Bruno Luse

Voice Description

I was born and grew up in Singapore to American and Chinese parents. As a result, my voice is almost completely uncoloured and free from a natural accent. It is thus extremely adaptable to many different tonalities, accents and character suggestions. It can vary from warm, close and personal for storytelling or narrations to powerful and dramatic for speeches or even for commercials. I can also deliver precise and articulate "straight" readings for presentations or educational material where clarity is the main priority.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

My Home Base

Singapore, Singapore

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

English (UK) accents - Posh, working class, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Cockney, old seadog/pirate, farmer, pub owner, bartender, footman, butler, stiff upper-lipped army officer.

American accents - Southern, Texas drawl, New York taxi driver, Californian twang, smooth Boston, 1930s mobster, 1950s classic silver screen.

Australian and New Zealand English accents.

Asian accents - Singaporean English (Singlish) with and without foreign words added, Malaysian and Indonesian English, Philippino, Indian English (middle class), Indian English (working class), Japanese, Hong Kong English. Indian English (Northern and Southern Indian accents).

Other foreign accents - French (heavy to mild), German, Italian, Spanish, Russian.

Specific voice effects - drunk, high, just inhaled helium, hallucinating, depressed/suicidal, scared to death, manic-depressive.

Other special effects - Evil maniac laughter, pathetic whimpering, getting slapped/punched, death fall screaming, injury grunting/yelping.

Specific character/actor impersonations (amongst others) - Darth Vader, Obi wan Kenobi, Borat, Sean Connery, Antonio Banderas, Yoda, James Bond, Rambo, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Morpheus, Agent Smith.

Given enough time, I can learn to impersonate almost any voice or accent that I hear, provided a sufficiently large audio word base is provided.

My Voice Experience

I have been acting since the age of 4 and doing voice-overs since the age of 6. Being dramatic, funny and generally entertaining is a fundamental part of my character! Since 2003 most of my work has been done for oral assessment examinations in Singapore, as well as the recording of pre-show and pre-interval announcements for plays and other theatre presentations at which I have been doing sound or lights.

My Training

Theatre studies and drama at A levels.

I am a trained musician (my parents are both music teachers) and I play bass guitar, drums, percussion and some acoustic guitar.

During the day I work as a professional sound engineer, doing mainly live sound but also some recording eg for school music examinations.

I am also a communications skills trainer for a local tertiary institution, and run classes in sound and lighting for local secondary schools and junior colleges.

My Studio Equipment

I have a small home studio which I use for recording voice demos as well as classical guitar tracks for my father (he is a composer and performer)

Recording and processing equipment:
Lexicon Omega USB interface
Event Tuned Reference 6 nearfield monitors
DBX 4066 quad compressor
K&M popkiller mic windscreen
K&M microphone stands

Microphones:
Beyerdynamic MC930 and Opus 69
Rode NT1 and NT1A
Shure SM57

Cables are either Klotz or Canare, with Neutrik connectors. All wiring is balanced and shielded.

Additional Skills

As a Christian I enjoy reading the Bible and often experiment with dramatic readings of certain passages or in trying to come up with character voices for Old or New Testament characters.

I was a history teacher for several years in secondary school and during that period I made use of accents and general vocal madness to make my lessons more interesting, or frightening as the case might have been...

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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