Gary Richards - Deep, Authoritative, Trusting, Big Voice

Deep, Authoritative, Trusting, Big Voice

• Gary Richards is registered with Voice123 since Nov 21, 2007.
• Gary Richards started his/her voice over career in 1968.
• Currently Gary Richards is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 28
• Gary Richards was last active on Voice123 4 days ago

Voice Description

Mr. Announcer (Think Gary Owens, TV Network Voice, etc.)
Deep and dramatic.
Smooth and trusting.

Great for Movie Trailers, Radio Liners, Program & Podcast Intros - Outros, Promos etc.

Radio Image Voice.

Edgy and trusting commercial spot Guy.

Great fo Training Presentations, Instructional Voiceovers.

Many years of experience producing
Authoritative Telephone Announcements
Public Address Announcements
On-Hold messages
ACD & IVR Messages
Voice mail greetings

Virtual Emcee Voice!
Think the voice of Network TV's Academy Awards Announcer.

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
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 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

New York, Hartford, Boston, Connecticut, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Non-Regional North American English
A bit of rough NY/Boston street guy w/ Italian flair.
North American English - Texas Drawl.

My Voice Experience

Over 37 years of professional expierence as the telephone voice of; AT&T Connecticut, Traveler's Inc. Co., Yale New Haven Hospital, and more.

Radio Commercials, Industrial Narrations, and Professional Telephone System Messages (IVR, ACD, VM) and Network Error Announcements.

My Training

Intensive instruction, practice, and critical listening for more than 40 years by Studio Engineers, Voiceover Artists, Clients, other media and advertising professionals, and my own critical ear!

My Studio Equipment

Dynamic and Condenser Microphones.
PreSonus Eureka Mic-pre and Channel Strip.
PreSonus Digital Studio Firewire Audio interface.
Sweetwater Sound Duo-Rack PC (DAW)
Sony SoundForge
RML Labs SAWStudioLite
(Extensive list of Plug-ins for audio processing)
Sony Acid
Various analog outboard audio devices (EQ, Comp, Lim, etc.)

Additional Skills

37 years of technical telecommunications expierence both as a technican and executive. Executive presentaions, script writing, copy editing, and audio production.

Audio Production skills for Image Packages, Radio and TV Commercial Spots, Theatre Announcement Packages, Telephone system audio formats, etc.