Lee Crooks - Warm-&-Friendly to Hard-sell, narration specialist

Warm-&-Friendly to Hard-sell, narration specialist

• Lee Crooks is registered with Voice123 since Feb 25, 2008.
• Lee Crooks started his/her voice over career in 1989.
• Currently Lee Crooks is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Full voice with rich tones and nice depth for narrations. Upbeat and friendly for retail/food/service/consumer commercials, or hard-sell for auto/furniture-type spots.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Midwestern, southern.

My Voice Experience

Formerly a recording engineer for twelve years, Lee understands voiceover from the "other side of the glass" as an engineer and producer. In 20 years as a VO talent in Chicago and Milwaukee, he has voiced thousands of commercials, narrations & tags for clients such as Chevy, Allstate, IBM. The Discovery Channel, Bud Light, True Value, State Farm, Sears, Beltone, Harley Davidson, McDonald's and many, many more. In Chicago, he is also known as "The CTA Guy", the voice of the Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses.

My Training

The Training Center for the Working Actor, Acting School, Chicago
Act One Studios, Acting School, Chicago
Sherri Berger, Voiceover Coach, Chicago
Ray Van Steen, Voiceover Coach, Chicago
Marice Tobias, Voiceover/Acting Coach, Los Angeles
Kate McClanaghan, Voiceover Coach, Chicago

My Studio Equipment

Pro Tools LE with a Digidesign 002 interface and a Macintosh G5, utilizing Neve, Avalon & True Systems outboard preamps. Microphones include Neumann U87 and TLM 103, Sennheiser 416, Electro-Voice RE 20, Shure SM7B, and the Audio-Technica 4060 tube mic. Telos phone patch at no extra charge. ISDN capability coming soon; a professional studio is available nearby if you need an ISDN session now.

Additional Skills

As a recording engineer, Lee is a Pro Tools an expert in recording, editing and processing voiceovers. He is an on-camera narrator/actor as well, and can bring that expertise to his voiceover work when appropriate.