Curt Palmer - Natural, Warm, Sincere, Authoritative, Professiona

Natural, Warm, Sincere, Authoritative, Professiona

• Curt Palmer is registered with Voice123 since Oct 23, 2009.
• Curt Palmer started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Curt Palmer is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Professional and authoritative for business (training and presentations), documentaries, commercial spots.

Versatile for characters, animation, video games.

Warm, natural, guy next door for commercial spots and audiobook narrations.

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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Hartford/Simsbury, Connecticut, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Southern-hick, urban, French- subtle or over the top, Scot, Canadian/Canuck, eh?, German. Oh, and I can do a dead on Ed Sullivan.

My Voice Experience

My VO career began not by grabbing for cash, but by trying to give to others. My first experience was with an organization called the Connecticut Radio Information System or "CRIS." CRIS provides radio programming for blind and print handicapped people who want the news, but can't read papers or periodicals. I volunteered to record programming and, even now, host a morning radio show called "Front Pages" where I read the key articles from the NY Times and Hartford Courant to the audience. It's a great service for those who need it. Along the way, it's taught me the studio environment, mic technique, inflection, voice quality, etc.

I've also found a niche in audio dramas which is sort of "back to the future." Audio dramas are what your Gram and Gramps used to sit in front of their old tube radios to listen to. I've done acting parts, narration and other reads for these. They're lots of fun and have what appears to be a growing audience.

My most recent pet project was to read portions of the congressional healthcare bill as a member of a voice actors group. 80 voice talents combined to voice the entire 1,000+ pages of the bill and make it available at hearthebill website. Check it out. It's one way to hear- not read- all the information that might end up as our healthcare reform program. It's unbiased, truly non-partisan and a great service.

My Training

B.A., Dartmouth College

Studied with Doriane Elliott- New York City voice coach and casting director. DE Casting and Phantom Audio.

Frequent speaker at industry conferences, host of corporate webinars.

Member of Connecticut Broadcasters Association

Member of Farmington Valley Film Commission

My Studio Equipment

Fully equipped professional, acoustically treated home studio.

Mic: Neumann TLM-103 condenser

Pre-Amp: dbx 286a

Audio Interface: Edirol/Roland UA25ex

Cabling: Mogami gold

DAW: Adobe Soundbooth 4

Computer: HP DV3510 with Windows 7

Cans: Sennheiser 280

Studio Monitors: Alesis M1 MK II

Additional Skills

Very strong command of the English language and correct pronunciation (hey, I even got the highest mark on my English AP test!). Am very detailed oriented and persistent when it comes to getting your words recorded just the way you want. Am well-read and knowledgeable in a wide range of topics which helps me understand how to interpret and deliver your copy.

Have corporate experience- many, many (too many) years in the healthcare, employee benefits and insurance industry. Know sales and what it takes to market and sell. Understand corporate environment and audiences. Very comfortable with business projects.