Daniel Beckett

Regional British accents, neutral Surrey, London Cockney, West Country, Moors (Yorkshire), Liverpool, Scottish and Irish. Also able to cover French and German accents with character voices. Neutral / slightly southern US accent also provided.

Most recently engaged to provide eLearning voice over for technical and sales training courses within the finance / banking industry. 10 years experience of working for British Sky Broadcasting in the UK with 7 years focused on supporting the advertising sales side of the business and representation at advertising industry forums and think tanks. Also played a material role in the launch of digital and interactive TV advertising for Sky TV in the late 90's. Previously, through many years of corporate life experience, have been providing voice roles for client facing presentations, web conferences, instructor led training, industry forum panel moderation, on-stage variety performances, independent short films and commercials. On Camera Basics 1 - Drama Inc., Atlanta Voice Over Booth Camp - Wren Ross, Boston Creating Characters Level 1 - Wren Ross, Boston Creating Characters Level 2 - Wren Ross, Boston Auditioning for TV Commercials - Don Slaton Casting, Atlanta Voiceover Basics - Expressions Theatre and Film, Atlanta Previously qualified to British HNC level in electrical power and electronics engineering. Post HNC qualifications in business management through the Henley School of Management, England. Custom built Windows 8 based 8 core CPU video / audio editing system, inc. twin 27" flat screen monitors, Audiobox XLR / USB interface, Studio One software and MXL 2010 Condenser mic. External audio provided through Yamaha amplifier and Bose studio speakers for monitoring and playback. Studio created in sound insulated 7' x 9' room within basement space; a room within a room. Significant SonicFire SmartSound library available for use in video and audio editing. Highly technical with an electrical engineering background including studio and network cabling. The past 20 years have been IT-centric with expertise in many and varied software applications and peripherals associated with the audio and video industry.