Jon James - hardsell, soft, sincere, cartoonish, friendly

hardsell, soft, sincere, cartoonish, friendly

• Jon James is registered with Voice123 since Mar 31, 2005.
• Jon James started his/her voice over career in 1979.
• Currently Jon James is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 138
• Jon James has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Maine downeast accent, Santa Claus, comical french accent, midwest accent, old man, comical old guy. Warm, friendly, guy next door, seasoned, happy, serious, smooth, authoritative, energetic, crazy, sexy, urgent, genuine, authentic. What would you like?

Also, I will work within your budget. You'll get a great deal and my work is guaranteed. You like it or you don't pay (certain restrictions apply).

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 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

Augusta, Portland, Bangor, Maine. Boston, Maine, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

French accent, Maine (downeast), old man, gay man

My Voice Experience

I have over 28 years of voiceover work experience from on-air broadcasting (currently morning drive on a chr station) and have done thousands of radio and tv ads, voicemail recording systems, on hold messages and slideshows. Recently, I have done audio presentations for web based delivery and many hours of legal lectures for a premier bar exam study program. I am also a voice actor and love to do interactives for whatever application you would like (radio shows, presentations, puppet shows, etc.). Commercial reads include car dealers, drug stores, night clubs, lawyers, hospitals, doctors offices, restaurants (selling food is a specialty), travel agencies, music stores, computer companies, tv/radio stations, Trainings, business presentations, sales, web sites, furniture stores, hair salons, concerts and more. I also do lectures, seminars, books on cd (tape), on hold greetings, web landing pages, streaming audio, corporate presentations, podcasts, phonecasts, news stories, announcements, voice acting, slide shows, Interactive content for radio broadcast (i.e. High strung joke slinger, Old man (grandfatherly with a humorous edge), downeast character (northeast US regional)) and more!. I provide royalty free music for spots (if requested) free of charge! voice acting, slide shows, Interactive content for radio broadcast (i.e. High strung joke slinger, Old man (grandfatherly with a humorous edge), downeast character (northeast US regional)) and more!. I provide royalty free music for spots (if requested) free of charge!

My Training

I have countless hours of study in seminars (Dan O'Day, Gary Owen, etc) and am a member of the RAB through my radio station's corporation. Have attended NAB seminars and read extensively on copy writing/delivery techniques.

My Studio Equipment

Behringer Eurorack board, Electro Voice RE-20 microphone, PreSonus ACP-22 Compressor/Limiter. Computer is Intel Core 2 Quad running Windows Vista and Adobe Audition 3.0.

Additional Skills

I am well versed in creating vocal effects, audio editing and audio enhancement (noise reduction, etc). Also can create musical image using an extensive royalty free loop library.