Cia Allan

Voice Description

Cia Allan begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting - a warm, yet crystal clear, professional, distinctive and oftimes soothing voice!

Local UK accent delivery including Scotland, England and Ireland.

Expertise ranging from professional business to comedic styles that are suited to commercials and dramatic reading.

Believable, intelligent delivery with native British RP natural Scottish and Northern English accents, plus great variety of other accents and characterisations.

Tuneful Mezzo Soprano singing voice, warm and soulful or bright.

Spoken word or sung.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• British Equity

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Recording for UK, EU, USA, Canada, worldwide!, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

ENGLAND
English RP
English - Cheshire
English - Generic North East
English - South East, London & Home Counties
English - Generic West Country

SCOTLAND
Scottish - generic east or west coast with a light or stronger accent

IRELAND
Irish - generic Irish Republic
Irish - generic Northern Irish

WALES
Welsh - generic

EUROPEAN
European - Italian, French, German, generic Eastern European

OTHER
USA - generic southern states
Australian / New Zealand - generic antipodean

My Voice Experience

With an international appeal, I record for Clients in the UK (England and Scotland), Norway, Holland, Spain, France, Belgium, Cyprus, Russia, Dubai, USA, Canada, Panama and all places inbetween!

Apart from corporate adn business recordings, eLearning and training recordings, commercials and promotional recordings, I am also a character actor and can voice a part in your play or read your poetry for you, in a wide variety of accents.

My Training

* Tamsin Collison Masterclass, London
* Gary Terzza Masterclass, London
* The Voiceover Gallery training, Manchester
* Private singing lessons for many years
* Several songwriting masterclasses
* Much copywriting experience from years of employment in Advertising and PR Agency

OTHER TRAINING RELEVANT TO SPECIFIC GENRES OF VOICEOVER
(Training, eLearning)
2004, JEP Level 3 Certificate in Education Practice ICT Skills (teaching qualification)

(Empathy, Training)
2003, Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling, Institute of Counselling, Glasgow

(Empathy, Training)
2000, Counselling Skills
Manchester University

1993, Songwriting
Ian Traynor Songwriting School (1 year course)

My Studio Equipment

Lawson L47MP Mark II Microphone
Rain Recording LiveBook + MBox
Protools LE
SoundForge
Cakewalk Professional
Audacity

Additional Skills

I receive payment by PayPal or by electronic bank transfer.

Due to the very very long (and expensive) process involved, I do not accept check payments from outside the UK.

Excellent at sight reading cold scripts.

Good singing voice

Songwriting skills - useful for jingles

Copywriting

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY PAYPAL OR BY ELECTRONIC INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSFER.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Wire transfers

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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