James Marshall - Warm, friendly, charming, engaging, authoritative

Warm, friendly, charming, engaging, authoritative

• James Marshall is registered with Voice123 since Sep 13, 2006.
• James Marshall started his/her voice over career in 2002.
• Currently James Marshall is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 13
• James Marshall was last active on Voice123 23 days ago

Voice Description

Providing a voice for the mysterious and otherwise ineffable; typically chosen for live dramatic reads and recorded presentations in need of hallowing and transcendent, yet warm and accessible spoken words.

Often described as rich, hypnotic, or calm and soothing.

Participant in Church productions; often chosen for Scripture readings, background voiceover, narration, announcer, high energy radio personality or "voice of God" roles.

Known as the voice actor with a unique ability to switch from motivational, larger-than-life "let's rally up the masses" to cool, calm, collective "let's get down to business" tones--even within the same sentence.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• 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 Source Connect in my studio
• 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 have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Phillipsburg, NJ & Gainesville, FL, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Provided character voices for drama presentations including game show host, aristocrat (rich guy), Pharasaic (holier-than-thou), Southern gentleman/ businessman accent and regular guy next door.

Performed non-stereotypical but believable "redneck" and comical "nervous guy" character voices. Worked with cartoon artist in providing cartoon voices for cartoon characters. Other character voice overs include near authentic "British accent" (of British descent) and generic "foreign guy" roles.

My Voice Experience

It all started in the 1980's when I was cast as a TV News Anchorman in a local critically acclaimed High School play. Parents started flocking to me, asking if I would be the voice of their outgoing answering machine greetings.

In the days before each having their own voice mailbox, telephone answering systems were quite new and people were afraid to record their voices on them. As a young man, I cheerfully agreed to provide my voice services on their telephone answering devices for a quarter. Of course, in those days a quarter was worth about 25 cents!

Since then, I have adjusted my rates to account for inflation, experience and other factors, but now 20 years later still maintain the commitment of that neighborhood teen desiring to please his first paying customers! Not to mention, a good sense of humor.

Other clients (besides my mother, the Shelly's, the Gyorfi's down the street, etc.) include:

Time Customer Service (A division of Time Warner) - Provided outbound abandoned call announcements/greetings for telephone system.

Kitchen Magic, Inc. (A division of Greenell Corporation) - Provide voiceover services for employee hotline/telephone greetings and announcements, voicemail, voiceover for training and instructional videos.

Hyde Park United Methodist Church (Tampa, FL) - Provided voice talent for web content and documentary videos/internal media.

Ybor Fusion (Tampa, FL) - Regular guest appearances on this weekly movie & entertainment radio talk show.

"Down to Business with Andy Johnson" (AM Radio Talk Show) - Provided commercial voice-overs for advertisers and sponsors (radio commercials). Clients include: All Seasons Pest Control, Docking Station Cyber Cafe, Down to Business Radio Talk Show Promo, 'Entertaining U' Weekly Newspaper, Milcove Golf, Hope Jewelers, Jax Daily Record, Paradise Day Spa, Sand Dollar Cleaners, Save Fuller Warren Campaign, Signs 'n Stuff, and Southside Medical Center.

On Hold and Loving It! (OHALI) Co-proprietor and principal voice actor of this on-hold messaging service provider. We provide unique, humorous and theatrical on-hold messages for cutting edge companies and professional on-hold recordings for more traditional organizations.

In summary, projects have included copywriting, script writing, voice mail greetings, motivational calls for lead generators (Kitchen Magic, Inc.), on-hold messages, audiobooks, Book of 1 John (One Truth Church & NET Bible), driver safety training module for pharmaceutical company, radio commercials, storytelling; auditions for documentaries and QVC.

My Training

Currently employed as Marketing Manager for home improvement company.

Kieth Allen, WTBN Studios - Tampa, FL

Kathy Wickline Casting - Philadelphia, PA

A familiarity with medical, psychological and theological terminoligy from related studies make me an ideal candidate for projects that require an acquaintance with these fields or an ability to properly annunciate difficult words and phrases.

My Studio Equipment

Monitoring:
KRK V8, Hafler M5, Ultrasone Pro 750

Software:
ProTools 7.3.1 LE, 48 tracks, 16 ins/outs, Digi Control24

Mics:
Neumann U87, TLM103
Audio Technica 3035
Beyerdynamic M170
Audix D6, D4's
Equitek E100's
Sennheiser 421's
Shure 57's, 58's, Beta 57's,
And More

Outboard Gear:
API Pre-Amps
Silver-face 1176
DBX and Symetrix Compressors and Gates
T.C. Electronics, BBE, DBX, Aphex, and Yamaha EQ's/Processing
And More

Plug-Ins:
AmpliTube
Maxim
TL Space & Phasing
Bombfactory Suite incl. Pultecs, UA, JoeMeek
Reason
SampleTank
PSP Collection including EasyVerb, MasterQ, Vintage Warmer
TRacks EQ
And More

Additional Skills

Nearly 15 years of occupation-related training and management experience, providing an ideal candidate for instructional DVD/videos or CD/tapes.

Significant knowledge of Medical, Alternative Medicine and Theological terminology, providing the ability to pronounce scientific terms and difficult words smoothly and professionally.

Writer of lyrical poetry and short stories. Performed live presentations of work at various cafes on East Coast.