Stephen Fothergill

Voice Artist, Writer and Audiobook Narrator

Stephen is a Yorkshire born voice artist who gets a real buzz from vocal performance. His deep baritone Yorkshire voice resonates with any audience, and immediately captures a listener’s attention.

A Yorkshire accent is recognised as being exceedingly pleasant to the ear, and is widely accepted as exemplifying sincerity and trust. Stephen’s natural voice is a mild Yorkshire accent, with flawless diction and pronunciation.

In addition to his voice artistry, Stephen is a writer, though he enjoys telling stories as much as writing them. He is extremely creative, and in addition to his fictional and non-fiction works, he writes compelling and persuasive advertising content that is enhanced further by his distinctive narration skills.

Stephen’s ability to adapt to varied dialects and voices is legendary. He is able to replicate most English accents and dialects with ease.

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Example Voice-Over Samples

Dental Association

Upbeat, Pacifying, Reassuring

Daddy Darwin's Dovecote

A Juliana Ewing Short Story

Withnail - A Short Story

Quirky and humorous

Giles Vision

Informative, Call To Action

Godley Garden Centre

Upbeat, Informative, Helpful

Harrington Funeral Care

Calm, Helpful, Sympathetic

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Here’s what Stephen can do for you!

Commercial

In addition to the basic quality of a pleasing and convincing voice, commercial VoiceOver requires versatility. Stephen is perfectly able to adapt to whatever voice style a client requires. Check out these samples to hear Stephen’s commercial voice.

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E-Learning

Stephen is an ex-teacher and knows exactly how to vocalise learning and training in a way that attracts attention. His resonant voice and soft Yorkshire accent is universally effective in whatever discipline the e-learning training intended.

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Explainer Video

As with e-learning, Stephen’s explainer VoiceOvers highlight a company’s product, service, or business idea in a compelling way.

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Audiobook Narration

Storytelling has been a tradition since the dawn of humanity. We all love to hear a story well-told. Stephen’s unquestioned skill in enhancing the written word with his beautiful voice is widely-known.

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IVR/On Hold

‘It’s tough work, but someone’s got to do it’, as the saying goes. IVR narration is considered a grind, and uninspiring. But as a seasoned professional Stephen uses his voice and creativity to enhance even this most mundane aspect of VoiceOver.

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Creative Writing

Every human has a fundamental and undeniable skill, whatever it may be. Writing is Stephen’s. He’s been good at it since childhood, but only began to exploit his skill after retiring from teaching. He loves story writing, but likes nothing better than narrating a story, whatever the audience.

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What clients say about Stephen

“Stephen is a pleasure to work with. Not only is he a consummate professional, he is a very funny person to be around.”
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“Steve’s voice is exactly what we set out to find. With minimal direction he knew exactly what we wanted to achieve, and we are so pleased with the end result.”
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“Want a Yorkshire voice with real resonance and gravitas? Then Stephen is the one you should go to. That’s what we did, and it’s turned out to be a wise choice.”
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Here’s How to Have Stephen Working on your script

Stephen is able to work with you on your voice-over project exactly according to your requirements.

Here’s an indication of how to proceed with the hiring, recording and delivery process. It is relatively straightforward! And turnaround following agreement is usually within a day, according to the script length of course!:

Step 1

Stephen will analyse your script and will send you a quick response with a preliminary voice-over sample and a cost quotation according to specifications and the length of the script.

Step 2

Once approval has been agreed, Stephen will record the full script, with remote customer input if required. Stephen can link up with your studio via Source Connect for high quality remote recording sessions – wherever clients are located.

Step 3

After the recording and editing session, you will receive a link to download the high-quality, clean and edited files as an MP3, WAV or AIF file.

Step 4

After delivery, you’ll receive an invoice which you can pay online or with a credit/debit card.

Frequently Asked Questions!

Stephen will analyse your script and will send you a quick response with a voice-over sample and a quotation in accordance with specifications and the length of the script.

Stephen will not record any script that contains offensive language or is discriminatory in any way.

Yes, royalty-free music can be added. Stephen is also working on his own music composition/production, though this is in its infancy.

As long as it is English language, Stephen will have a go at any voice or accent. He’s an excellent mimic, but there are limits to his ability. Singing for instance, unless it is ‘Mack the Knife.’

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