Dan Potter - Authoritative, warm, guy next door

Authoritative, warm, guy next door

• Dan Potter is registered with Voice123 since Dec 21, 2007.
• Dan Potter started his/her voice over career in .
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• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Warm, authoritative, midwestern neutral accent with twenty years of Texas seasoning. Think Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup with a few jalapeno slices.
Ideally suited for podcasting, documentaries, industrial work, hard-sell and soft-sell spots, trailers, spokesman and live announce.
Voiceover Philosophy: Understand and convey. Understand the emotions inherent in the copy and convey those emotions with appropriate tone, pace and inflection for maximum impact.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Dan Potter

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

None

My Home Base

Dallas-Fort Worth, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Dan Potter

My Voice Experience

Three decades in news/talk radio. 18 years at ABC/Disney-owned WBAP in #5 market Dallas-Fort Worth. The most-listened-to radio news anchor in Texas for 15 years! Dozens of awards including the national Edward R. Murrow award for Best Major Market Radio Newscast (2000 RTNDA). Now freelance news/talk radio and voice talent, podcaster (One of the podcasts I voice/produce was on the iTunes Music Top 40 this past summer).
Live announcer for world-class events in NFL and major college stadiums. This year alone I've announced in the Rose Bowl, the RCA Dome, the Alamodome, Stanford Stadium and the Georgia Dome to name a few.

My Training

Currently hosting a food/cooking show on Dallas-Fort Worth radio. It's recorded in front of a studio audience with celebrity guest chefs in a 60-seat demo kitchen theater. Lots of experience with live audience events and performing arts. Emcee of several classical music events. VERY WELL KNOWN NATIONAL PERSONALITY in the idioms of competitive marching band and drum corps. Ideally suited for endorsements/spokesperson gigs in food and music related industries.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Dan Potter

Additional Skills

Besides voice work, I'm an excellent audio editor and writer, expert with Adobe Audition and have won numerous national awards for my audio editting. Resumé:

The most listened-to radio news anchor in Texas for the past 15 years, and the premier brand name for news on radio in Dallas-Fort Worth for almost two decades.

Audio artist and podcaster.

Dozens of honors including:
-The Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton
-Texas AP Broadcasters Awards
-Press Club of Dallas Katies
-RTNDA Murrow awards. The 2000 recipient of the national Edward R. Murrow award for Best Major Market Radio Newscast.

Management experience with 13 years as News Director responsible for a staff of 10 and an $800,000 budget.

Expertise in broadcast and newsroom automation systems including NewsBoss, AudioVault, Basys, Audicy DSE, Adobe Audition.

Excels in breaking news and large event coverage. Major events include:
-On-scene coverage of the first inauguration of President George W. Bush
-17 hours anchoring on September 11, 2001
-Wall-to-wall anchoring of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and others.
-Wall-to-wall anchoring of other major breaking stories such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the Branch Davidian siege at Mount Carmel and the demise of space shuttle Columbia over North Texas.

-Market reputation as a culinary expert and ‘foodie.’ Host of short-form food and cooking shows for radio, “Dining with Dan,” and “Cacharel’s Kitchen.”

-Involved in the community, especially high school and college music programs. Stadium announcer and Jumbotron talent for national competitive marching band circuits Bands of America and Drum Corps International.

-Host of on-line video and audio magazines “The Field Pass” and “Break Ranks,” focusing on competitive marching band circuits.

-Board of Directors, Creative Arts Theater and School, CATS, Arlington, Texas. Two-term chairman of the Texas AP Broadcasters.