David Gavin

Voice Description

Naturally deep, rich, gravelly and extremely diverse. Easily capable of deliveries that are Friendly, Soothing, Authoritative, Professional, Sexy, Comical, Corporate, Guy Next Door and more!

Perfectly suited for:
Cartoons (any animated characters, serious or comical), Movie Trailers, Commercials, Industrials, Educational Videos, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Radio, Television, Telephone, Jingles, etc.

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

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• 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

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

New York City, Brooklyn, Southern, Western, Irish, as well as parody versions of British, Russian and more.

I also deliver dark, booming, gloomy, intense trailer type voices.

Some impersonations include:
Johnny Cash
Don LaFontaine
Elvis
George Clooney
Sam Elliott
Boris Karloff, and more

My Voice Experience

Some Clients:
True Value Hardware
Kazakhstan Ministry of Tourism and Sports
Orica Mining
Noggin Labs
Peter Favaro, Ph.D. - Forensic Psychologist, TV Personality, CEO Tendril Media
Zach Daulton - Award Winning Videographer
Dan Manatt - Digital Media Artist, Editor, and CEO Manatt Media
Suburban Sound
DS Labs (Revitacor)
Gustavo Paris at - Next Marketing Interativo
Noah Gammell Advertising and Design
Isaac Allison at - New Environment
Justin Johnson - CEO at Invision Networking

•On-air radio personality for my own show, Dave’s Bottomless Jukebox on WBCR LP 97.7 FM in Great Barrington, MA. since 2005

• I am a vlounteer reader at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
and LibriVox- "Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain"

My Training

I studied and trained at Voiceover Island Radio and TV Production Services, Westbury, NY with Chuck McKibben (previously the personal recording engineer and sound producer for Mel Blanc, himself, as well as the voice for Sony, Time Warner Cable, Lexus and others).

I also interned at Hofstra University Radio, WRHU 88.7 FM in the late 1970s.

Always learning new tricks at my show (Dave's Bottomless Jukebox) WBCR LP 97.7 FM

My Studio Equipment

I work from a home studio, equipped with a Shure SM7b and Blue Microphones using an Apogee Interface running through Logic 9 Software on the latest iMac.
I also have a complete library of copyright-free music and sound effects. The studio is fully capable of delivering voice and/or music files in any format requested: MP3, WAV, AIFF, AAC, and more.

Additional Skills

I have been singing as a solo artist and performing as the lead vocalist in duets and bands in almost every genre of contemporary music (A Cappella, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk, etc.) for over 35 years.
I play guitar, lap steel, and harmonica.
I can also compose soundtracks on my midi equipment.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards

Contact Information

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