Ryan Holtz - Guy-Next-Door With An NPR Twist

Guy-Next-Door With An NPR Twist

• Ryan Holtz is registered with Voice123 since May 04, 2008.
• Ryan Holtz started his/her voice over career in 2005.
• Currently Ryan Holtz is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I'm told by most people I've met that I have a great voice for calm, laid-back National Public Radio-style voiceovers, AVR systems, voice mail, and the like. I'm also told that I can do a decent satirical over-excited announcer as well.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Albany, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Nonspecific-region North American

My Voice Experience

Ultimately, my experience is in making coworkers, family, friends, and random customer service representatives on the phone laugh. Astute readers will therefore surmise that I have no formal training or experience as such.

In truth, I volunteered at my university's NPR feed (WETS-FM) during the final semester in which I was obtaining my Bachelor's in computer science, but once I secured a job as a software engineer, I sort of fell out of the habit of any sort of voiceover work. Everyone I talk to says that I need to seriously pursue voiceover work, so I am registering on this site in order to see just how well I can do for myself, and if there's any truth to what people are telling me.

My Training

One semester of volunteer work at WETS-FM in Johnson City, TN, largely not pertinent to voiceover work itself.

My Studio Equipment

Nothing personally owned at the moment. However, I work at a video game development company with our own in-house recording studio, so I could probably bother one of our engineers to fire up Pro Tools after-hours.