Charlie Donovan - Warm & Natural, Edgy, Informative, Characters

Warm & Natural, Edgy, Informative, Characters

• Charlie Donovan is registered with Voice123 since Nov 05, 2009.
• Charlie Donovan started his/her voice over career in 1985.
• Currently Charlie Donovan is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Very warm and natural delivery for documentaries, nature, adult and children's books, "mood" projects, etc.
Broad range for sincerity, edginess and sarcasm, cartoon, gravelly, impersonations, website.
Pleasant, straightforward narration for government, corporate, association, educational presentations.

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

North American generic, New York/New Jersey, Gravelly, "Out on the Prairie", Austrian/German (caricature) flavor, Stallone, Jewish, Bugs Bunny, Columbo, Sammy Davis, Patton, CSI Miami, tailor a sound for a character.

My Voice Experience

I currently focus on Industrial Narration and Characters but full commercials are fine if I'm what you need.
Large Market radio production for 35 years.
Freelance Voiceover and talent/session director for 24 years.
Projects have included: Voice of America, DirecTV, The Better Business Bureau, Chevrolet, Toyota, Ethan Allan, AARP, Washington, DC School System, The Discovery Channel, U.S. Government, Politicals.

My Training

As an addendum to previous university experience, I recently attended five semesters at a local college for the purpose of staying up-to-date on digital audio programs, hardware and editing techniques.

My Studio Equipment

Access to area recording studios.
Home equipment includes: Rode Condenser Microphones, Tascam Interface, PreSonus Amps and Preamps, M-Audio Monitors, Ultrasone HFI-580 Headphones, Windows XP, Adobe Audition 3.0.

Additional Skills

My day-to-day goals are sincerity and professionalism.
I give the best that I can on time and take pleasure out of putting in extra effort, if the time is available.
When needed, I enjoy directing professional sessions as well as inexperienced talent. I've been a volunteer reader for "The Metropolitan Washington Ear" and volunteer audio production and voiceover coach at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.