Gary Hoskins - Guy Next Door, Funny, Smooth, Sexy, Versatile,

Guy Next Door, Funny, Smooth, Sexy, Versatile,

• Gary Hoskins is registered with Voice123 since Nov 03, 2011.
• Gary Hoskins started his/her voice over career in 1987.
• Currently Gary Hoskins is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Gary Hoskins was last active on Voice123 12 days ago

Voice Description

My voice has been described as being able to cross all economic levels, and of having a natural story telling style.
From: Upbeat, Informative, Recognisable, Warm, Funny, Sexy, Knowledgable, Natural, Authoritative, Dry, Rich & Smooth, Comical, Animated, Friendly, Credible, Versatile, Trustworthy, Corporate, Story Telling, The Guy Next Door.

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
• 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 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

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Characters: I have had a few characters over the years in radio - for promotional and commercials. More recently, Hunchy Hunchback, Twinkle the DJ Elf have been involved since my CBS days and on into the Internet broadcast field...

Most of my character are based off the Saturday morning cartoons, that most of us grew up with...

My Voice Experience

Recording Engineer & Producer by trade. Though in the late 80's radio knocked on my door. I have worked for many station & networks, voiced thousands of commercials, promos and more.
While working for CBS in Seattle, in 2006 I started freelancing as a voiceover artist, producer and copy writer. Since then I have produced over 6000 radio programs around the world.

My Training

A Certified Audio Engineer: worked as a sound man for many artist (Beach Boys, George Burns, the Association and more). Also Recording Engineer, with recording studios...

My schooling in radio, came from actually working in radio.
2 years into my radio career, I was working for the #1 Country station in Seattle, KMPS 94.1 AM/FM (On-Air & Production Director). I have since been on the air in Seattle, Killeen, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit and around the world (even a short stint on Satellite).

I have almost 4 decades in the Entertainment field, with recording and producing, twenty years in radio, and always during this time, freelancing on the side as a voice artist.

My Studio Equipment

Mackie: Mixing Board
Presonus: Studio Channel
Alesis: Outboard gear
M-Audio: Analog to Digital converter
Microphones: Blue, Rodes, RE20
Recording format: Adobe Audition