Benjamin Black - Deep, Energetic, Don LaFontaine-like Authoritative

Deep, Energetic, Don LaFontaine-like Authoritative

• Benjamin Black is registered with Voice123 since Oct 24, 2008.
• Benjamin Black started his/her voice over career in 1989.
• Currently Benjamin Black is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Documentaries: warm, deep and emotional
Commercials: high energy, sexy and authentic; can also do Guy Next Door (totally approachable and friendly); authoritative and compelling
Presentations: smooth, deep and professional

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• 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
• 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 ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

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 upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Santa Monica, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Benjamin Black

My Voice Experience

Numerous TV promos, commercials, Public Service Announcements, movie trailers, documentaries, narrations, presentations, infomercials, and animation.

Clients include ABC, NBC, Warner Brothers, Fox, Fox Searchlight, Apple, Nike, Universal Pictures, Victoria's Secret, numerous fitness videos, independent films.

My Training

Studied extensively with Jocelyn Blue in Los Angeles, one of the world's top voiceover artists and teachers (William Morris Agency). Also studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and Stanford University.

My Studio Equipment

$75,000 in pro audio production equipment, up and running:
Pro Tools HD3, Apple Mac Pro, PC, Waves Platinum compression and Mastering effects plug-ins, too many instrument and effect plug-ins to list, Xtreme FX plug-in (7 gigs of special effects), microphones (Neumann U87, U47, TLM103, TLM49, M147; Blue Kiwi, Blue Blueberry), AMEK, Neve Dual Dual Mic Amp Compressor/Limiter

Additional Skills

Also act (lead in several independent films) and compose music (composer: Phat Girlz, 2007; Nog, 2006; Drive, 2005) for film (Warner Bros, Universal, Fox), TV, celebrities (Tyra Banks), Jerry Bruckheimer, among many others.