David Byrd - Friendly, every man, baritone, smooth, midwest

Friendly, every man, baritone, smooth, midwest

• David Byrd is registered with Voice123 since Mar 29, 2004.
• David Byrd started his/her voice over career in 1984.
• Currently David Byrd is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• David Byrd was last active on Voice123 57 days ago

Voice Description

A friendly, energetic, natural baritone. Solid and smooth. Trustworthy to trendy, gracious to gritty. Just as easily can provide the fun, up-beat, excited, hyped, musical and animated deliveries that car dealerships and others need to create urgency.

Over Twenty Five Years Experience as a Working Voice Actor. Providing Professional, Courteous Service with Quick Turn-a-Rounds!

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 - 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 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• 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

Southern California, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Some of the creative regional dialects and character accents I've employed or can provide:

> Serious Narrator or Deep Announcer
> Excited/Amped/Animated Delivery
> Trusted "Everyman" Neighbor
> Midwest/Farmer accent
> Redneck/Southerner type dialect
> Young Surfer Dude
> SoCal Cholo
> Crusty Old Guy
> Cajun/Backwoods man
> High-Strung Effeminate or Metro-sexual
> Irish Character
> Bubba, Big Oaf
> Hank Hill type Texas accent

In fact, if you can describe it...I have probably done it or can do it...I'm willing to give it a try!

My Voice Experience

I have over 25 years of professional experience, using the vocal qualities and techniques that create interest and ATTRACT ATTENTION in commercials as well as media presentations of all kinds.

For the past 6 years, I'm proud to have been providing narration for The United States Army Europe, voicing the USAREUR command and training videos that welcome and inform our soldiers, their families and our coalition partner forces, while deployed in Europe and the Middle East.

Some of my other clients have included: Ford Motor Company, Time-Warner Cable, The Power Block on Spite TV, Charter Cable Communications, Budget Rental Car Sales, 7-11 Stores, Bakers Drive-Thru Restaurants, Turner's Outdoorsman, Cellular One, a host of radio and television stations, numerous local and regional car dealerships, up-scale retail department stores, amusement parks, furniture stores and hundreds of others.

In addition, I'm an experienced radio air personality, on-camera commercial spokesperson and TV Booth Announcer. A trusted professional who can provide that "CALL TO ACTION" voice for radio stations, TV station, cable TV producers or anyone needing a network quality voice for commercials, promos, bumpers, liners, tags, billboards and imaging.

My Training

>Los Angeles Broadcasters, Inc. (The LAB) in Hollywood, CA.

>Staircase Actor's Studio, West Los Angeles, CA.

>Private Study with Nancy Wolfson, Braintracks, Brentwood, CA.

>University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK: Broadcast Communications Major.

My Studio Equipment

My professional project studio equipment includes:

> RØDE NTK twin-valve tube microphone
> EV RE-20 broadcast standard microphone
> Focusrite Platinum Voice Master Pro Mic Preamp
> Focusrite Saffire digital computer interface
> Adobe Audition professional audio editing software
> License-free music and sound effects

Additional Skills

Radio air personality, TV booth announcer and on-camera commercial talent. Guitar player, singer, musician.

Award winning Sound Tech and Nightclub DJ.