Richard Cowell

Voice Description

Warm, friendly voice perfect for advertising campaigns aimed at female demographics. Versatile voice featured on active/alternative rock radio imaging, as well as concert and monster truck show commercials, can do some characters. Excellent voice inflection for sales presentations, industrial films, on hold phone messages.

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

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
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Akron, Ohio, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Southern, Brooklyn, British

My Voice Experience

Free Lance: International Voiceover Talent for Wendy’s, Caterpillar, Time Warner Cable, Bic, Art Van Furniture, Ram’s Horn Restaurants, The Lion’s Den, Ohio University, The Bike Source

My Training

Richard Cowell
aka Rik Elliot or Scoop
1830 Shaw Avenue, Apt. 2
Akron, Ohio 44305
614-402-2516

WHBC
Canton,OH....2007-Present
AM Drive/Production
*Hosting Hot AC morning show for heritage ratings dominator.

WEBN
Cincinnati,OH....2006
AM Drive/Weekend Air Shifts
*Produced and wrote comedy bits while co-hosting and improving ratings for the WEBN Dawn Patrol.
*Aggressively promoted the WEBN Dawn Patrol on myspace.com, facebook.com, and our station site by blogging and producing content for podcasts.

WBZX/WTDA/WMNI
Columbus,OH....1999-2006
PM Drive on Active Rocker 99-7 The Blitz
Production Director
*Increased ratings and revenue by creating an entertaining daily show and leading exciting station promotions and personal appearances.
*Produced weekly aggro radio program The Really Loud Guitar Show.
*Reported live from the WB Music Awards in Las Vegas, Metallica’s 2004 Tour stop in Chicago, and various concerts across the region.

Production Director for radio station trio.
*Supervised air staff and production assistants in the formulation of compelling advertisements that stimulated listener traffic at our clients’ places of business.
*Assisted our sales personnel in conceptualizing advertising campaigns that generate increased revenue for our advertisers.

WDMK
Detroit,MI....1999
AM Drive on then AC station Kiss FM
Middays prior to promotion to AM Drive.
Production Director
*Composed radio spots and copy that increased revenue. *Scheduled music for Program Logs using Selector.

WWBR
Detroit,MI....1996-1999
PM Drive on Classic Rock That Really Rocks formatted radio station
AM Drive fill in for Ted Nugent
*Hosted two 36 hour Metallica marathon broadcasts.

WDZR Detroit,MI....1995-1996
PM Drive for Motor City’s Z-Rock affiliate
AM Drive fill in

Also: Production Assistant WMMS/WMJI/WHK 1994-1995, AM Drive WONE 1990-1994, AM Drive, Production Director, News Director WKLC 1988-1990, AM Drive, PM Drive, Music Director, News Director WRQK 1985-1988.

Free Lance: International Voiceover Talent for Wendy’s, Caterpillar, Time Warner Cable, Bic, Art Van Furniture, Ram’s Horn Restaurants, The Lion’s Den, Ohio University, The Bike Source.

My Studio Equipment

Electro Voice microphones, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge, Audicy, Gentner Phone Interface, Pro Tools

Additional Skills

Producer with Adobe Audition, Editor Plus, Sound Forge, Vegas, Pro Tools experience.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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Additional Information