Voicemaze is actually a derivative of a brilliant game that we designed and may one day see the light of day, but for now, it’s simply a source of talent for those wishing to bring slick, professional polish to their product. Having said that, we are by no means stuffy, in fact we kick and can produce anything from serious documentaries to outrageous comedy and have a massive library of original material to back it up. We have written literally hundreds of original music jingles and scores, produced over 15,000 voice overs, created more programmes and documentaries than most satellite television stations and we do video, to name but a few of the activities carried out in our state of the art facilities. We even do DVD. We have done nothing extraterrestrial.........yet!

It matters not one iota where a media company is based these days, since you are now reading this via your web browser, therefore it stands to reason that any brochure, artwork, audio, video or even book can be viewed the same way. In fact, a lot of our material is actually transferred via the web, one way or another and we operate worldwide via ISDN. You may have heard us, seen us on TV, viewed one of our multitude of web sites or CD ROMS and never knew it was us. On the same subject, many Radio Stations actually prefer receiving their material over the web. Master videotapes are still reliant on couriers, but who knows, with ‘broadband’ making head roads, it will not be long. Rushes or samples can still be viewed in compressed form.

We are a small team of rather dedicated bachelor and spinster individuals. Cliché maybe, but true! Nothing of inferior quality leaves this place. If we don’t like it, you don’t get it! We know the difference between good and average, bad is commonly heard everywhere, but you will NEVER hear it from here. We are all good looking, intelligent and very friendly, but it’s no wonder none of us are married, as each of us works our butts off more than 18 hours a day every day, mostly through choice, but not always, as we are NEVER without work. We number only 10 as of this writing, but our expansion plans over the next few years will mean adding quite a few very well chosen individuals who can handle a bit of everything, but specialize in one particular area better than the others. The criteria are complex because 60% of our work is in Arabic and although we have Arabs working with us, none are on the studio production side, but we do Arabic, better than anyone else and it is well known.

The see everyday Flying Squad consists of a Brit (Geg Hopkins) who heads things and is also the studio wizard; the all important Bahraini (Hejris) who looks after licensing and official needs; Somewhere floating around is a definately talented team who do bits in their own areas when not scattered for months on various projects or exploits. Desirable David, where are you? Julian a remote but brilliant Bulgarian. Another Bulgarian (Svets or Svetlana in full) who we affectionately refer to as Cutchy, (but make sure you spell that with a 'C' not a 'K'), she reacts and severely nags if we don’t do things by the book. Gaynor from South Africa who handles Hejris in the nicest possible way. Joy, a wiz at all the artwork and Raj on 3D. We also have a few more service staff and temps of various races who know what to do and when. We have a couple of Allans; one is another Brit who works with Geg on the music side, a sharp-tongued intellectual who is sadly for us, always right. The other Allan is American and very clever at coming up with progressive angles. Then there are the many individuals we hire in to perform specialized tasks under our direction.

Old habits die hard and some companies still prefer to work with a studio or agency close by, especially when account directors have fabulous entertainment budgets. (What part of NO didn’t you understand?) However, new clients come to us mostly through reputation and they come from afar, so give us a go, you wont be disappointed, our standard is hard to beat and matches the best you’ll hear in L.A. where we think it rocks. In fact, most of our client base is long term having tried us once and stayed.

If it satisfies your curiosity, we are actually based in Bahrain, which is an island about 30 kilometers long by 15 kilometers across at its widest point. We are situated 18 kilometers from the Saudi Arabian costal city of Al Khobar, just north of Qatar and about 300 kilometers west of Dubai. Bahrain’s communications infrastructure is spot on, and we enjoy a modern, full facility environment, which is tax-free. Get the picture now?

ShowBiz Media is the associated parent company and if you would like to see what that is all about, click on www.showbizmedia.com . As for www.voicemaze.com , this used to be the sample and booking site for Geg Hopkins, but we decided to open up and let others compliment what we think is as good as you can get. Geg has a definite knack for the art and has been a broadcaster for most of his ‘long’ life and is well known within the industry, voicing and producing high-end material.