Matt Prather

Voice Description

Smooth, deep, mellow and complex. Rich and full-bodied, but not pushy or biting. Your next cup of coffee? No, your next voice talent recording session with Matt.

As a trained bass singer, Matt knows exactly how to use that deep basso to get just the right sound, from "dad next door" to a "you don't wanna mess with this guy" video-game villain --- with stops along the way for character voices ranging from Southern belle to faded opera diva. You get warm ringing authoritative bass for instructional videos or narrations, a fun sound with just a bit of a "wink" in the vocal tone for commercials, and the sound of competent experience for business presentations, and you get all of this in one actor.

Matt is a native speaker of North American English (Canadian/northern USA), but also handles standard BBC with aplomb as well as most Cockney accents. He also speaks Spanish (North American) as a second language, at a semi-fluent level.

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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• 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 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 upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Palm Springs, Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

North American English (generic), Canadian English, Southern USA, Southern twang, British-inflected

My Voice Experience

Commercials/Public Service Announcements
• Golden Gate Performing Arts, San Francisco, CA
• San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, San Francisco, CA
• KSTW Channel 11 Television, Seattle-Tacoma, WA
• Various additional commercials and PSAs (1980-2006) in Puget Sound and the San Francisco Bay Area, including (but not limited to): Aveo Inc., myTalk.com, Lifetime Television, and Fandango.

Industrial/Corporate/Narration
* Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: Informational intra-terminal subway prompts

* Rite Aid Pharmacies:
Telephone prompts for outbound dialer

* Expedia Travel Services:
Telephone prompts for new application

Character voices
Southern busybody/gossipy woman Animation characters (à la Warner Bros. Studios)
Outrageously fake French accent
Ditzy diva (female, elderly fading star)
Valley girl
Dad / Uncle
Wise man / elder
Upper-crust snob
Average guy


Theatre/Musical Theatre/Opera
Trixie True, Teen Detective:
Joe, the author

Damn Yankees:
Chorus swing

See How They Run:
The Vicar

Lakewood Playhouse,
Tacoma, WA
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Repertory cast member:
Various, updated monthly
Act Up Street Theatre, Tacoma, WA
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The Lion in Winter:
Prince Geoffrey Centerstage Theatre Company,
Federal Way, WA
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Home for the Holidays:
Kevin & featured soloist
Emerald City Arts, Seattle, WA
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Divas’ Revenge: Opera/Broadway Our Way
Featured soloist
Golden Gate Performing Arts, SF, CA

My Training

Training and Education
• Pacific Lutheran University, B.A. in Fine Arts Education (Major: Music Minors: Theatre Arts & Spanish)
• Vocal pedagogy with Maurice Skones, Ph.D., Dennis Coleman, Kathleen McGuire, Ph.D.
• Acting/directing with Wm. Parker, Ph.D., Wm. Becvar, Ph.D.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Matt Prather

Additional Skills

Special Skills
• Languages: English, Spanish
• Accents/dialects: Standard American, Canadian, BBC English, London (Mayfair)
• Public presentations (business/corporate)
* Experience voice director (including self-direction)
• MS in Human-Computer Interaction, advanced skills in voice interface design, familiarity with business requirements, techniques, and constraints
• Trained and experienced basso profundo singer, skilled sight-reader
• Experienced composer/lyricist/arranger/performer (choral/orchestral)
• Intermediate-level pianist

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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