Bob Malos - Rich, Inviting, Expert Storyteller

Rich, Inviting, Expert Storyteller

• Bob Malos is registered with Voice123 since Jan 16, 2011.
• Bob Malos started his/her voice over career in 2008.
• Currently Bob Malos is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Bob Malos was last active on Voice123 21 days ago

Voice Description

Warm and inviting OR forceful and inspiring for documentaries, deep or not-so-deep, sarcastic or serious or just silly for commercials, very professional and neutral for industrials that call for it. I can be VERY silly and crazy or very straightforward.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age 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

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 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard British, American Southern, New York City, Minnesotan, German, Russian, Irish ; meek, angry, wacky, over-the-top or very understated

My Voice Experience

Narrated the Emmy Award Winning Oct. 2010 documentary "Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story" shown on Twin Cities Public Television; Writer/Director was Peabody and Emmy Award Winning Larkin McPhee (some of her previous narrators were Susan Sarandon, Hal Holbrook, Peter Thomas, and Michael Murphy) ; video is at: http://bit.ly/xUiJzl

Voiced the Audio Tour for the "Real Pirates" exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota (2012)

Narrated web videos for Subaru (2011) - Subaru website ; click on "Why Subaru"

Played a Fruitcake and a CheeseLog in a national TV commercial for Edible Arrangements (2010)

Narrated a promo piece for a proposed Twin Cities Public Television documentary - "Blue Zones" (2009)

Recorded several industrials for Capella University (audio material for their online courses) (2009-2012)

Narrated "Doing Minnesota Justice" by Award-Winning documentary filmmaker Emily Haddad and also played a featured character in her Award-Winning documentary "Class of '41"

Recorded 12 Audio Books for Radio Talking Book (Minnesota State Services for the Blind) - 2008-2012:
The Abduction by Mark Giminez
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
The Gift Of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Doghead by Morten Ramsland
Every Boat Turns South by J.P. White
Last Journey: A Father And Son In Wartime by Darrell Griffin Jr. (and Sr.)
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
The Infinities by John Banville
Safe From The Sea by Peter Geye
I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
Falling Sideways by Thomas E. Kennedy
A Good American by Alex George

Recorded all prompts and messages for "ArtsPhone" - a Twin Cities IVR-based arts hotline and ticketing service that I created in 1992 and ran for three years

My Training

Voice-over class with Don Cosgrove (2008)

Over 100 stage performances (1980 - 2011) including several lead roles and an award as Best Actor for 2006 in Twin Cities publication "CityPages"

Hundreds of public performances as a professional actor at the Science Museum of Minnesota (2008-2010)

Created "ArtsPhone" - an IVR-based arts hotline and ticketing service (1992) ; I recorded all the prompts and messages and maintained the service for about three years ; I used Natural Microsystems hardware and software on a PC with the OS/2 operating system

My Studio Equipment

AKG Perception 120 microphone
Blue Icicle XLR to USB converter
Mac Mini with Sound Studio for Mac software
NuForce uDac and Virtue Audio TWO.2 amp
Gallo Solo speakers and Sony MDR-V6 headphones for monitoring

Additional Skills

For twenty years I was a computer programmer/analyst. I have experience in Data Warehousing (Sybase and Oracle databases, SQL language), Interactive Voice Response programming (Natural Microsystems and VXML), REXX scripting language, and extensive experience with both PCs and Macs.

I also founded the Artists Emergency Relief Fund in St. Paul, Minnesota to help support artists of all disciplines.