Rob Kirby - Warm, Calm, Smooth and Very Friendly

Warm, Calm, Smooth and Very Friendly

• Rob Kirby is registered with Voice123 since Aug 25, 2011.
• Rob Kirby started his/her voice over career in 2011.
• Currently Rob Kirby is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Rob Kirby was last active on Voice123 82 days ago

Voice Description

Wide range and fun attitude, warm, friendly and a bit wacky too! Can easily move from Calm, Comforting, Confident and Professional to Wacky, Characters, Animals, Inanimate Characterizations to Soothing, Sultry, Sexy! An experienced Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter and Entertainer. Able to do the voices and the music.

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

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
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Garden Grove, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British RP (Quite right and very clear), Cockney (Imagine a large Troll walking about looking for trouble), New York (Regular NY Joe or heavier NY Thug), Southern (Deep south in varying degrees of upper crust or down home Hick), California English (Surfer Dude to laid-back confident Cali boy), Warm and calm Narrators voice - business like and informative - articulate and still maintaining a welcoming and charming demeanor, Wonderful - Wacky Characters - Big ol' Bear/wily fox/nervous rabbit/bumbling hounddog/grouchy cat, Have also created several inanimate characters, giving life to otherwise lifeless objects with depth and humor. I speak a little bit of Spanish and can nail the Spanish accent (Mother and Grandmother were Latino - Panama and Ecuador) Can pull off French, Irish, Scottish, Aussie, Very good at learning by listening, mimicking.

My Voice Experience

As a Musician, which always includes announcing and entertaining with a microphone, I have now re-launched my Voice Acting career with gusto!

*Calvary School Westminster - Radio Spot

*Internet Web site VO - describing the wonderful products made by the Dr. Smoothie Company in Fullerton, CA.

My Training

Del Mar Media Arts
VO I, II, IV, V
TV Commercial Workshop
VO VI - Advanced Narration
Improv Acting I (Meisner Technique) with Pamela Peak

1980-present - Play live music professionally, entertaining and performing, bars, weddings, corporate gigs.

3 year stint at Spaghetti Station Anaheim next to Disneyland doing a Cowboy Music Revue, including comedy, costuming and audience participation.

My Studio Equipment

Microphones:
Marshall MXL 990 and MXL 991

Computer:
Compaq Presario and Mac Mini

Special Equipment:
Mixcraft 5, Line 6 HD500, M-Audio Mobile Pre, Softsynths

Turnaround Time:
24 hours or less sometimes within a few hours

Delivery Methods
MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV

Additional Skills

As a pro musician, I am able to create full, original backing tracks to any piece, an accomplished guitarist and with contacts to many musicians, music is an added bonus to what I can provide as well as singing, songwriting and custom-made Jingles.

I have created and written original stories and Characters, have experience writing and creating on the fly. Versatile and able to bring in other talent to add to the experience.

I am 6'7" tall, 220 lbs, a gentle giant in very good health and taking acting classes, with plans to fully develop my vision of becoming a Renaissance Man with my own Media Arts company.