Rob Allen

Voice Description

l sound like the kind of guy who isn't easily fooled. Always a hint of good-natured skepticism. I sound like a guy who doesn't hand out compliments, or endorsements often, and when I do, I mean it. I sound like someone who thinks things over and makes up his own mind. I sound like a fellow who has been down many long, winding roads on the back of something fast. I sound like a guy who is as weather-beaten as an old barn. I sound as scarred and marked up as Moby Dick. I sound like a guy who has finally figured things out.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Straight, canadian english, hoser english, offensive monty-pythonish french accent, outrageous scottish accent, upper class english twit, lower class english twit, east indian. I must warn you, other than the straight canadian english, most of my accents and dialects are considered offensive in polite company.

My Voice Experience

30 year broadcasting veteran. News-guy/reporter.
Have voiced everything from radio and t-v spots for car dealerships, to inter-active tutorial modules on aircraft maintanence, to promotional/industrial films and safety videos for clients in Canada, the United States, and even a few in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Have written and voiced over 200 humorous personal endorsement spots for IAMS dog and cat food.

My Training

I've been reporting, writing and announcing the morning news at radio stations here in Edmonton, and down in Calgary since 1978.
Stations worked at include CKO-ALLNEWS, Calgary, CIRK-FM, Edmonton, CHED-AM, Edmonton, Power-92, Edmonton and CFMG-FM, Edmonton, better known now, as EZ-Rock 104.9.
I wrote, produced and voiced corporate and industrial videos for VICOM LTD. of Edmonton, Alberta for 10 years.
Have voiced a variety of t-v and radio commercials for SHARKBYTES STUDIOS LTD. of Edmonton, Alberta.

My Studio Equipment

I have an Imac and run Sound Studio through an M-Audio pre-USB pre-amp/audio interface. I have a Rode NT1-A microphone. I also have access to a professional studio here in Edmonton called SHARKBYTES STUDIOS LTD. It's run by a former radio buddy, Mark Summers, and he can usually fit me in almost anytime.

Additional Skills

Before I became a broadcaster, I was also, in no particular order, a chicken farmer, a rig worker in the high arctic, a retail sales person, an apprentice carpenter, a bartender and a surveyor. I was on hemo-dialysis for 3 years, and have now had a transplanted kidney for over 8 years, so I know a bit about health care, the kindness of strangers, and gratitude. I have two children and a grand-daughter, who is 4 years old, so I know a bit about family, happiness, and joy. I was an honorary media co-chairman of the Edmonton Humane Society's Capital Campaign, to raise money for the new Margaret Chappelle Centre for Animal Care in 2007. I have just been recruited to join he board of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Northern Alberta and Northwest Territories branch, for 2008.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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