Christopher McHale
Writer Composer Director
Coming Soon
The Little Yellow Book of VoiceOver
Hudson Gates Books
The Little Yellow Book of Voiceover distills a lifetime behind the microphone into 101 practical tips and techniques for voice actors. Drawing on more than 30,000 voiceover sessions with some of the world’s finest performers, Christopher McHale shares what actually works in the studio—from preparation and performance to taking direction, working the mic, and finding the truth in the copy. Lessons learned one session at a time.
Core Idea
Sonic Humanism
Technology should serve human creativity, not replace it.
Sonic Humanism is my belief that technology is best when it amplifies human imagination rather than replaces it. Music, stories, voices and ideas begin with people. The tools may change. The human impulse to create does not.
Core Idea
Fair Compensation for Artists
If the work earns, the people who made the work should share in what it earns.
Essays
Work
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Diplomat's Son
A memoir of growing up across continents, searching for belonging, and a family shaped by love, loss, faith and the extraordinary life of a brother.
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Plaster Palaces
Plaster Palaces explores 15 years working in the world’s greatest theaters, their histories, extraordinary performers, and hidden worlds.
About Christopher McHale
A writer, composer and director, Christopher McHale has spent a lifetime telling stories through words, music and sound. His career spans advertising, theater, voiceover and audio production, including more than 30,000 voiceover sessions. Today his work ranges from books and essays to original music and audio storytelling, united by a belief in human creativity and the power of a good story.