Larry Skidmore - bass/baritone, authority, country, business

bass/baritone, authority, country, business

• Larry Skidmore is registered with Voice123 since Jan 27, 2006.
• Larry Skidmore started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Larry Skidmore is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Larry Skidmore was last active on Voice123 11 days ago

Voice Description

My natural voice is warm, deep, somewhat authoritative. It can be slow and natural for readings and narration, fast, when needed, booming announcer-like, smooth & breathy for an alternative. For instance, I once emceed awards in a multimedia presentation as part of a p/r organization's annual gala, the judges' comments were done in the "smooth and breathy" style opposite the more "announcer style" for the awards presentations. I can do country, cowboy/Texan dialects, impersonations of John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, old man, Walter Brennan type old man, wimpy-fearful guy, campy or over the top german accent. Also, "movie trailer" type deep, gravelly voice.

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
• 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 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

None

My Home Base

Garland & Dallas County, D/FW Metroplex, Texas, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

German, Texan, Southwestern, Irish.

My Voice Experience

Industrial narration for American Red Cross training video, voice of God for local theatre production, short term (5 weeks) 50's DJ for pizza chain promotion, several local radio spots, voice-overs for area tv commercials, hired as the voice of "Commander" character in animation short used as a showreel for 3-D animator, narrations for several church contadas and other holiday productions as well as plays, skits, layreading, intros and narrations for CD's and tapes. Various readings for church and community projects.

My Training

Volunteer reading for Dallas Taping For The Blind, voice and diction and voiceover classes (taught by Grant James) from Margo Manning Studios at Dallas Communications Complex in Las Colinas, Texas. Voice Classes from VoicesVoices taught by the late Hugh Lampman and Bettye Pierce-Zoellar, plus speech classes in junior high, high school and college. Some self-taught and reading books and listening to tapes.

My Studio Equipment

Currently, I have a standard sound board and microphone in my computer and some recording software and some analog tape decks and microphones. (I hope to upgrade soon.)

There are several studios in the area and I am willing to go to any of them (or any others in the area) until I upgrade my equipment.

Additional Skills

Also worked the sound board for community theatre productions, have done some audio editing, including creation of a background soundtrack for the blockbuster "Robot Dinosaur" exhibit at the Science Place in Dallas several years ago and have created several audio productions.