Omar Reid - Guy Next Door, Sports Broadcaster, No Intonation

Guy Next Door, Sports Broadcaster, No Intonation

• Omar Reid is registered with Voice123 since Jul 31, 2008.
• Omar Reid started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Omar Reid is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Omar Reid was last active on Voice123 14 days ago

Voice Description

Warm and deep for narrations, smooth and professional for presentations, light and airy for product pitches, serious and convincing for documentaries.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• 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
• 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

English (American), Jamaican (patwah, patois)

My Voice Experience

St. John's University, 1996, WSJU Radio and WRED TV. That's when I officially started my VO career. Recording tracks for our alumni banquet video's, and various segments of our student produced news show, EYE OF THE STORM. Since my graduation in 1999, I have still been involved in voicing tracks for the students, here and there. However, my 1st professional foray into VO's was in 2006, when I began training with Chuck McKibben, formerly of Mel Blanc Studios. I worked with Mr. McKibben for approximately 4 months before our relationship was severed, thanks to his moving to Philadelphia. Since that time (March 2007), I have been working for Major League Baseball Advanced Media, as a voice talent. The experience and insight gained under Mr. McKibben has proved invaluable. I have used his instruction to become one of the top voices on MLB(website). In this current role, I write and voice "MLB's Fastcast", "MLB's Top Plays of the Day", as well as write and produce "MLB's Radio Rewind" podcast.

My Training

BS Communications from St. John's University 1995-1999;

4 years ('95-'99) as play by play announcer for WSJU Radio (student run campus radio station);

2 years (Jan '98- Aug '99) as sports anchor/producer for WRED-TV's EYE OF THE STORM (student produced TV station, which aired on public access in the 5 boroughs of New York);

4 months training under Chuck McKibben, formerly of Mel Blanc studios.