Benjamin Tett - Deep, Authoratative, Crisp, Character Specialist,

Deep, Authoratative, Crisp, Character Specialist,

• Benjamin Tett is registered with Voice123 since Dec 29, 2005.
• Benjamin Tett started his/her voice over career in 2005.
• Currently Benjamin Tett is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 8

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Voice Description

If you are looking for an authoritative voice then I am your man! My range goes from deep and crisp to high and flighty. I am a character actor. Just have a listen to my "Kissing and Colds" demo and you will hear exactly what I mean.

My voice lends itself to a variety of characters. In it's natural state it is deep, and crisp. I can produce a variety of accents, from Brooklyn New York to Willacucci Georgia, to Louisville KY to the Louisiana Bayou. My favorite actors to impersonate are Jack Nicholson and Samuel Jackson. I also do a quite convincing effiminate voice (Blane on In Living Color). I have fun with my voice. I also sing and perform spoken verse. I produced my first album and on it I perform a variety of voices in my songs. You can hear them on my website.

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) 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
• 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
• 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

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

African, West Indian, Brooklyn, Southern America, Urban American, 70's Blaxploitation Cool, American Collegiate, etc.

My Voice Experience

I have been acting in community plays since I was in junior high school. My mother taught me how to enunciate words when I was very young and as such I have no DC accent. Most people to hear me speak assume I am from Africa or New York. If you really want to hear what I am capable of you can listen to a 2 minute advertisemtent song I wrote and recorded for a publicly held Software company's Christmas party. All the voices are done by me. It is unofficially called the Blackboard rap (of Blackboard Inc).

My Training

I went to Carnegie Mellon university where I received a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am reasonably well read and as such I draw on a variety of dialects in an effort to pepper my speech with colloquialisms from many different regions. I try to have fun when I speak. Many of my colleagues refer to my manner of speaking as, "Word Smithing".

My Studio Equipment

I have access to a professional studio as required.

Additional Skills

I am not a waiter waiting to break into show biz. I am quite happy with my current job. The reason why I am seeking voice work is because this type of thing comes quite naturally to me and as such I am often considered strange, by the uninitiated. I went to an open call in NYC once and I had the time of my life. I truly felt that I was in my element. Not the whole milling about trying to be recognized thing, no. When I was reciting a sollioquy from a Quentin Tarantino movie, that is when I felt that I was in my element. YEAH!!!!! BTW. I love cartoons and old looney tunes characters voices are how I was, ahem, self-trained. :-)