David Tolar - Conversational, wide-ranging, character specialist

Conversational, wide-ranging, character specialist

• David Tolar is registered with Voice123 since Aug 04, 2009.
• David Tolar started his/her voice over career in 2009.
• Currently David Tolar is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 57
• David Tolar has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

With a performance background spanning over three decades, David Tolar's diverse career has taken him from being an on-air talent working in the radio industry, to being a professional touring musician and recording artist, and most recently, as a voiceover artist. David's warm, engaging, and humorous nature comes across in his voice, but he is also very capable of more dramatic and serious fare as well. David is multilingual, and has a great capacity for even the most subtle of dialects for all types of voices. His voice is both genial and commanding, gentle and yet powerful, and he will deliver your voiceover work in a professional, timely, and cost-effective manner. David is available for performing a wide variety of voiceover related duties - everything from commercial and narrative work, to corporate presentations, to audio books for CD, and virtually anything and everything else you can imagine, from the most serious of reads to the bounciest and happiest sounding of cartoon characters. David Tolar is YOUR choice for voices.

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 - British
• English - North American
• French - Canadian

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
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Millis, Massachusetts, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

David can perform in a wide variety of accents and dialects from all over the world, specializing particularly in both North American and British accents and dialects. He can also perform a wide variety of impersonations - from former Presidents, to entertainers past and present, to musicians and vocalists, David's range is unique and unusual.

My Voice Experience

David's voiceover career started when he was attending Dean Junior College in Franklin, Mass. in 1980, when he worked at the college radio station, WGAO-FM. From college, he landed several local radio station jobs over the next several years, and had a hand in both voicing and producing spots for radio. Several years later, in 2000, David did some project demos for a couple of Hasbro video games, including "Silly Six Pins" and "Bop-It". And now, in 2009, David is launching his own voiceover career fulltime, with the intention of providing the highest quality of service with the most diverse of voices and backgrounds.

My Training

Attended Dean Junior College from 1980-1982, and received an Associates Degree in Communication Arts.

Worked at WGAO-FM from 1980-1982.
Worked at WMRC-AM from 1982-1983.
Worked at WJCC-AM in 1983 as an assistant news and production director.

Worked at WKOX-AM/WVBF-FM from 1985-1986.

Has been a professional performing musician since 1980, and has recorded and toured with several regional acts including RAMM: The Paul McCartney Tribute, the British Yankees (toured the UK in 2005), Big Blue Daddys (recorded "Money Don't Beat The Blues" album in 1999), Agona Hardison (recorded her "CD Advance" album in 1998), South of Nine, No Man's Land, and Split Second.

My Studio Equipment

Currently, David is using ProTools LE Version 8 on a 17" MacBook Pro with a 320GB harddrive, and his reference monitors are M-AUDIO's BX5-a model, and has his current studio based out of his residence.

His microphone of choice is the RODE NT2-A.

He also has SHURE Beta 57 and Beta 58 microphones which he has used both onstage and in his project studio for over 20 years.

David has a myriad of older analogue audio gear as well going back to the 1980's, including two TASCAM 488 MKII model 8-track machines, and various compressors, as well as a MACKIE 1202-VLZ analogue board.

Additional Skills

David also has a considerable video background, and worked in the video industry for nearly 25 years. He has worked with everything from 2" videotape masters all the way through to the digital media currently being used including DV, DVCAM, and DVCPRO, with a primary background in both distribution and duplication.

David also was involved in the conversion of videotape formats, including PAL, PAL-N, PAL-M, SECAM (Horizontal and Vertical).

His background included the distribution, duplication, and editing of customers' reels, as well as working with a variety of audio formats, including 1/2" audio reels, cassettes, and DAT tapes.