Bob Sheppard - conversational & authoritative

conversational & authoritative

• Bob Sheppard is registered with Voice123 since Jul 20, 2010.
• Bob Sheppard started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Bob Sheppard is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Bob Sheppard was last active on Voice123 310 days ago

Voice Description

A deep warm natural bass voice free of any strong regional inflection honed through a decade in broadcast journalism. Its is generally the first thing that people notice, and they remember my work on radio when we meet years later. I have some previous experience with corporate projects.

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
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers

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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Kittery, Maine, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Bob Sheppard

My Voice Experience

Once while assigned to cover the grand opening of a planetarium I had the chance to meet James Earl Jones. The actor lent his voice to the narration of the facility dedicated to Christa McAuliffe the teacher who dies on the Challenger explosion. During the press conference I asked about his body of work from the Great White Hope to Mustafa in Lion King and their impact on viewer. Turning towards me, and squinting he paused for what seemed to be lifetime before responding. Later during a tour of the building he paused to thank me for the question and commented that initially he thought that I was trying to immitate his basso profundo. After a brief conversation he told me to forget radio news and persue voiceoverwork, laughing merrily at my offer to replace him when he retired as the voice of CNN.

My broadcast career included work in commercial production and copywriting, in studio recording, on air work as a DJ, News Anchor and in sports. After leaving the business I have worked with a number of small studios and video production companies narrating demos, corporate projects, demos for television shows in addition to dozens of commercials.

My Training

BS in Business Administration
University of Southern maine, 1980

Several voice over classes 1990-1995

15 years of singing Baritone & Bass parts for a 75-voice mens' choir and 24-member church choir.