Cephas Mason

Voice Description

Excellent range of voices. Warm and strong for narrating, smooth and pleasant for presentations, Soft and fun or deep and aggressive for commercials. imaginative with excellent timing for characterizations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

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

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Characterizations: Cranky, Friendly, Funny, Angry, Sad, Happy, Sloppy, Hyper, Lazy, Hurt, Disgusted. Meathead stud-muffin, eccentric artist, crazy scientist, rebellious teen, sweet little boy, surfer dude, disgusting troll, evil demon, egotistical villain, funny sidekick, virtuous hero, arrogant aristocrat, or any combination of the above.

Accents: English (British, proper and cockney), Mexican-American, Southern (United States), East Coast (New York, New Jersey, Bostonian, Maine, Rhode Island) Jamaican, Scottish, Irish.

My Voice Experience

No voice over experience unfortunately.

My Training

Training:

5 years experiance Recording engineer/producer - freelance.

5 years professional, 21 years amateur experience, Singer/Rapper - independent.




Education:

B.S. Business Communication, Woodbury University Burbank, Ca.

Private singing/speech lessons from ages 8-18.

My Studio Equipment

In-Home studio.

Soundproofed Vocal Booth.

Separate Control Room.

Recording: Digidesign Pro-tools HD2. Digidesign Control 24 control surface, Apple Mac Pro 2.4ghz, 8gb ram.

Monitoring: Dynaudio and Tannoy.

Analog/Digital conversion: Apogee and Digidesign,

Word Clock: Apogee.

Microphones: Senhieser, AKG, Brauner, Neumann, Blue, and Peluso.

Analog Pre-amplification: Groove Tubes, Anthony DeMaria, Chandler Ltd, Brent Avrill,
Shadow Hills and Digidesign.

Analog Equalizers: Brent Avrill, API, Manley, and Chandler Ltd.

Analog compression/limiting: Manley, Reto-Instruments, and DBX.

Outboard effects: Lexicon and Kurzwiel.

Computer effects, EQ's, compressors, etc: Universal Audio UAD-2, Waves, Antares,
McDSP, Digidesign.


More info and pictures available.

Additional Skills

From Kindergarden through University I attended private schools that placed a premium on good communication and clear speech. Speaking clearly and concisely is second nature to me.

I have been working as a freelance recording engineer for about 5 years now, so I understand the need to meet deadlines and fulfill the client's expectations, not my own.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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