Bret Walton

Voice Description

Best delivered in mid to low ranges, authoritative - not a voice for "meek", "indecisive", or "frightened" character roles.

An "American Top 40" quality when needed, friendly and warm - just enough.

From serious to completely ominous for movie trailers

For radio station ID's, the range widens significantly from light to whacky, from serious to dead serious

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
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• 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
• 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 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

Houston, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

"Casey Kasem" American Top 40 style, Authoritative low gravelly and ominous sounding, California surfer dude, "trailer park"/hillbilly Southern accent, down the middle no discernible accent

My Voice Experience

Voiceover Experience Includes:

Television and radio commercials
Movie Trailers
Marketing On Hold
Web Videos
Audio Teaching Series

Television Clients Include:

Fidelity Investments
Backwater Journal
Budweiser/UFC
WVTO Fox 39
City Harvest International Church
The Secret Place (church)
Staff and Mantle Ministries
First Pentecostal Church of Forrest City

Radio Clients Include:

Unity Radio Network
Island Radio.Net
DSFX Radio
KNLP
KRFC

Marketing On Hold Clients Include:

Specialty Cleaning Equipment
Ozark Outfitters
Expert Auto Tune

Movie Trailers Include:

The Hunted - indie film
The Adversary - indie film

My Training

I had a few lessons with some of the top Houston voiceover artists when first beginning. From there, I took direction from producers and directors at our local access channel and would volunteer my time and voice just for the experience. I've read and studied and continued to work on my range and delivery.

My Studio Equipment

My full production studio includes:

Cakewalk Recording software
Wavelab software

Audio Technica 4033 Wide Diaphragm mic
Sure SM57 mic

Complete library of royalty free music

Power Spec computer

Aphex 107 Pre amp
Mackie 1642 VLZ PRO mixing board
Alesis RA300 Power amp
Alesis Mk2 Reference Monitors
Alesis Quadraverb GT
AP Audio Patch Bay

Vocal Booth

Kurzweil PC88mx Keyboard
Korg X3 Workstation Keyboard
1962 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
Fender Bassman bass guitar
Alvarez acoustic guitar
Pearl drumkit, mulitple snare drums

Additional Skills

I have been a music producer and studio musician for several years. I can engineer a project from start to finish, complete with background music. I can write royalty free music for your project, as well. For more extensive and higher budget projects, I can always enlist professional Nashville studio musicians and recording engineers.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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