Larry Langford - News announcer, DJ, sincere, comforting, worldly

News announcer, DJ, sincere, comforting, worldly

• Larry Langford is registered with Voice123 since May 11, 2010.
• Larry Langford started his/her voice over career in 1966.
• Currently Larry Langford is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Larry Langford was last active on Voice123 42 days ago

Voice Description

Long time Chicago Broadcaster since the 60's Now the voice of the Chicago Fire Department. Do TV specials on the fire department often. Produce local commercials and run production departments for self owned radio stations WGTO and WDOW. Do industrial reads and Public Safety spots used in Chicago radio on behalf of the City of Chicago. Provide dramatic reenactments of heroic deeds by Chicago Firefighters and Police officers for use at awards at Chicago City Hall. I am African American and have wide range of voice sound from totally non descript to heavy ethnic. Provided audio ID tracks for 3000 Motorola Public Safety radios in Chicago. Own my studio and can provide audio enhancement of projects as required.

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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Adult content

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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 voice direction services

My Home Base

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Chicago mobster sound, Chicago "Ghetto" dialect,teacher, politician, disk jockey, wise father, sincere pitch man for safety products, dramatic read, no dialect straight read

My Voice Experience

Have always "sold by voice" and made the listener
"see" what was happening. Voiced most of the "Motown album radio spots when such things were popular in the 70's including the "Lady Sings the Blues" series with Diana Ross. Have been the ID voice for several radio stations in many formats. Can provide special voice based on the description of the subject visual apperance.

My Training

Have been a broadcast journalist since the age of 13 and have done radio production for the same amount of time. Am now 58 years old so by this time I think I know what I am doing! I teach media traning for Chicago Fire officials as well as voice training specials for use in the department and for public education on fire awareness and escape. I am a member of AFTRA but have been listed as inactive since 1985.

My Studio Equipment

Several computers using Adobe 1.5 and 2.0
DBX voice processing. Mics include RE20, MXL M3B, U87.
Main Board is ARC-8

Additional Skills

I do audio recovery work using specialized software to " dig out" audio for legal research or case preparation. Including audio clean-up of low grade sources like 911 phonme calls. I enhanced calls in the case of the 69 west Washington fire in Chicago and the Fuincess Chicago fire both of which needed extreme audio doctoring to recover 911 phone call information under high noise situations.

Payment Methods Accepted

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