James Watson Jr

BBC English, Cockney, Australian, Southern, Texan, Slavic, German, East Indian, Comedic "Efeminate" male, more SINGING: pop/mainstream, grunge, country, "crooner", more IMPRESSIONS: Forest Gump, Marvin the Martian, Kermit the Frog, Chewbacca, Arnold, Gilbert Gottfried, Cheech Marin, Bill Clinton, Robin Leach, stoner, goofball, more

I have done numerous voiceovers over the years. Most recently I was announcer for a local Santa Barbara dentist "Dr. M", announcer for a local Santa Barbara constuction company Corletto Construction, and most recently an ex-smoker/jogger AND the announcer for the same quit smoking spot. I also had my own weekly radio show back in the early 90's on UCSB's KCSB FM, called "Gothic 101"...college radio late-night slot. Singing/Voice: UCSB: Michael Morgan, Judy Dickerson BYU: Lou Ann Crisler—2 yrs. individualized vocal instruction. -AA in dramatic arts, Brigham Young University—Hawaii Campus(2 classes shy) -2 years BFA training in UCSB acting emphasis program. -2 years Dramatic Art dept., Brigham Young University—Hawaii Campus, acting emphasis. Other: Judith Klinger—2 years individualized vocal instruction. Bobby McFerrin—2 month jazz vocal improvisation class, filmed by & aired on PBS. 2 years lead singer & keyboards for performing local band. Keyboards: Billy Taylor, Bo Tomlin, Virginia Harris. 8 yrs. keyboard/synth, 19 yrs. piano. IBM PC, Shure SM58 microphone, Headset, Soundblaster AWE64 card, basic Windows-based sound recording freeware...and a cowbell. :) When I'm in the booth recording voiceovers, my character acting training really helps me to dive into the role of the voice needed, allowing for an easier and more effective & convincing delivery. I'm a trained actor with over 35 stage credits, many student films, 3 TV series', 2 MP Films, and was lead singer of a now-disbanded local Santa Barbara gothic band "Masquerade" for 2 years. I'm also quite the infamous jokester on a couple of radio stations here in town, KTYD and KRUZ...whenever I call up with a joke or funny comment on current events, I'd say about 4 out of 5 times they air it immediately. I'm known as "Mesa Jim" or "JimWit" in most cases.