Ray Charles - Stand up comedian/some accents

Stand up comedian/some accents

• Ray Charles is registered with Voice123 since Nov 01, 2007.
• Ray Charles started his/her voice over career in .
• Currently Ray Charles is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

People say I have a very distinctive voice. Somewhat deep, however I can do a mean southern accent, an old women or half witted man(depending on the dialogs I use), and a few other accents such as British and middle eastern. I can be very enthusiastic as far as radio ads would be concerned. All in all, I can be as ridiculous or as serious as needed.

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
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Ray Charles

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

Unknown - Click here to ask Ray Charles

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, West Michigan, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Ray Charles

My Voice Experience

The best experience I have is self taught. I'm a stand up comedian so knowing how to use your voice and commit to a certain accent is critical. I've recorded many sketch comedy routines, which took 1-3 hours for a 3-4 minute sketch(allowing time for slip ups and when bloopers happen, that's the most fun, plus you learn from mistakes.)

My Training

About the same description as the "experience" portion of the resume. To add to that, I was in retail for many years and phone skills were a must to bring business in the door. Without good communication skills and a trustworthy voice, it wasn't going to happen. I pride myself with having good phone skills, along with a voice that 95% of the people I talk to remember.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Ray Charles

Additional Skills

One huge reason I became interested in a voice over career, besides being told my voice was so distinctive that if I robbed the neighborhood bank with a ski mask on, I better not talk cause it would give me away, not like I would ever even consider robbing a bank. LOL Other reasons I feel my voice is a value is from having professional headlining comics and radio d j's tell me they wished they had my voice. As funny as it may sound, when I get a wrong number phone call from a female, it's nothing to keep them on the phone for several minutes, usually resulting in them wanting to talk more later. I then explain that I have a foot growing out of my forehead to stop them from calling back repeatedly! Just kidding, no foot! Along with a great radio voice, I feel I have a great face for radio as well!!!