Voice Description

My voice is your basic Baritone/Bass with a good "head" voice that allows me to do cartoon voices and some silly accents. People describe it as warm, friendly, cheerful yet I can do the serious side of things just as easily. Fairly wide range lends itself to documentary and instructional type reads but is powerful enough to do everything from infomercials to news reads to high pressure "Buy now!" ads. It is considered clear, with a neutral Canadian accent (if there is such a thing.)

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
• English - Other

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Toronto, Barrie, Kitchener, London, Ontario, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

New Yawk! Brooklyn, I can do a mean Ulsterman..I even fooled an Irishman that I was from County Armagh! I lived in England and delighted in annoying a Welsh house-mate by imitating his accent and getting him in trouble with his girlfriend when I imitated his voice to tell her off on the phone. My Scots accent is good but annoying and I can do a variety of English and Scandinavians.
Part-French Canadian, de accent she come natural, by gar!, I can do a read in French., Spanish both Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots type stuff and arather mocking Speedy Gonzales a la Mel Blanc

My Voice Experience

Math teacher with a great trained voice!! Radio broadcasting and voice helped put me through university but being kind of mixed up I got a math degree instead!! Yep, I'm a math teacher and department head (and a good one too - give me a voice gig I'll tutor your kids!) with a past in theatre and another degree in radio broadcasting. Former news reader, reporter and announcer on major market station then went back to use my math degree. As I approach early retirement I now want to get back into voice work and will start out part time. Strong public speaker. Can be persuasive, friendly, brash. I read names and awards at convocations, mc various events..but my true passion is in the studio. Advantage: because I have been out of it for years my voice is "new" in all markets.

My Training

A variety of drama courses, workshops and productions in my younger days. MC at school functions and announcer at commencements. 4 university degrees but most importantly I am an honors Graduate of Humber College (Toronto) in Radio Broadcasting.(3rd in the class) Recently completed voice over workshops and a demo preparation workshop with Voiceworx (Mike Kirby), Toronto.

My Studio Equipment

Right now I am using a voice card, hooked up to a Dell computer. The Mic is a MXL DRK and I have an set up with sufficient sound baffling that the ambient noises are not picked up. I live in the country and do not have easy access to a studio but if there were sufficient inducement I can get time in a Toronto location.

Additional Skills

Teacher..use me for ed. stuff - writing, reporting skills. Wide range of "head voices". Computer literate. Some technical background. Commercial pilot and commercial radio licenses. Some science background - I can read technical reports and scientific tomes with understanding. I can supply a full resume for anyone who is interested. I would love to get a gig as the corporate voice of a tv or radio station or a company...but basically will do anything...on hold messages, greetings, any voic eovers at all.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

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Contact Information

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