Dan Besbris

Voice Description

Upbeat and exciting for commercials, personal for promos, clear and crisp for voicemails, interesting, professional and attention-grabbing for presentations, fun and rousing for audiobooks, exciting and fun for video games, professional and non-intrusive for documentaries, amusing and entertaining for t.v. shows and movies, warm and young for movie and game trailers, radio-trained for podcasts, falsetto for songs, energetic and fun for all others.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

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 upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Accents: British, Irish, Eastern European, French, Italian, Austrian, Indian, Asian, Middle-Eastern, Hispanic.

Dialects: California Surfer, Texan, Southern, New England, Midwestern, Canadian.

Impersonations: The Ladies Man, William Shatner, Characters from the show Family Guy, Luke Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kermit the Frog.

My Voice Experience

My voice experience spans many forms of media. I have served as a Minor League Baseball play-by-play broadcaster for the last two years, as well as the voice of a Junior College football team and a respected University women's basketball program.

I recorded multiple commercial spots for companies advertising with the Minor League team, as well as automated phone system menus. In each of these cases, I created a professional digitally edited final audio track, and mixed down a portion of the recordings with background music on my own hard/software.

Prior to my sports career, I provided my voice to multiple college level film productions and video games in Northern California, ranging from work as a narrator and announcer to dubbed kung-fu comedic voices and arch-villains.

I am confident in my abilities, and deliver results in a style that immediately helps listeners connect with the team, medium or product in an intimate and personal manner.

My Training

My collegiate education was not in voice work, unfortunately, as I received a degree in Molecular Biology.

Immediately after achieving a B.A., I began taking classes part time in broadcast journalism at a local City College. I received Dual Certificate Degrees in Broadcast News and Broadcast Radio Production in just one year.

I also completed a rigorous 1-week course in sports broadcast style taught by professional broadcasters at the top level in their field (NHL, MLB, NBA, Los Angeles sports radio).

My Studio Equipment

I own my own Shure brand voice microphone, wind screen and stand, as well as my own analog mixer.

I am proficient in Adobe Audition audio editing software, which also includes various filters, a multi-channel editor and digital equalizer.

Additional Skills

I have worked under extremely strenuous conditions in a ridiculously competitive field, all the while maintaining a positive attitude. I consider myself extremely cooperative and amiable.

I work well with deadlines, and can succeed with or without instruction.

Also, I will outbid competition for a low-paying job because I love doing voice-over work and creating unique and entertaining projects.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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