Robert Dargan - Mellow/Warm, Baritone, American/Canadian English

Mellow/Warm, Baritone, American/Canadian English

• Robert Dargan is registered with Voice123 since Mar 16, 2007.
• Robert Dargan started his/her voice over career in 1971.
• Currently Robert Dargan is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Robert Dargan was last active on Voice123 20 days ago

Voice Description

My voice is bass/baritone in timbre and quality, mellow, sincere, believable, comforting, and I can be authoritative, informative, persuasive, smooth and/or sexy, professional.

I am an English speaker by birth, but fairly fluent in French, and rather fluent in Haitian Creole. (However, I still speak French and Creole with a slight American English accent.)

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
• Other

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
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Yukon/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Varies depending upon project.

My Voice Experience

I worked at a University radio station years ago while studying for an MA in Mass Communications at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Some of my jobs there were: reading script for educational/instructional projects, classical music announcer, as well as doing station IDs and promos.

I later worked for 4 years as Supervisor of Announcers at WMBI-AM/FM in Chicago, where I did some children's dramatic radio work and program hosting, before moving to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to head up a new FM religious/educational, bilingual station. I worked there for more than 25 years as station administrator and did most of the English On-Air work for Radio Lumiere FM Stereo 92.

My wife and I retired from World Team,Inc. and returned to the US in the summer of 2004.

While working with Stereo 92, I wrote and voiced station IDs and program promos in English, prepared and delivered newscasts, produced programs and public service announcements, did staff training, managed a staff of seven, and worked as a board operator as necessary.

My Training

I have an MA in Mass Communications from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.

Although I never took a class in "voice overs" as such, I did study announcing for Radio and Television, which included diction, dramatic and interpretative reading, and newscasting, among other related courses.

I majored in English and minored in Music for my BA
from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. I took private voice lessons, and was a vocal musician and choir director for many years.

Along with English courses, some of my other undergrad classes included journalism and dramatic arts.

My Studio Equipment

At the moment, I have a Dell Dimension 3000 XP computer, Behringer XENYX 1204FX Mixer, Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Mic, and I use Audacity and Nero software to record and burn CDs.

Additional Skills

I grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada, and taught public school there before deciding to study radio broadcasting. I have also worked as a copywriter with the American Automobile Association of Michigan.