Brian Holsopple - Flexible! Warm, armchair storyteller to hardsell

Flexible! Warm, armchair storyteller to hardsell

• Brian Holsopple is registered with Voice123 since Jul 22, 2003.
• Brian Holsopple started his/her voice over career in 1994.
• Currently Brian Holsopple is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 47
• Brian Holsopple has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Narrations done in warm informal, warm professional, or folksy.
Commercials: Hard-driving hardsell to soft peddling, humorous, tongue in cheek.
Training: friendly, with authority.

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 - 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
• Podcasts
• Songs

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

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

My Home Base

Staunton, VA, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British, French, American southern, American west (cowboy), (more authentic to parody)
Parodies of same as well as Irish, Italian, Spanish, East European, Russian, Indian among others.

My Voice Experience

BRIAN HOLSOPPLE

Age range: 35-65 Experience:
Education: Bachelor’s 25 years theatre
20 years voiceover

WORK OBJECTIVE
*Freelance voiceover for narrations, broadcast commercials, training films/videos, point-of-sale videos, etc.

WORK RECORD
Voiceover:
Commercial
CABLE & WIRELESS Gardy McGrath
CITY BANK OF TEXAS Digital Base
NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR MED ASSOC Voice On Call
DISCOVERY CHANNEL Roland House
RAMADA INN OF SEATTLE Speakeasy Prod
COMCIERGE Speakeasy Prod
VIRGINIA LOTTERY In Your Ear
DIRECTV Waldinger/Birch Agcy
NAVY FED. CREDIT UNION Mattingly Prod
GREENSEED/SEEDCO Speakeasy
PIRELLI TIRES Tube
COX CABLE Natural Sound
SOUTHERN STATES Prosound USA

Corporate/Industrial
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Henninger
HECHT'S Hecht's in-house
BAE SYSTEMS
MERCK & COMPANY, INC
INTUIT/TURBO TAX Speakeasy

Educational/Training
SMITHSONIAN Absolute Pitch
FBI Nagy Film & Video
BNA COMMUNICATIONS Mattingly Productions
U.S. AIR FORCE Potomac Television
BOSS MEDIA (Sweden) Speakeasy Prod, Inc.
HEART SURGERY FORUM Virginia Arts Recording
WALTERS ART GALLERY Speakeasy Prod., Inc.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Bolger Center
U.S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION ZGS;David Bartley
CATERPILLAR In-house

My Training

I have about 15 years in radio where I did extensive voiceover and production and have continued voiceover and production work independently for about 10 years. I am also an actor/singer with some 20 plus years experience on stage.

My Studio Equipment

Equipment List:
*Recording environment : WhisperRoom for better ambient sound
*Microphone: Neumann TLM 103
*Preamp: Applied Research & Technology (ART) Studio V3
*Sound Card: M-Audio Omni Studio
*Internet: Comcast cable connection for faster delivery of product
*FTP site for large file delivery

Additional Skills

Singer.
I do a lot of voice over acting and have voiced and voiced/produced audio books both fiction and non-fiction.
My work in interactive and video training voiceover is a large part of my work.