are made post-initial recording.

  • The recording of a script that was revised after the first text was officially approved and recorded, is regarded and billed as a new project.

Online Advertising and Video On Demand:

- Knowing the approximate number of impressions helps in using the online rate calculator to provide a quote.

  • You can use it yourself (just insert no. of impressions and my BSF of £300) to get a ballpark figure.

- If the campaign scale is unknown, usage is added at 100% of the session fee per 3 months.

TV Content:

- Understanding the campaign size (e.g., TVRs) allows for using tools like https://www.usefee.tv for ballpark quotes.

Audiobooks:

- Charges depend on whether you want fully edited and proofed audio or raw recordings.

- Typical rate: £300 per finished hour for edited audio.

E-learning:

- Raw audio: £0.10 per word.

- Edited audio: £0.17 per word.

- Edited audio with file creation: £0.20 per word.

- Minimum order: £200.

Video Games:

- I charge, starting at, £250 per hour + usage (usually session fee again).

- Indie projects are priced per the VAC rate guide.

Other Projects:

- Rates depend on client and project specifics, with reference to the Gravy for the Brain Rate Card. Contact me for exact quotes.

Payment Terms and Conditions:

All prices quoted are pro-rata. All copyrights, intellectual property rights, broadcasts rights and any other rights associated with the author (for clarity, the artist/worker hired by the hiring company) and the author's works and/or performances shall remain with the author. Upon full payment of my invoice, the following license is granted by the author for usage rights of the works listed as follows:

License details: The author's works may be used by the hiring company for a period as specified on my invoice, unless otherwise stated, upon which time the works shall cease to be used, or an additional usage payment (equal to the usage payment in the original invoice) shall be made to the author. The author's works may only be used for the agreed product or service (and any of the platforms or mediums) detailed in the invoice line-items, and not in any additional products or services in the future, unless otherwise stated.

For the sake of clarity, this also means that the works may never be incorporated into any text-to-speech, synthetic voice or Al Voice models, on any platform or medium, known now, or in the future.

The author's works may only be used in the geographical region as specified in the invoice line-items, unless otherwise stated; if no geographical region is stated then the license specifies that this is the hiring companies country location only. The hiring company may not transfer the works, nor this license to any third parties, (including the sale of the hiring company itself) without the written consent of the author.

Late Payment:

- If payment may exceed 30 days, this must be agreed in advance.

- Fees will apply to overdue payments per the Late Payment of Commercial Debt Act of 2002.

Revisions - Terms and Conditions:

With self-directed sessions (when you will not be listening in to me as I record), I will normally send you a sample to approve, or ask you to cite one of my previous projects as a guide to how you want me to voice your project.  Assuming that the approach has been agreed - if you aren't 100% happy with the submitted recording afterwards, I am happy to attempt again until you are completely satisfied.  If script changes are made after the recording, I will charge a revision fee.  This fee will be proportionate to the extent of the changes made to the script, so feel to raise this before recording takes place if you want to discuss a particular project.

With directed sessions (where you have listened in and provided feedback during the recording), I will give you a copy of every take recorded during the session, so you can pick and choose what you want.  We will have agreed in advance how long the session should be to cover everything in your project, and confirmed a price accordingly.  If the session necessitates going over the agreed time, then I will charge according to my basic studio fee rate of £250 per hour unless verbally agreed during the session.  This would be a minimum of £60 for up to 15 minutes, £125 for an extra half hour, or payment for the full hour for any longer.  

Once  you have agreed I can send you an invoice for payment - the project is approved.  Any further changes, either to the script or project, would have to be negotiated and billed as an new order.