James Goode

Voice Description

Warm and deep for news, weather and documentaries; nasal and reedy for comedy and nerdy characters; fast, animated and energetic for auctioneers and salesmen; slow and serious for poetic readings; low and authoritative for narrators; and high-pitched and small for children, babies and small animals.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• 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
• 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

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) 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 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• 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

San Francisco, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, various Muppets, including Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster, English Cockney, English Upper Class, Australian, New Yawk City, Cape Cod Portuguese "Townie", Russian, and others. I also do a number of bizarre and/or exaggerated character voices, including flagrantly gay men, cranky old codgers, tough con men and criminals, barely audible heroin addicts (and hyperactive meth heads), and other "sick and twisted" voices that you might find on animated comedies such as Drawn Together, South Park or Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

My Voice Experience

William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2009-10): I recorded all of the voices and did the sound design and music editing for this series of thirteen short stories adapted by R.W. Hessler and William F. Nolan for the Internet Radio format. My own voice can be heard reading the credits for the series at the end of each story, as well as playing the part of an android Dylan Thomas in one of the stories, "Starblood."

My Training

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

Franklin's Mint – Illuminated Exit – Backing vocals, Hammond organ, percussion, melodica, electronics, tapes, engineering, and mix, 2010-2011
Hermetic Order of Arcana - William F. Nolan’s Dark Universe - Engineering, sound design, music editing, voice talent, and mix, 2009-2011
Gibbs Chapman – Mother Mortar, Father Pestle – Voice talent, 2010
Hank Grebe – The History of Lighting According to Moths – Sound design and voice talent, 2010
Miles Kurosky – She Was My Dresden – Remix, 2010
Clinton Orman - The Sketch That Wrote Itself - Audio editing, 2009
Renegade Productions - Summer of Love Concert - Live sound, 2007
LeapFrog Enterprises - Tag Reading System - Dialogue and code editing, 2007
Hermetic Order of Arcana - Notebook Found in a Deserted House - Engineering, sound design and mix, 2006-2007
Christiane Cegavske - Blood Tea and Red String - Sound design, 2004-2006
Linda Hagood – Red Love, Pink Love – Drums, electronics, backing vocals, devices, and tapes, 2003
Electronic Arts/Maxis - The Sims: Bustin’ Out - Dialogue editing, 2003
Electronic Arts/Maxis - The Sims: Superstar – Dialogue editing, 2002-2003
LeapFrog Enterprises - I-Quest - Dialogue and code editing, 2001-2002
LeapFrog Enterprises - Turbo Twist, Leap Pad - Dialogue and code editing, 2000
Mills College - Center for Contemporary Music - Graduate Assistant, 1997-1999



EDUCATION

Mills College, Oakland, CA - Master of Fine Arts, Electronic Music and Recording Media, 2000
S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Purchase, N.Y. - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Video, 1989

My Studio Equipment

Recording and Playback (+ special effects):
Aiwa Minidisc Recorder AM-F70 (3)
Denonet GP-K3350 Karaoke System
Dual 2.3 GHz Macintosh PowerPC G5
JL Cooper Fadermaster Midi Command Controller
Library of Congress C-1 (3)
Lonestar K-7 Karaoke System
MOTU Digital Performer 4.61
MOTU Traveler
Roberts 330 ¼” Stereo Reel-to-Reel (Vacuum Tube)
Sony Tapecorder 101 ¼” Mono Reel-to-Reel (Vacuum Tube)
Sony Tapecorder 262 ¼” Mono Reel-to-Reel (Vacuum Tube)
Sony TC-D5 Pro Walkman
Sony TC-KA3ES 3 head cassette deck
Sony TCM-200DV Cassette-Corder (2)
Sony WM-D6C Pro Walkman (3)
Tascam 2516 Mixing Board
Tascam TSR-8 ½” 8 Track Recorder
Venturer Karaoke System
Webcor WT-2615-1 ¼” Mono Reel-to-Reel (Vacuum Tube)
Yamaha Minidisc Recorder MDX-93
Zoom H-2 Handy Recorder

Effects Processors:
BSR Spatial Enhancer
DBX 1531P Mono/Stereo Graphic Equalizer
Digitech RDS 3.6 Digital Delay
Digitech RDS 7.6 Digital Delay/Sampler (2)
Digitech Whammy WH-1
DOD TR3R “Rock Guitar” Delay/Sampler/Chorus/Distortion
Electro-Harmonix Micro-synthesizer
Eventide H3000-D/SE
Furman Sound PQ-3 Parametric Equalizer
Furman Sound QN-4A Quad Gate
Furman Sound RV-1 Reverberation System (2)
Furman Sound TX-3 Tunable 2 way/3 way Crossover/Bandpass Filter
Furman Sound TX-4 Tunable 3 way/5 way Crossover/Bandpass Filter
Gentle Electric model 101 Pitch and Envelope Follower
Heil Sound The Talkbox
Inline Audio AF/DC-1 Active Filter/Direct Connection
Korg Signal Processor MS-03
Line 6 Bass Pod
Maestro Echoplex (Solid State)
Morley Power Wah Fuzz
MXR Stereo Graphic Equalizer 114
Roland Vocoder SVC-350
Shure SE-30 Compressor/Peak Limiter

Microphones:
AKG D-88 (original stereo version)
CAD e-300 (2)
Electrovoice 626
Electrovoice 636 “Slimair”
Electrovoice 644 “Sound Spot”
Electrovoice 664
Electrovoice 666
Electrovoice 777 (2)
Shure 55S “Unidyne”
Shure 5155D “Unidyne B” (3)
Shure 5455D “Unidyne III” (3)
Shure SM11
Shure SM58
Many obscure and/or budget microphones

Amplifiers and Speakers:
Aiwa Cassette Recorder TP-1004
Audio Equipment Co., Inc. Audio Guider (Megaphone)
Auratone 5RC Super Road Cube
Celestion speaker (12”) in custom enclosure
Electro-voice 1823-M (2) with plastic horns
Electro-voice 828 (2) with metal horns
Electro-voice T35B
Herald AM-23A Stereo Amplifier (Vacuum Tube)
JBL 2470 (2) with metal horns
Jupiter Radio converted into Amplifier (Vacuum Tube)
KEF Coda 70 (8)
Marantz AV Surround Receiver SR4001
Moose Products, Inc. MPI-38
Nakamichi Receiver2 Stereo Amplifier
Pioneer PT3K
Realistic MPA-50
Tannoy PBM 6.5 II (2)
University Sound IB-A8 (2)
Velodyne Servo HGS Series Subwoofer
Vibra-beam 12” raw speaker cones (2)
Vibra-beam Stereo Hi-fi Improvement (Vacuum Tube)
Large collection of raw speaker cones, from 1" to 12"

Instruments:
Hammond 2312-M organ (Solid State) with built-in Leslie
Hammond L-101 organ (Vacuum Tube)
Metal nose flute
Bugle kazoo
Electric guitar (1960s generic)
Singing saw
Nasta Horn Magic
Casio Casiotone M-10
Hundreds of objects and devices that can be used to make music (via tape manipulation, sampling, editing, etc.), including: balloons, thimbles, light bulbs, rubber bands, bottles, cans, springs, artificial larynges, bells, whistles, electronic and acoustic toy instruments, and more

Additional Skills

COMPUTER SKILLS

Digital Performer, Peak, Word, Excel, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro and other programs

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

Contact Information

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