Jay West

Voice Description

Warm and pleasant. Fun and upbeat for radio spots with medium
voice range. Not real deep... and no screamers. Smooth,
professional and authortative for narrations/presentations.
Regular/friendly guy voice. Believeable. Heavy into retail commercials
and tags and tv audio ! !

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

RICHMOND, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Can do character voices when asked...otherwise fairly
straight forward approach, serious, believeable, smooth,
dramatic. I just like to talk to the listener and try to be
as natural sounding as I can. Not to forceful, but get the point
across.

My Voice Experience

I started out as radio dj (Top 40-Rock) for 20 years thus I had
my share of recording and producing radio commercials, After
that, I built my own professional independant recording studio in Houston,
Texas in late 1976 JAY WEST PRODUCTIONS. Strictly created
for producing radio commercials, tv voice-overs and industrial
narrations. I have worked with advertising agencies,voice talent
and direct clients for 29 years. Of course I had my share of
voice-overs myself. Too many to mention .
Most of them I've forgotten about, and the others I don't
remember ! I can tell you I have worked with many talented and
creative producers as well as voice talents over the years.

My Training

I graduated from the American High School in Mexico City.
While a senior, I started my rtadio career at the only English
language radio station in Mexido City (XEL). From their,
I migrated to Texas to continue my radio career in the Rio
Grande Valley. I finished out my radio career in Houston at one of the
nations top radio stations (KILT-5 years in early to mid 1970's).
From then, until now,,,I continue to record and produce radio
voice overs as well as tv vo's and narrations of various types.
I did not attend college nor any seminars, etc...as I learned
by doing.

My Studio Equipment

I currently work out of my house with built-in recording studio.
It is a totally digital computer driven studio. I am using Pro Tools
Digi-002 software and Ramsa DA-7 mixing board. Main microphone is Rode-NTV + ElectroVoice-PL-20 mic.
The computer used in studio is a Mac Pro with a 2 x 2 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon. OS X -Vers. 10.4.11 operating system.

Additional Skills

The type of voice over tv and radio production I have done the most of is:
Retail (Sears, JC Penney, etc...) car dealerships, banks, grocery
stores...etc
Industrial narrations consist mainly of Safety programs, Oil
and gas companies, Hospitals, Medical, etc...
Finally, Many many "on hold" telephone messages for various
businesses.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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