Riley Wilson - traditional rich baritone, clear, authoritative

traditional rich baritone, clear, authoritative

• Riley Wilson is registered with Voice123 since Mar 06, 2006.
• Riley Wilson started his/her voice over career in 1997.
• Currently Riley Wilson is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

Riley Wilson does not appear to be an active participant of the Voice123 marketplace at this time. Riley Wilson was last active on Voice123 more than 30 days ago, OR may not be receiving our email messages.

Voice Description

Riley is THE voiceover talent for warm, deep tonality for narration, industrials, punchy commercial reads, on hold messaging, smooth, professional interpretive skills for complex copy, like medical, legal and technical scripts, etc. Very easy to work with and coachable for specific projects that must be done precisely. Great sounding voiceovers done on time and under budget.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Dallas- Ft Worth, North Texas, USA, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Riley Wilson

My Voice Experience

"Thanks for the fast delivery. I reviewed the voice-over and it's great! Nice work! I've put you in our voices database so if we need another US male voice, you'll hear from me again." Robbie Clearbout, , Brussels, Belgium

"I have hired Riley for a number of productions from commercials to corporate videos. Great voice and just a pleasure to work with. Riley's a complete pro. Any time his voice fits a project, you can bet I'll be giving him a call." Troy Scheer, Trance Production Group, Carrollton, TX

"We have been very satisfied both with Riley's attitude and his versatile delivery. The fact that he has his own facilities for recording and transferring audio have been a tremendous advantage when we have needed last minute, on-site changes made to our presentations."
Leah Fry, Marketing Department,Torchmark Corporation

"I had a very time sensitive project and the deadline was fast approaching. Our normal VO guy wasn't working out and I had to find someone at the last minute, literally 24 hours before the deadline. I had never used Riley before so I was putting a bunch of eggs in his basket and he totally nailed it for us. He turned around the material quickly and it sounded great. Not just the voice, but technically the audio was very clean and really worked well for us. We will use Riley again in the future, no doubt." Bryan McCullough, 617 Production Group, Richardson, TX

"We appreciate the quality reads that you have provided us." Tristan Chaika, All Pro Media, Burlington, NC

"Riley, you did an excellent job on this week's recordings. I was so impressed I wanted to call Dr. Johnson myself!"
Vernice Beal Kendricks, Intelemedia Communications, Richardson, TX

"You're great- we love working with you!" Pam Lauritzen, Wahl Corporation, Dallas, TX

"Dude, you're good!" Rachael Turnage, The Richards Group, Dallas, TX

In addition to being a busy teacher, writer and performer, Riley Wilson has carved an impressive voiceover career in the Dallas Ft Worth market. Since moving to North Texas in 1996, he's done a staggering amount of work for local, regional and national clients in radio, video, TV and DVD formats. Riley has appeared in on camera commercials for Robb & Stucky Furniture and Middlekauf Ford as well as an industrial video for Marconi Communications. "That was different," he recalls. "I played a surgeon, so while I can't tell people I play a doctor on TV, it was fun for the video shoot." Commercial radio and TV spots include clients like Life Savers candy, Auto Glass Plus, Callaway’s Nursery, Collin County Fair, Doctor Furniture, Don Herring Mitsubishi, Grand Prairie Ford, Habitat For Humanity, Home Depot, Life Savers Candy, Money Mailer, Northside Ford, Quiet Escape, Spenco, Superior Auto Group, The Cash Store, White Tail Bucks calendar and Wingstop. The 2001 Callaways ad campaign won a Best Regional series award while his 1999 narration for the North American Phillips DVD player won Best Industrial in Glasgow, Scotland in 1999!

"Commercials are fun and I enjoy doing them, but more of my work these days are narration, telephony and narration work. Past and present clients include ABC, Abby’s Pizza, Advance Internet, Aetna, AllSpec, Autoflex Leasing, Black & Decker, Blue Light Internet, Bravo Hotels, Cialis, Comedy Central, Coors, Disney, ESPN, Expand Mail, Financing Alternatives, Flomax, Fox Sports, GEMS, Inc., G.P.C., H.B.O., Home Depot, Home Shopping Network, Intelemedia, Juris Center, Lily Icos, Match.com, McKesson, M.T.V., Mayan Labs, North American Phillips, Nortel, Old Navy, Olsham Foundation, Panasonic, Papa John’s Pizza, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, R.B.R.C., Rug Doctor, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Terminix, Texaco, The Learning Channel, VH-1, etc." Some of his more recent narration work include projects for Advantx, Armortek, City of Richardson, TX, Hillwood Development, Instruxion.com, Johnson & Johnson, MEMC Southwest, Millenium 3, Speedy Dry, The Associates, Trance Production Group, Vistacast, United American Insurance and Wahl Corporation.

"I've been a voiceover specialist in the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area for over 10 years. While I've worked in many of the area's best studios, I now record from my home studio, The Turquoise Room, whenever possible. We use Pro Tools, the industry standard software/hardware system, for great results that sound incredible! I can record whenever someone needs something in digital audio, edit and either e mail, upload to .ftp site or burn and ship CD's to anyone anywhere in the world. It can be done instantly and since I work quickly, I can save clients hundreds or even thousands of dollars compared to other voice talents. Here's just one example. I did the Callaway's Nursery spots with Troy and Nancy Scheer at Trance Productions (www.trancemarketingroup.com) in Carrollton, TX in April, 2000. The rep from Callaways cleared his schedule for two days to be with us in the studio for the actual sessions. He did so since they needed 29 spots recorded and it took two days with another voice talent the previous ad campaign. Troy and I completed all 29 spots by lunchtime the first day! He was blown away and said, 'What do I do now?' I quipped, 'I don't know about you, but I'm going to Callaways!' We all laughed, and those spots earned an award for Best Regional series. "

If you need high quality reads done quickly without paying a hefty price, what are you waiting for? Contact Riley today and let him help your next project be an award winner, too!

If you'd like to hear Riley's work, click on the links below for Commercials, Narration, Telephony and Medical demos.

My Training

1979 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, NC- BA degree Radio, Television, Film. Radio background including on air personality, extensive production, including commercials and former news director at WIZS-AM and WNND-FM.
Private voice instruction -Elizabeth Sabine- Los Angeles, CA
Seminars- Bob Magruder/Jerry Houston - Dallas, TX, Bette Zoller- Dallas, TX

My Studio Equipment

iMac with Pro Tools LE, MBox, Garage Band, Audacity, A-T, Marshall and Shure mics, M Audio BX-8 monitors, etc.

Additional Skills

I've been a professional musician since 1972, a writer since 1987 and a private music instructor since 1985. I work much quicker than other voice talents and routinely shock folks with the quality and speed of my work. I'm used to immediate turn around on projects, can take direction easily and have my own Pro Tools studio at my home. I've worked with the best producers, studios and directors in D/FW and can do in ear and on camera work as well. If you need something done well and needed it yesterday, I am the VO specialist that can make you look great for hiring me! I can record and upload the same day to .ftp sites, e mail mp3 files or burn to CD for overnight delivery. In the time it takes you to read this, I just recorded another project for someone else. Why not contact me so I can help you out RIGHT NOW?