Dave Courvoisier - Conversational Baritone, Natural, Easy and Clear

Conversational Baritone, Natural, Easy and Clear

• Dave Courvoisier is registered with Voice123 since Jan 04, 2006.
• Dave Courvoisier started his/her voice over career in 1988.
• Currently Dave Courvoisier is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Dave Courvoisier was last active on Voice123 173 days ago

Voice Description

Excel in mastering the intent and the heart of the copywriter. I deliver beyond your expectations, with quick turnaround.
Perfect diction, pausing, timing, and pronunciation for your voice-over project.
Tailor-made for long-format narrating (audiobooks), documentaries, or any proprietary or industrial training videos or voice-acting work. Also experienced voice-actor in messages on hold, IVR, podcasting, and greetings.
Excellent at regional US slang and Southern accents.
Wide range of great character voices, cartoons, as well as traditional announcer voice.
On-Camera work is my specialty...also singing and jingles.
Original voices for your project.

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 - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• 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
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SaVoa

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I have Source Connect in my studio
• 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Indian, Irish, French, German, Russian, Slavic, Yiddish, Scandinavian and English accents.
Adept at many American slang accents, Southern, Arkansas, Texas, California, NYC, Canadian...but I'm naturally a born Midwestern straight unaffected delivery.

My Voice Experience

Emmy-award-winning broadcaster, writer/producer.
Local TV news Anchor for 30 years.
I've hosted a Computer Talk Show on radio, and done Top-40 plus Country/Western radio.

I'm a trade-show presenter with ear-prompter, and am an experienced Emcee.

I've got the delivery, and have consistent smooth deep pipes and mic technique. Known for capturing essence of client's needs in first take.

My Training

School of life. TV news is a competitive, hard master. I've been delivering the goods 3 half-hours a day with next-to-no mistakes for decades.
I anchor top-rated newscasts daily. That kind of staying power means I've found a knack for garnering and keeping an audience.
Recently Emcee'd the week-long VOICE conference for Voice-Acting professionals in March of '07 in Las Vegas, scheduled to do the same in August of '08.

My Studio Equipment

Sennheiser MKH416P48 and AKG C3000B microphones
dbx 266XL compressor/expander
Alesis MultiMix 8 USB
M-Audio FireWireSolo
PreSonous Tube Pre Single-Channel Pre-amp
Pro-Tools 7.4cs2 Production software
Sony Sound Forge 8.0
Adobe Audition 3.0
Windows XP Pro SP2 on Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 Mghz chipset with 4G RAM
Cable Internet at 12.5 Mbps with security-protected Wi-Fi
Aurelex foam in a 4X5 closed room

Additional Skills

You'll want to keep listening.
Perfect inflections, tones, pacing and energy for YOUR project.

Life-long singer, story-teller, read-aloud master.
Excellent writer, "LIVE" reporter, ad-lib is a cinch, and thinking on my feet is my forte'.

Excellent at on-camera delivery. Top-notch TelePrompTer and e-prompter skills.