James & The Express Audio (2022 Edit) by Parker Productions published on 2022-01-17T00:06:19Z Four years ago (circa early 2018), I recorded narration for this project, at the time when I was recording dialogue for my VCI recreated promo (which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfsHHoWM_0). As explained in that video's description, I was at college and managed to borrow their microphone equipment. I will say, having listened to it with fresh ears, it was darn good! Originally, JATE was going to be a video on my channel but I found I was so slow in the recordings that it would require an awful lot of editing to fit me into the existing episode. Then, life happened; other projects - new, exciting and more fun to edit - took my attention away from this. I didn't know if I could ever release it but then, whilst self-isolating, I found that the files (still on my hard drive)could be moulded into a short audio story. And the fun part was that I didn't have to take it *so seriously* or *try to impress anyone* as 2018 me used to think. AND before you ask, yes James's voice is... ugh. The whole narration was recorded from (mostly) memory. Not a good plan. And I thought it would be fun at the time to copy Liverpudlian James but I suck at it so I ended up changing (briefly???) to Wickham James where I feel most comfortable. I'm pleased I got better and more relaxed when recording lines. But hearing my younger self back has been quite cool and, most of all, it's been nice just tick it off the List of Forgotten Projects and to do something fun with this. Enjoy! Music by Captain Punjab, InstrumentManiac, Sudrian Afro, AngryBird98 and Kevin MacLeod. SFX provided by GWShunter, Brandon Polley and TheGermanofSodor. This is a fan-made audio made purely for entertainment. Thomas & Friends is property of Mattel. Parker Productions ©2018 Parker Productions © 2022 Genre Storytelling