Rick Couto - friendly, intelligent, conversational, smooth

friendly, intelligent, conversational, smooth

• Rick Couto is registered with Voice123 since Mar 21, 2006.
• Rick Couto started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Rick Couto is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Best described as "a buttoned up John Corbett." I have a warm, professional friendly, genuine 'regular guy' dad type voice for commercials and narrations. A warm and authoritative voice for promos and TV station imaging. I also can project a friendly and professional voice for on-hold messaging,and telephone greetings.

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• 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

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Rick Couto

My Voice Experience

I specialize in voice-overs for commercials, corporate narrations and on-hold messaging. I produce, write and voice telephone messages for businesses nationwide. I also voice a variety of corporate projects and commercials.

My Training

I have 18 years' experience in the broadcasting industry as a voice talent/producer/writer.

Voice-Over Coaches:
Nancy Wolfson and Jeff Freeman at Braintracks Audio

My Studio Equipment

Rode NT1000
AKG 451B
Symetrix 528E Voice Processor
Mackie Onyx 1220 Mixer
Adobe Audition
Royalty-Free Music Library

Additional Skills

I am a writer with knowledge of audio editing software including ProTools and Adobe Audition. I also own a music library for telephony projects requiring both voice-over and music mix.