Voice Description

•Commanding, important and authoritative voice over talent.

•Dan Levine, Tony Award Nominated Composer/Producer, had this to say about my voice, “I really liked your voice quite a bit, you have a commanding and important sounding niche, which is a great niche to have in this day and age.”

•I am also comfortable with voice-over jobs requiring financial, government and technical terminology.

•Winner of a speech contest at local club of Toastmasters International.

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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

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My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

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Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

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My Voice Experience

I am one half of a husband and wife team.

My wife’s voice has been described as, “natural, pleasant, professional and mellifluous.”
See link below for her profile.

Vivid Voices (VV) recent clients include:

1. Ravi Saxena, Founder and CEO, Raven LLC, a Security Integration Company, Centreville, VA

2. Nathan Ross, “Great! We can use those!” from Stream Radio, (www.streamradiolive.com) a UK-based Internet Radio Station host in Kent

3. Jack White, “Thank you so much, hey Sound great, that’s just what I was looking for, I’m defiantly using the radio jingles” UK-based Internet Radio Host

4. DJ Dozen, “Thanks so much, these work fine! :)”, Internet Radio Host in New Brunswick, Canada

5. W.W.J.L., “Thank you”, 95.9 FM, Licensed Broadcast Station, The Voice of Jefferson County, Brookville, PA

6. Frank James, “Thanks for the help.” 94 FM, Small market commercial radio station in Celina, OH

7. DJ Flex, “I love your tone of voice, thanks a lot VV.” WEOA, 1400 AM, Evansville, IN

Experienced presenter at national and international forums with a scientific and engineering background for voice over jobs.

Earned, "Competent Communicator" certificate from Toastmasters International by completing such useful voiceover job projects as, "Vocal Variety", "Persuade with Power" and "Inspire your Audience".

My Training

Completed “You're On the Air...How to Really Make it in Voice-Overs" class, taught by Dan Levine, Tony Award Nominated Composer/Producer

Was personally recruited by Mr. Levine for his private “Masterclass”. I traveled to Burlington, Vermont and recorded two demos (one narrative, one commercial) at Dan’s state-of-the-art studio under his direction.

Student in Master class with premier voiceover talent instructor, James Benedetti.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

President and active member at Space Speakers, a local club of Toastmasters International where I practice effective communication skills regularly.

Teaches teachers GPS (also stands for Great for Public Schools) Technology Workshops at the National University (NU) in San Diego, at my alma mater of West Virginia University (WVU) and a couple right here in Maryland at Bowie State University (BSU) and Prince George's Community College (PGCC)

Contributer to newspaper articles, a web article and blog

Own a personal home studio which includes the following professional equipment for recording voiceovers:

•Digidesign Mbox with Pro Tools LE 6.7 audio software
•DX4 M-Audio Active Monitors
•Rode Directional Shotgun Microphone

Payment Methods Accepted

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Contact Information

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Additional Information