John Grayson - Warm. authoritative, Character, Soft sell, sexy

Warm. authoritative, Character, Soft sell, sexy

• John Grayson is registered with Voice123 since Jul 04, 2008.
• John Grayson started his/her voice over career in 1997.
• Currently John Grayson is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• John Grayson was last active on Voice123 4 days ago

Voice Description

Much of my voice work is of a narrative nature for public announcements or 'corporate' pieces. and therefore authoritative but warm. I can perform 'soft sell' for 'relaxing' items - eg holidays, 'character' for comic commercials and also a variety of characters for talking books, both books for adults and the more 'wacky' characterisation for childrens books. I also do 'straight' reads for factual items such as instructional or training videos etc.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British

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
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• 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

• British Equity

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• 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 have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

London & Worcester, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

RP is my native accent. I can also perform well the following:
Welsh; Southern Irish, West Midlands (Birmingham); West Country; Scottish.

Overseas:
French; Spanish; Italian; General American, Eastern European e.g Russian, Polish.

My Voice Experience

I got into voice work by accident. I was appearing in a show and someone was needed to do some narrative in between some musical pieces. The person doing it was our Cast Manager - a very good opera singer who hated standing up as 'himself'. By chance he heard my ansaphone message and thought I'd be ideal. Having got the job, the rest of the cast were so enthusiatic about my efforts they suggested I had a go at voiceovers and the rest is history. That was over 10 years ago, and I still work for the same company now, having recorded all their public announcements. Since then I have worked on such a variety of projects - dubbing on 'The Winslow Boy (film) being directed by David Mamet, being someone's alter ego - their innner thoughts, to various corporate jobs, educational titles and latterly talking books. I also coach actors for public speaking diplomas and am vocal coach to the Thursford Christmas Shows, the largest Christmas show in England.

My Training

Trained actor/singer.

Courses at 'The Actors Centre' in London with vocal coach Bernard Shaw.

My vocal training as a singer was based on exercises for actors, which is absolutely beneficial in working with the spoken word.

My Studio Equipment

MIC: audio-technica 4033A/SM recording onto cakewalk UA-25 EX 24bit/96hz audio interface.

Voice files can be sent in .WAV or compressed to mp3 and emailed direct.

For large files I use 'Dropbox' where clients are able to access files directly via a secure folder.

Where ISDN facilities are required I have easy access (10 mins) to a local studio. The studio runs 8core MacPro paired with Digidesigns Protools HD3 system. Neumann mics as standard.

Additional Skills

I am a trained actor (and singer) and as such have a wide knowledge of voice, words, syntax and how to sight-read well, hitting the correct stresses as required. I have worked in theatre performing most styles of drama from Shakespeare to 'modern' pieces. I am a character actor able to create interesting 'character' voices.

I also teach voice, public speaking and audition technique which means my approach to voice and the spoken word is up to date. I have also coached live performance of 'set' pieces being appointed vocal coach to the 'Thursford Christmas Spectacular' the largest Christmas show in England.