James Esslinger - Authoritative, directive, announcer-like

Authoritative, directive, announcer-like

• James Esslinger is registered with Voice123 since May 11, 2008.
• James Esslinger started his/her voice over career in 2008.
• Currently James Esslinger is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

A deep, mostly smooth with a little bit of a raspy-ness giving a slightly authoritative sound while being listenable. Accentuating correctly during a reading or changing from third to first person for quoting comes as natural.

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
• English - Other
• Italian

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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects and accents have always come easy to me. Born and raised in North Dakota, where southern presidnets used to go to "lose" their southern accents. My father was born and raised in Alabama so, Southern American English is almost natural. Cali-boy "dude" accent easy as well. I speak fluent Italian and Sicilian with "Catanese" dialect.

My Voice Experience

I've given "Master of Ceremonies" readings for Military retirements. Also, as a military leader have had to project my voice over crowds of 250+ in an auditorium style setting with no use of a microphone.
With the use of a microphone, sound quality is enhanced without use of electronics.

Have been told on numerous occasions about inquiring toward this type of work by friends who say I sound like I should be in Radio as well as by a professional. So, I am here to try and don't know where to start to make a demo, professionally anyway.