Chas Rowe

Young UK male voiceover artist (MVO).
Voice profile: teens, 20s, 30s. Officially Accredited Voiceoverist (OAV).
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[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

Paying to use services is not new.
Not paying to use services is.
Voice-over usage fees aren't new.
This blog about them is.

https://t.co/mJBQmfeMyB

Please share widely. Thank you! 🙂
#voiceover #voiceacting #voiceactor #voiceoverartist

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@NBCSports has announced that the vocal clone of 79-year-old sports broadcaster #AlMichaels will 'narrate' daily streaming recaps at the #Paris2024 #Olympics.
This is anti-human and therefore anti-Olympic.
So what's next? Robot racing?
(pic: Alex Wolf mx, Pexels)
@EquityAudio

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@Qsonics Certainly a very alienating advertorial for the human readers of @radiotoday, Drew. Makes you wonder if they'll need a new name soon like, say, radioyesterday.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@LouisaGummer @forduk As discussed, Louisa, most definitely artificial. Zero storytelling. Zero humanity. Zero genuine feeling. Zero conviction. Zero connection. Just a series of segmented and poorly linked sentences, with swallowed syllables and cliffhanger ideas. A car crash of a commercial.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@marcushutton @UVA_Federation Thanks for sharing, Marcus. Signed. 👍

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@Mathilde_Pavis Yes, one would hope so. I'm sure you'll agree that many agreements require continual renewal to work in the context of the time they're created. I must say I'm disappointed that the reporting has not focused on the 12-month limit. Journalists, as often, missing the real story.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@LHVpodcast @marcushutton I'm sure we can all agree that it's going to continue to be the responsibility of actors and artists to take control over what IP they hand over when they hit record. License and limit. The highlighted sections in blue spoke to me and I hope they speak to everyone else, too. 🙏

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

UK performers' union @EquityUK has called on the country's prime minister to stop AI companies synthesising human actors' voices without their consent. @katierazz please cover this story:
https://t.co/6cZosbI5Ef🙏

[Equity @EquityUK]

The UK Government (@RishiSunak) MUST intervene and stop companies using artificial intelligence to synthesise performers' voices without consent.

If you're a voice artist who wants to learn how to protect your rights, check out our AI Toolkit:

https://t.co/k10tcWyedx

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@EquityUK & @EquityAudio have made their guide on 'Pay to Play' (P2P) voice-over sites freely available to all voice-over artists. You can read the guide below.
Many more materials are available as part of the Audio Info Hub via Equity membership here:
https://t.co/2YlRjaqYXx

[EquityAudioCommittee @EquityAudio]

The Equity Audio P2P Guide. It answers a lot of FAQs about P2Ps. Here as a standalone guide, as well as being part of the Audio Info Hub at https://t.co/16vwef5nWo. Please feel free to share! #vo #voiceover #voiceoverartist #voiceacting #audio #IP #knowyourrights #ai 🧵1/5

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

Actors & voice-over artists can now access expert help on the real nuts and bolts of professional voice work - including rates, rights, contracts and AI at the @EquityUK Audio Info Hub:
https://t.co/e81oF3a9Z5
https://t.co/iAoQsARWgl
@EquityAudio @Mathilde_Pavis @LewisSilkin

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@AnneliePowell A way to earn is for graduates to enrich their minds with expert guidance on securing work with fair terms and payments. I strongly recommend they join @EquityUK which has just published an Audio Info Hub for any actors doing audio work:
https://t.co/2YlRjaqYXx
@EquityAudio

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@JVAgency Hello JVA, would you be interested in a #ThoughtfulThursday tip to help your clients understand usage, as well?
https://t.co/mJBQmfeMyB

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@marcushutton @mattwarman Mr. Warman, you also may wish to consult this email sent to a voice-over colleague today. To offer a £150 flat fee for the use of a recording in all media forever is obscene; this doesn't even cover a single monthly payment for the average Band D property's council tax.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@mattwarman @marcushutton Thank you for clarifying. However, if 'in perpetuity' terms are so widespread in the market that they have effectively removed artists' ability to a) work and b) license their creative works, then really that is a matter for government, and a very serious matter at that.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@melissamedinavo I would be interested in seeing Erik's contract, Melissa. Was he required to assign all his rights to get the work?

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@Lauloknows @EquityUK Agreed. And "in-perpetuity" terms need to be abolished from contracts, because quite simply, all hirers and artists who agree contracts will dead one day. Why should paper terms outlast a human life? It's utterly nonsensical.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

"The front line of a battle that will engulf us all":
@symeonbrown from @Channel4News on the dangers of digital cloning including #voiceover, if we do not regulate. Let's be loud: no AI vocalisation without human compensation
@Mathilde_Pavis @gregm7777 @EquityAudio @EquityUK

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Anybody can have me say whatever they want... and that's the disturbing part."

Could you find yourself competing with your own AI clone in the jobs market? @symeonbrown spoke to voiceover artist Greg Marston about his own experience.

[Chas Rowe @ChasRoweVO]

@Mathilde_Pavis @UniRDG_Law @Rizzovoice @EquityUK @EquityAudio @equitynelondon @EquityLondonSth It's certainly vital to get these things nailed down, so to speak. Being riveted on rights is right on. Being unriveted is to be (in order of gravity) rudderless, risky, reckless and potentially regretful or remorseful!