Darren Polite - everyday male without ethnic or regional accent

everyday male without ethnic or regional accent

• Darren Polite is registered with Voice123 since Nov 27, 2009.
• Darren Polite started his/her voice over career in 1995.
• Currently Darren Polite is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Warm and inviting voice with great diction and character. midwestern everyday voice without any discernible accent. very articulate. great for presentations; described as inviting, interesting, and welcoming. has a spirit and character to it - like someone you know or want to know.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• Podcasts
• Songs

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) 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 have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

african american male from the south (young or adult); midwestern vanilla; business/financial; affable fake British.

My Voice Experience

I am new to the voice over experience. But not new to recording my voice or performance. I am an award winning songwriter and musician who has been told over and again i have the most amazing speaking voice. I have both a creative and financial background in the music industry (A licensed CPA); i am an african american male who grew up in the midwest - i call myself bilingual with american midwest and southern black dialects. My range of experiences and perfect diction and pronunciation when needed provides a very flexible and easily understood voice. there is a character and spirit to the voice that transcends sound - the voice of someone soothing, interesting, and interested all in one. i have a very capable home studio with which i can experiment and provide you demos without much expense as well as many music beds and sound libraries to add to any projects. thanks for your consideration :)

My Training

bachelors degree in business

years of experience in music recording and production

2004 John Lennon Song Contest Winner

Various placements on network tv and cable of music beds and songs.

extremely current in events of the world both deep and not so deep.

I am very experienced in PERFORMING: classical piano, choirs, studio recording, business projects - i.e. very adaptable and flexible but goal oriented and accomplished.

My Studio Equipment

My home studio is set up for Quallity recording: as such i have:

CUBASE, PROTOOLS, ABLETON LIVE; SOUNDFORGE; WAVES plugins;

gigs upon gigs of music loops and effects; AKG C 414; Shure SM58; MXLV67 Misc: Mic pre's: Presonus ADL500; Aphex 207; REALTRAPS Portable vocal booth

Keyboards and numerous Virtual Instruments: Native Insttruments Komplete Bundle; Loungelizard E Piano; Trilogy Bass; MPC 2000 Drummachine etc.

ALso have dozens of completed sound beds and tracks for music. (Have had songs/music beds placed w/MTV, Daytime TV and songs on Network Primetime Show)

Have access to other singers, musicians and major studios through years of collaborations and services contracted out.

Additional Skills

I guess you would say i am a renaissance man of sorts as such i can relate to artists, engineers, business professionals, and entrepreneurs. Having played classical piano as a child, competitive junior tennis which financed college; a technical CPA background - currently using the finance background in the Music Industry and also as a musician/producer with credits - its clear i am adaptable and flexible - i use that range of experience in my voice and in the cultural etc./contexts in which i find myself.