Doug McLeod - CHARACTER VOICES RULE! Great commercials, too.

CHARACTER VOICES RULE! Great commercials, too.

• Doug McLeod is registered with Voice123 since Jan 01, 2006.
• Doug McLeod started his/her voice over career in 1992.
• Currently Doug McLeod is a Standard subscriber.
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Voice Description

DOCUMENTARY VOICE, CARTOON VOICES. CHARACTER VOICES. AUDIO BOOKS. Great commercials, too! Seasoned voice for NARRATION, PODCASTS, COMMERCIALS. Flexible, professional, highly experienced voice with shadings and nuances for a wide range of projects. From soft and intimate through business-serious to heavyweight. Dialects and accents, too. (US regional, cowboy, redneck, English, Scots, Irish, "world" (generic non-European).

Specialities include: character voices, podcast, narration, business audio and video.

Friendly, directable, flexible. As an Emmy and Telly Award-winning writer, I also appreciate the value of words and their interpretations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• 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 have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch 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

Scottsdale, AZ, Arizona, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

quiet cowboy, rambunctious cowboy, conversational country, outrageous redneck, Highland Scot, English aristocrat, cockney, Hispanic, Great Gildersleeve-type pompous windbag, professional-sounding play-by-play announcer (any sport), hysterical 60s DJ, pathetic weakling, Droopy-type, hyped-up car salesman, military officer, drill sergeant, grave digger, talking shrimp, cartoon character, video game character

My Voice Experience

With over thirty years of continuous experience as a voice actor and major market TV and radio talent, here are just some recent projects:

+ Fox Sports Network: voice, co-write and co-produce Telly-winning, Emmy-nominated hour-long sports documentaries

+ Qwest: voice, write and produce system-wide training video; massive archival project at 2002 Winter Olympic Games

+ Cisco Systems: voice, write and produce Internet training videos for worldwide dissemination

+ Altitude Sports Network: "voice of the network" for all on-air promotional announcements throughout the Mountain West

+ Arrowhead Advertising: in-house voice for agency specializing in TV and radio commercials for auto dealers throughout the West

+ Hollywood Pictures: portrayed myself in the movie "Mystery Alaska" alongside Russell Crowe, Mike Meyers and Burt Reynolds

+ MANY TV and radio commercials for local, regional and national clients in most genres

My Training

More than 30 years of on-the-job, on-the-air experience provides real-life training that is both broad and deep.

College major in broadcast journalism.

Appeared as myself in two major motion pictures.

My Studio Equipment

Mackie 1402VLZ Pro mixer
Shure SM7 microphone
Aphex 230 voice processor
Pro Tools
Mac
Broadcast Tools Digital Hybrid digital phone patch

Additional Skills

Award-winning script-crafter of documentaries, business video productions and commercials

Play-by-play announcer: Major League Baseball, NHL hockey and NCAA football/basketball

TV and radio news anchor and reporter