Deborah Howell - Mellifluous, rich, adult, smooth, upbeat,corporate

Mellifluous, rich, adult, smooth, upbeat,corporate

• Deborah Howell is registered with Voice123 since Jul 15, 2008.
• Deborah Howell started his/her voice over career in 1986.
• Currently Deborah Howell is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 23
• Deborah Howell has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Smooth and authoritative for narrations, upbeat and
punchy for Radio and TV promos, mellifluous and sensual for commercials and high-end projects, corporate and
professorial for training tapes and presentations,
conversational for small business applications.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• 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

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN 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 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

Malibu, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Silly voices for cartoon projects, British accent for
commercial scripts, clubby and street for hip hop and r&b projects, sultry Jessica Rabbit.

My Voice Experience

For over 20 years I ran the gamut of radio formats-mostly in New York and LA, working full time for Power 106 FM LA, Hot 97 NY, Kiss FM NY, CD101.9 FM and Sirius Satellite Radio--plus I've been on the air in Tokyo continuously since 1991. Along the way, I've worked hand in hand with clients as varied as Black Enterprise Magazine and BET to being the voice of the Female Condom, JW Marriott, The National Lung & Blood Institute-- to doing software projects for Black and Decker, Dun & Bradstreet, Houghton-Mifflin and Client Magic Software--to the uber-street "Sounds of the New York Underground."

I specialize in long, difficult copy (scientific and medical copy are my faves) and have enjoyed doing campaigns for ABC TV (Desperate Housewives, Walgreens, Audi, Aruba Tourism) Polygram TV, HCTV, CBS TV, Chef Daniel Boulud, HealthNet Radio, countless top market FM radio station promos, and hundreds of IVR and corporate presentations from my ISDN-equipped broadcast quality studio.

My Training

Graduated with honors from Northwestern University School of Speech
Audio engineer with ProTools expertise
Produced and voiced a DVD for Tokyo FM
Produced a music CD for the Boutique Hotel Group, NYC
Mentored dozens of students for voice over acting
Member of Association of Independents in Radio
Member of AFTRA
Member of A.I.R.
Professional Public Speaker
Published travel writer
Staff writer/reviewer for tradetotravel(website)
Voice over coach

My Studio Equipment

Zephyr X-Stream, Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro, 14-channel
mic/line mixer with premium XDR mic preamps, Digi 003 Turbocharged interface, Macbook Pro, ProTools 8.0, Fostex 6301B monitor, Blue Bottle Rocket S2 mic with B6 and B8 capsules, Shure SM7 mic, and Audio Technica 3035 condenser mic, Toft ATC-2 mic pre-amplifier/compressor/equalizer.

Additional Skills

In radio, I was always known as "sales' secret weapon" since I could help land the client, write the copy, edit poor copy, offer ideas for improvement, point out errors, and make any project sound like a million bucks. Now, as a studio owner,I listen very carefully to clients' directions to give each project the exact approach they're looking for, and to always deliver "a cut above."

My clients have become like family and have honored me with 96 per cent return business.

My experience as a public speaker and PowerPoint Presenter keeps me on top of verbiage and current
techno-jargon, and my four years of Latin helps mightily
when it comes to reading and pronouncing medical, technical or scientific copy. Engineers love working with me because I give them so few edits and call me a "one-take wonder."

I'm looking forward to breathing new life into your next project!