Brian Butler

Voice Description

It can only happen when your born in Glasgow Scotland, raised in London, work for the BBC and end up in Houston, then Dallas and at the moment San Francisco.
British Spoken here!
Dark Tenor toward Baritone, smooth and friendly, but with a emotional Voice of God available or just plain good conversational approach.

Voice Overs. English, Scots, Irish, All Regional dialects in English - including Cockney, Australian, Indian, Jamaican, Welsh.
French speaking English, German speaking English.
Character voices include:
James Mason, Peter Sellars, Winston Churchill, The Queen(!), Alfred Hitchcock, Sean Connery, Dracula
Southern Older Voice - gravel.
Voiceover,voice acting, broadcasting, pod casts, books on tape, documentary, character voices.

Sincere, authoritative, Business news, Trustworthy, credible, pleasant, instructive to almost laid back conversational. Announcer if you need.

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 - British
• English - North American
• English - Other

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

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 have Phone Patch 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
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Northern California, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Scots - Native; Welsh speaking English; Rural English; Cockney - 'Eastury Speak', like the voice of Geico gekko; French.

English, Scots, Irish, All Regional dialects in English - including Cockney, Australian, Indian, Jamaican, Welsh. French speaking English, German speaking English.

Character voices include:
James Mason, Peter Sellars, Winston Churchill, The Queen(!), Alfred Hitchcock, Sean Connery, Dracula
Southern Older Voice - gravel.

My Voice Experience

Current and most recent Clients include:
Ferrari Theme Park and in delearship sales. Narrator.
DHL E training and also for British Petroleum.
British Airways desk side agents training.
PBS TV narrations.
BBC Radio.
VIP Communications for web videos.
Exadel Tigger on line tutorials.

Further clients from past work are listed below:


Broadcasting for the BBC, ABC Radio Networks, CBS Talk Radio, Discovery Channel TV, Commercials, Books on tape, Educational narrations and characters, E Learning,
200.000 people a day learn to speak English at busuu website.

Audio tours for iaudioguide website and geoguide website
Sony Viao. Yahoo Europe. PBS TV documentary.

Corporate presentations, booth announcer -off stage.
Clients include: Oracle Software; Cisco Systems; Macy's West; KRON TV; Leapfrog Toys as narrator and characters.
Random House - Books on Tape,
Liberty Mutual 'Voice of God';
Clear Channel Radio;
Asian Arts Museum San Francisco;
The Mechanics Bank;
Broderbund Books; Coca Cola; Ford Cars; Phantom of the Opera; Fosters Beer; Disney; British Airways; North West; Bob Dylan National Tour; The Learning Company; HP;
Drive2Learn.
Monty Python DVD;
Fox Television.
N.E.C;
Geerlings and Wade Wine Club;
BBC Radio and TV.
PBS TV narrator.


TOOLS: ADR or Voice Tracking, Audio Editing and sound track production. Editing MPEG and transcoding. Photography. Multi media posting.

My Training

BBC Radio and TV;
Bill Young Studios Houston TX;
Ned Lott - Disney Character Voices.
KPIX FM, KGO, Command Audio,
Improv for Radio dramas.
Consultant to podcast creators as line producer and editor of content.
Teleconference producer for On 24.

My Studio Equipment

Senheiser 416
Marshall 770 Modified to Oktavia standard - Large Capsule
DBX 286a Processor.
Tascam USS 122
Audition Adobe 3.0
Tannoy Monitors.
Parasound Amp
JK Broadcast Host for phone patch
Yamaha MG 10/2 mixer
Yopo Music Library and SmartSound Library

Additional Skills

Audio Engineer - Studio - Audio Editing - Podcast Producer and Consultant, Sound Booth, Senheiser and MXX Condenser mics, JK Audio Phone Patch. ISDN access.
Field and location recordings.
Recording, Audio Documentary production,
Legal Deposition,Copy Writer/Editor.
Production, editing of supplied audio, podcast production, Google Audio Ads, Web site narration, IVR production, music selection.
Converts American English into British English.
Voice Mail greetings and On Hold Messaging.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

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