Gerard Miney

Voice Description

I have a versitile range in vocal impersonations and can adopt my voice to suit the project or mood when required. I can make my voice soft or deep, intense or smooth, deep throated sexy growls to camp. From actors and comedians to well known and loved characters or even just my own made up vocal characters, I am willing to apply my voice to any project, challenge or demand.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Female
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for British Equity 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 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 radio ad production services
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

belfast, Ireland

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

My list of impersonations are as follows, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Roger Moore, Kenneth Williams, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando (GodFather), Al Pacino, James Stewart, Micheal Caine, David Attenborough, Woody Allen, Jimmy Cagney, Peter Lorre, John Lennon, a Humphery Bogart-esque voice, Homer Simpson, Otto the bus driver, Barney Gumble, Mister Burns, Eric Cartman (South Park), John Major (Now defunct Former Pm), Austin Powers, An Elvis-esque voice, Billy Connelly, Ian Paisley, Gerry Adams and I am cuurently working on more up to date and contemporary actors and celebrities. My list of accents include, a scottish accent I.E: 'Highland Breaks', Australian 'Beer commercials or Soap opera satires'. A 'Cockney Geezer' voice 'Getting tooled up for a heavy job?, then you need Black and Dekker!'. An English 'Northerner' voice 'Real ale' and 'Grim up North'. Indian 'Restaurants or 'Bollywood'. A 'Geordie' accent. American accents, Deep south, Hillbilly, New Yorker. I also include a short recording on MP3 of my vocal work and many more are set to follow. And of recently have started working on new voices such as Family Guy characters, Quagmire, Cleaveland, Herbert, The Gay Psycho-therapist and Peter Griffin, working on Stweie's voice also. Alas, Brian Griffin will take a bit longer(And an awful lot of throat medication!!!!)

My Voice Experience

I am a new comer to the world of voice over actors, in this instance I'm pretty much an alien!. Having acted since primary school and Secondary school, either in school plays or goofing around in the classroom. My teachers began to notice I had a knack for impersonating voices or making up my own on the spot. As the years progressed my vocal range began to grow (Singing however, was not one of these talents, unless you want out of key singing, then in which case, I'm your man!). Feedback from family and friends was a good enough boost, but if I really wanted approval, I would have to try my voices out on an unsuspecting public. In the course of one night at a bar in Belfast, I pretended to be an Australian tourist, an American immigrant from Rhode Island, New Jersey. And to top it all off, I managed to convince a group of guys on a stag night, all of whom hailed from Newcastle-upon-tyne, that I was a 'Geordie!'. I have since used my vocal skills to record voice messages for family, friends and workmates. Now I want to put my vocal talents to good use!.

My Training

I undertook a cousre on film making at Film Base in Dublin from August 1997 until May 1998. The course itself was a nine month, intensive run through every aspect of the film industry, from scriptwriting to post production. The aim of the course was to have two seperate teams submit fifteen minute long scripts, two of which would be chosen and later adapted to film. I have since appeared as an extra in various t.v. shows and films. During the course of these productions, I recieved feedback from industry professionals on my scriptwriting, acting and vocal skills, the latter of which was given more emphasis, in which I was encouraged to put my vocal skills towards the medium of voice over work. A close friend of whom trained at Ulster Television, informed me on how the voice over industry worked, himself having recorded several practise voice overs as part of his training. And recently, during a 'Jam' session with my friend's band, we recorded our guitar session onto a portable studio. Later, we sat down to record my own voice over demo.

The demo is still being fine tuned and de-hissed and hopefully should be ready soon.

My Studio Equipment

I have access to a digital multi track porta studio with editing, special sound effects with MP3 and WAV capabilities.

I also use a Compaq Presario laptop computer with recording capabilities.

Additional Skills

Although relatively a novice to the voice over industry. I feel my experiences in film training and acting will be of great benefit. I am dedicated and hard working and give 110% to any project or challenge I am given. I have a professional, focused and tenacious attitude to my work in that I will not give up and will consistently try any means or method to see the project or task through to it's completion. In addition, I am able to think on my feet or improvise, creatively, when required.

In my spare time I also write short and novella length stories and scripts, many of which I am in the process of trying to develop into either short or feature length films and possibly even for television programmes. I now also work part time as a Freelance writer and I am prepared to copywrite for agencies or companies for either advertising purposes or general information suited to the project in hand. I am also currently filming an on going 'project' for a Friend's heavy metal band, soon to be uploaded onto Youtube!!!

Payment Methods Accepted

• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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