James Barbee - rich, warm, deep, authoritative, character vox's

rich, warm, deep, authoritative, character vox's

• James Barbee is registered with Voice123 since Dec 08, 2006.
• James Barbee started his/her voice over career in .
• Currently James Barbee is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I have over a thousand voices.........in my head at anyone given point in time. Sometimes they talk to me, sometimes about me. They range from:

Rich, Deep, Experienced and Authoritative....to Warm, conversational and relatable. Then there are the............duh-duh-dummm...........
*Character voices, from all over the world, India, Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, England, the American south-west and upper mid-west. There are even some cartoon characters like 'Droopy' dog, 'Dudley Do-Right', 'Tom Slick', 'The Wicked Witch of The West' AND EVEN 'Yogi Bear and Boo-boo'.

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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask James Barbee

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

Unknown - Click here to ask James Barbee

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask James Barbee

My Voice Experience

I've had over a thousand voices running around in my head longer than the 20 years I've been a Broadcaster. Not to mention the 10 years of Night Club Experience. Somewhere along the way, I got a degree, which is in storage in Iowa, one of the 6 states I've lived in. I've spent nearly my entire broadcasting career in commercial voice work, producing and script writing. I've won numerous awards for apparently being better than the other guys who could afford the entry fee. From strict dry voice overs to documentaries and high energy, rockin and rollin rodeo and monster truck and tractor pull spots. I was the official voice of the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Pro Rodeo Series, The Redding Rodeo, Cowboys For Drug Free Youth, and the WPRCA, Women's Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Am currently the voice for Advanced Signs and Graphics, Ashcraft Jewelers and the La Grange Rodeo Association in California; as well as the on-hold voice for a variety of companies nationwide.

My Training

I learned (or learnt, as the Brits say) how to do this initially, by spending a lot of time alone as a child. My Dad was a Doctor in San Francisco, and while I was waiting for him to finish work, sometimes for hours at a time, I would try to mimick the street performers, the mime's were the hardest. Eventually, I got into radio commercial production and found a venue for all these voices I have. I have since graduated from the Hunter-Barth Copywriting program, as well as Dan O' Days International Radio Creative Production Summit in Los Angeles.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask James Barbee

Additional Skills

I have had over 200 distinctly different jobs in my life. From shoveling s*** in a Dairy, Farm/Ranch hand, working cowboy, short-order cook and Denny's manager to Ranger/Guard for the U.S. Forestry Service, Fire-Fighter, Night CLub DJ/VJ, Chain Saw Instructor YACC, Heavy Equipment Operator and Federal Law Enforcement Officer. Alllllllll of this experience has introduced me to a variety of lifestyles and people whom I can immitate if not emulate. I've picked up tons of dialects and accents, and can tell you if you're from Western or Eastern Pennsylvania as well as Michigan Normal and The Upper Penninsula. I'm unique in that I'm am a "Jack of All Trades-Master of All Trades", not a master of none and the catch-phrase goes. I've done all those jobs professionaly and I bring those sensibilities to the table when I'm writing/voicing and producing commercials to appeal to specific genders/demographics/professions. Consumers are a thousand times more savvy than they were 20 years ago and they don't cotton to being patronized and they turn a deaf ear to insincere deliveries. You want to sell someone something they don't actually NEED? You've got to grab 'em by the heart and the mind.