James Cann - Hard sell, news, seductive, character comedy,

Hard sell, news, seductive, character comedy,

• James Cann is registered with Voice123 since Jul 29, 2007.
• James Cann started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently James Cann is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

An intelligent, trusting and lively voice is delivered effortlessly on a daily basis.

However, my main voice skills are that of mimicking regional and foreign accents (see below), recreating stereotypical character voices, creating comical character voices and bringing colour & life to radio broadcasting.

Foreign accents: Welsh, Russian, Eastern European Countries, Australian, Scottish, English, Irish, Scandinavian & North American.

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 - British

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
• Songs
• 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 can record and then deliver the audio files via Email

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Foreign accents: Welsh, Russian, Eastern European Countries, Australian, Scottish, English, Irish, Scandinavian & North American.

UK regional dialects: South Wales, West-country, London (posh & cockney), Glasgow, Newcastle, Norfolk, Lancashire.

My Voice Experience

My voice experience mainly comes from radio. I have read & reported the news, voiced translations, hosted radio shows, worked in TV continuity and voiced adverts.

Radio presentation work:
BBC News (National & Regional)
BBC World Service Radio
Virgin Radio
Capital Radio (London)
Liquid London Radio
Zone FM

Television continuity work:
BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three & BBC Four.

Radio Adverts:
Twinings Tea
Viking Direct
Malvern Water
Leeds Castle

My Training

Voice over training from:
BBC News & Presentation, 2001.
The London Academy of Radio, Film & Television, 2005.
Performance Comedy Improv at The Spontaneity Shop 2008.

Broadcast training degrees:
BA in Film, Television & Radio, 2000
MA in Broadcast Journalism, 2001
Staffordshire University.

My Studio Equipment

I have Adobe Audition 1.5 (formally Cool Edit) and Audacity editing programmes and access to a BBC broadcast radio studio with ISDN facilities.

Additional Skills

I am also a Stand-up comedian. I often use my voice to create comical characters to evolve the story I'm telling. Using amusing voices keeps the story fresh and entertaining thereby allowing me to get bigger laughs.