Sandy King - Warm, smiley and direct with comic/dramatic range

Warm, smiley and direct with comic/dramatic range

• Sandy King is registered with Voice123 since Mar 30, 2010.
• Sandy King started his/her voice over career in 2010.
• Currently Sandy King is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

At 26 years old, my voice is youthful enough to be excitable and smiley for upbeat advertising and work aimed at children; but also carry a more professional tone for narration and corporate work. I am very comfortable addressing the listener directly and working for communication first in areas like announcing, walkthroughs, audio tours and commercial presentations.

Especially strong sight-reading and language skills give me the ability to cope with complex passages of technical information in a tone which is convivial but also precise and informative.

In harder selling commercial style, I can offer a contemporary sound which captures the spontaneous excitement of a night out in town or an impulsive bargain purchase. In softer advertising work I can create an urgent but gentle connection with the listener, to cajole rather than instruct.

I take greatest pleasure from audio book narration, alternating quick and easy characterisations in a range of registers, paces and accents with direct address as if from the author.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British

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

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• 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

My Home Base

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Home counties, London, Cockney, Essex, RP, 1940s BBC announcer, modern local presenter, man next door, boy next door, Chirpy london kid, nawty boy, Chav, Guy Ritchie, Bombastic (E4 announcer style), Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Whistful Irish, Dublin, Galway, Northern Irish, Geordie, Dtuch, South African, Springbok, General American, US Sports announcer, English villain, 1920s chap

My Voice Experience

My voice-performance career, like a scandalous rumour, is dramatic, unexpected and arresting - but frustratingly off the record.

I've read poetry in clubs, told stories in pubs, been used as a kind of dialect jukebox by my friends and acted on stages, yet had little opportunity to capture these in a studio. I trained as an actor and have worked as a director and teacher, but find myself returning overwhelmingly to language and the voice in all three disciplines.

I have been into the studio to record a voice-over for a natural history documentary and a character-driven advertisment for a training course, but really my career is just getting started... What does that mean?

Well, that means no old patterns to fall into, no comfort zone. That means any work I create for you is going to be completely fresh, completely new. Have a listen to my reel and decide which facet of my voice can help you, and hear me develop it right there and then.

My Training

MA Classical Acting - Central School of Speech and Drama
National Youth Theatre
BA English - University of Reading

My Studio Equipment

With a little notice I have access to a home recording studio and editing with Logic Pro if necessary.

Additional Skills

I spent a year working for Barclays Premier banking, so am experienced in the professional world as well as the arts.

I also have teaching and workshop-leading experience, a full CRB and am used to directing groups of children and young adults.

I have a full UK driving license.