Nigel Smithers - Warm and deep. Leaves you wanting to hear more.

Warm and deep. Leaves you wanting to hear more.

• Nigel Smithers is registered with Voice123 since Oct 17, 2011.
• Nigel Smithers started his/her voice over career in 2010.
• Currently Nigel Smithers is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 2
• Nigel Smithers was last active on Voice123 9 days ago

Voice Description

Warm, rich and deep for narrations with great ennnuciation and timing that makes the listener want to hear more. For commercials, can range from playful and off-beat to authoritive and persuasive.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services

My Home Base

Riverside, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Southern, New York, western drawl (cowboy), South African (Afrikaner speaking English), German speaking English, Middle American

My Voice Experience

I started my voice over career while serving in the Army in Germany. As a military police sergeant, I was in charge of traffic enforcement and investigation for a number of US military installations, and was asked to record a series of traffic safety spots for the local Armed Forces Network radio station. After they first aired, it seemed that everyone knew my voice. If I pulled someone over for a traffic violation, they would say, "Hey, you're the guy on the radio!" This was in the mid 1980's, and I was recently told that those spots are still airing, nearly 30 years after they were made.
Recently, I recorded two radio commercials for my own security alarm company and had them aired for several months, with very good results. I have been told by many people that I have a rich, distinctive voice and should pursue voice-over work as a career.

My Training

I have taken six six-week courses at Del Mar Media Arts in Irvine, CA covering a range of voice-over skills such as spokesperson (earbud) and teleprompter work, narration and audiobooks, accents and dialects and animation.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

I am a former military and police officer, and my voice reflects "command presence" and knowledgeable authority. Because I have been an avid reader since childhood, I have developed the ability to read copy in a convincing manner the first time I see it, placing the proper emphasis on words and phrases and making it seem natural and unrehearsed.