Leland O'connell

Voice Description

MY VOICE HAS MANY DIFFRENT TRAITS,,BEING ALSO A VOCALIST IT HAS A LYRACLE TONE,AND CAN FLUCUATE DIFFRENT OCTIVES TO GIVE A NICE SMOOTH WARM PRESINTATION WITH CLARITY AND DICTION ,CAN ALSO PRODUCE A MONATONE FLAT CONSTANT DELIVERY, BUT MY CROWN IS THE VERY LOW SOFT AND SEXY

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• 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 have Source Connect 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 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

lexington south carolina, South Carolina, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

when living in the south you better learn how to ya'll i did
CHARACTERIZATIONS;
GOOD OL BOY-OLD
GOOD OL BOY-MIDDLE AGE, BOTH SLOW AND DRAULLY
OL MINNER
THE BERRY WHITE TYPE SEXY SUDUCTOR
BED TIME STORY DAD
THE TOWN DRUNK
THE MAD DAD
THE SLOW AND SPECIFIC
BY USING PRO TOOLS 8 I'M ALSO ABLE TO ADD VARIATIONS IN OCTIVES AND EFFECTS TO MATCH YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

My Voice Experience

1980-1985 WEBO/3WTFM 102 OWEGO N.Y.; COPYWROTE ALL SPEC AND FINISHED COMMERCIALS FOR 80 PLUS CLIENTS, PRE AND POST PRODUCTION AND WAS ON-AIR COMMERCIAL VOICE FOR THOSE CLIENTS.SPOT TYPES INCLUDED JINGLES, SPECIAL EVENT COMMUNITY PROMOS, STATION PROMOS, CLIENTS INCLUDED FOOD AND BEVERAGE,AUTOMOTIVE,HARDWARE,LANDSCAPING,JEWERLY AND CLOTHING,APPLIANCES AND MUCH MORE. NOT ONLY DID I WRITE AND PRODUCE THE AIR SPOTS, I WAS ALSO THE ACCT EXECUTIVE FOR EACH CLIENT. I LEARNED EARLY AND SUCCESSFULLY THAT YOU CAN WRITE IT AND SELL IT,BUT THE VOICE AND DELIVERY IS WHAT MAKES THE PUBLIC BUY IT.

1987-1991 WMGC-TV ABC NETWORK BINGHAMTON, N.Y.: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WITH DUTIES AS ABOVE FOR MID MARKET TV STATION, WROTE TV COMMERCIALS FOR CLIENT LIST OF OVER 150 AND MANY TIMES WAS ON-CAMERA TALENT FOR THOSE COMMERCIALS.

My Training

1974-1977 MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOC DEGREE ADVERTISING,DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, COPYWRITING AND MARKETING.

WAS STUDENT DJ AT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE RADIO STATION

MUSCIAN AND VOCALIST FOR 32 YEARS, RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP ON STAGE LIVE AUDIO INCLUDING MICING INSTRUMENTS AND DRUMS AND INSURING VOCAL QUALITY. CREATIVE, CREATIVE, CREATIVE--I KNOW SOUND.

1977-1980 GRAPEVINE PRESS ITHACA,N.Y'S LEADING COMMUNITY INFO NEWS PAPER. ACCT EXECUTIVE, WROTE ALL THE COPY, DID ALL GRAPHIC PRINT DESIGN FOR ALL MY CLIENT BASE.

LEARNED HOW TO VOICE OVER WIVES TIMES 2 YELLING AND SCREAMING. I WOULD SAY THAT'S SIX YEARS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING.

My Studio Equipment

MXR V63M STUDIO MIC
-W- GOLD NANDY METAL POP FILTER
2X2 PRO TOOLS LE8-W-MBOX 2 MINI
TOSHIBA SATELLITE p305d-laptop-

Additional Skills

VERY PROFESSIONAL IN MY WORK ETHIC, DEPENDABLE,TYPE A PERSONALITY, FANATIC ABOUT PERFECTION AS IN, GET IT RIGHT, GET IT RIGHT, GET IT RIGHT!!! COMPROMISE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION IN CONTENT AND STYLE. CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT-AFTER ALL THEIR THE ONES PAYING THE BILL AND THE PAYCHECKS.ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE: MOVED FROM N.Y. TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C.IN 2002. WORKED AS SINGLE ACT MUSCIAN AT NIGHT AND BY DAY WAS AN ENDOSCOPY TECH WERE I MET MY WIFE,PAM (SHE WAS MY "BOSS" IN EDOSCOPY AS AN RN).I DISCOVERED ,WHILE WORKING AS ENDOSCOPY TECH THAT MY SOOTHING VOICE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN CALMING THE FEARS OF PATIENTS BEFORE A VERY SCARY PROCEDURE--THE BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS SAID IT ALL. NOW HAVE MOVED TO LEXINGTON SC TO PERSUE MY DREAM OF LAKE LIVING,FISHING AND HAVING A DAMM GOOD TIME FINALLY.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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