Ric Young

Voice Description

I can provide authoritative and serious for documentary narrations.

smooth and sexy for commercials.

warm and deep for specialty commercials.

newscaster voice.

professional voice for corporate presentations.

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

• SAG (US)

• AFTRA (US)

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

chesterfield, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I can perform a deep south rural accent, a southern gentlemen's mild accent.

a light british accent.

R and B radio announcer.

Snooty rich New England accent.

News Anchor presentation.

Darth Vader impersonation.

My Voice Experience

My voiceover career spans several genres.

I have voiced thousands of news reports in my 25 years in the TV news business.

I also narrated a TELLY award winning documentary entitled "The Forgotten Fourteen", the story of 14 black Civil War soldiers who earned the Medal of Honor.
The video was produced by Jackson Associates of Richmond Virginia.


I recently completed a portion of the Colonial Williamsburg Internet History project for high schools including historical narration from the Civil War and from such orators as Frederick Douglass.
The project is online for high schools across the country.

I am a regular anchor for videos produced by the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.

I have also hosted scores of industrials for clients like Booz-Allen-Hamilton, U.S. Postal Service,U.S. Army, U.S Navy. Wal-Mart, Norfolk and Southern, Veterans Administration, Georgia-Pacific, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Edge Communications of Richmond video series on Workplace Diversity and Leadership.

My Training

I am an EMMY winning reporter and EMMY nominated news anchor.

I have a 4 year degree in Political Science, with a minor in Theatre.

I have voiced over not only news reports over the years but also scores of PSA's for the 5 TV stations I have worked for.

You can see my on-camera work, both news and host/narrator video's at my website.

My Studio Equipment

I have the Samson G-Track mic system with audacity recording software.

I am also close to a recording studio with an ISDN line.

Additional Skills

I am an EMMY nominated writer. I can assist in writing copy for a client.

As a former News Anchor/Reporter I have always helped write my own material for the anchor desk and written my own scripts for the field.

As a reporter I have written and reported a wide variety of subjects so I can be of help to any client that might need assistance.

You can see my on-camera work, both news and host/narrator video's at my website.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Credit cards

Contact Information

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