Bob Knowles - Warm Deepish Friendly Flexible Intelligent

Warm Deepish Friendly Flexible Intelligent

• Bob Knowles is registered with Voice123 since Jun 29, 2006.
• Bob Knowles started his/her voice over career in 1970.
• Currently Bob Knowles is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 9
• Bob Knowles has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Intelligent and Effective.
Card carrying MEAA Member.
(Media,Entertainment & Arts Alliance)
This is a voice that serves the message well.
Flexible, warm, deep, quick (when required) authoritative and friendly.
Also scary, funny and emotion filled when those qualities are needed.

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 - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• 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
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• 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 have ISDN in my studio
• 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

My Home Base

Melbourne/Victoria/Apollo Bay, Australia

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Aussie,Cockney,Southern Drawl,French English, Italian English, Pretty much any you care to nominate.

My Voice Experience

30 years radio and television commercials.
Won CLIOs for "Cowboy Voice" for Lee Jeans.
Documentaries, Trade presenters, Animated Characters, Impersonations - I've done most things. A great deal of retail work.
Kentucky Fried Chicken, K Mart, Shell, Volvo, Norsca, Renault, Ford, Sealy Posturepaedic, many more.
I also "match the movie trailer voice" for the Australian release of American Feature Films.

My Training

I'm a copywriter as well as voice talent and really began because there were no great voices in Brisbane (Australia) in the 1970's.
I've studied Alexander technique and singing.

My Studio Equipment

Neumann TLM49
Avalon 737 pre-amp
Hot sound card.
Booth

Additional Skills

My ears are good. I can impersonate almost anyone given reference. I also love doing characters. I write commercials, videos, trade presenters etc. I have my own voice studio.