I've been doing voice over work in Irish radio since 1980, generally for commercials and promos. I've done some similar work for American and British radio. I've recorded corporate training videos and some narration for documentaries, straight voice overs for broadcast imaging and jingles.
"Having Paul Dower's voice on one of my client's commercials clinched the contract for me. They "upped" their package once they heard the finished production". - Bill Lynch, WION - 1430AM, Ionia MI, USA.
''Paul's voice on our promotional videos adds something special, it's the natural Irishness that he has that makes it, he's wonderful to work with.'' - Green Gables, USA.
''Paul was the perfect voice for our talking Irish farm dog, Paddy Mac! He was lovely to work with, was quick with direction and brought the perfect amount of enthusiasm, energy and warmth to Mac’s character. We’re based in the U.S., so he was kindly very flexible and understanding with coordinating our VO session from a few times zones away and even helped us out with finessing some of the language in our script to sound more naturally Irish. I would highly recommend him!'' - Mariel, A&E Network, USA.
Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxcF-nFTaA.
My experience comes from 35 years in radio broadcasting, there have been no classes or specific training, I learned on the job, as it were.
I have access to a couple of local studios.
I've also got a home studio consisting of full Acoustic Treatment, Microphones (Neumann TLM 102, Beyerdynamic M201, Rode NT1-A, Shure SM58), Compaq & Lenovo computers, Ableton Live (DAW), Abobe Audition, extensive music library and SFX.
miIrish.com
29 February 2016 - Muir, MI, United States ·
We want to once again thank our video voice over announcer for adding that professional touch to the Shammy Awards Ceremony last Saturday,
Paul Dower was "the man behind the curtain" that everyone was asking about.
Paul's voice on our promotional videos adds something special, it's the natural Irishness that he has that makes it, he's wonderful to work with. - Green Gables, USA.
Paul was the perfect voice for our talking Irish farm dog, Paddy Mac! He was lovely to work with, was quick with direction and brought the perfect amount of enthusiasm, energy and warmth to Mac’s character (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxcF-nFTaA). We’re based in the U.S., so he was kindly very flexible and understanding with coordinating our VO session from a few times zones away and even helped us out with finessing some of the language in our script to sound more naturally Irish. I would highly recommend him!
Mariel, A&E Network, USA.
"Having Paul Dower's voice on one of my client's commercials clinched the contract for me. They "upped" their package once they heard the finished production". -Bill Lynch, WION - 1430AM, Ionia MI, USA.