Scott Pollak - Warm, real, natural, conversational, guy next door

Warm, real, natural, conversational, guy next door

• Scott Pollak is registered with Voice123 since Mar 05, 2004.
• Scott Pollak started his/her voice over career in 1975.
• Currently Scott Pollak is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 132
• Scott Pollak has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

The 'Voice' of Atlanta National Public Radio & Television and proud inaugural member of SaVoa, the Society of Accredited Voice Over Actors.

Published audiobook narrator on Audible.

Professional voice talent with over 35 years of broadcasting, narration, voiceovers, on-stage, and on-camera experience. My clients love the warmth, richness, and naturalness of my reads. Mature, warm, personable, natural, real... a voice that your listeners trust and can relate to; a true storyteller, the 'guy next door'. Whether you need a professional narration, a sincere and warm delivery, the consummate movie-trailer (Don LaFontaine) voice.... for commercials, video, e-learning, e-books, websites... I am the right voiceover artist for your project.

Just some of the adjectives that would best describe my voice style:
Authentic / Authoritative / Caring / classy / Clear / Conversational / Dramatic / Emotional / Emphatic / expressive / Flexible / Genuine / Guy Next Door / Friendly / honest / intelligent / Inviting / Natural / Real / rich / serious / Soothing / storyteller / Sympathetic / Unique / Versatile / Warm

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• 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

• 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

• SaVoa

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have Phone Patch 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
• 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

Atlanta, Southeast U.S., Georgia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Many impersonations, ranging from a killer Sean Connery and Jack Nicholson, to Sam Elliott, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Serling, Paul Harvey, Pee Wee Herman, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, and more. My voice has been used numerous times as Santa Claus for ad campaigns.

My Voice Experience

Professional voice talent, 35+ years of professional broadcasting AND production experience, and audio producer since 1975. Currently the 'voice' of the National Public Radio affiliate in Atlanta (WABE-FM) as well as Atlanta's PBS television station, PBA-30.

Partial Client list includes:
- NPR and PBS, Atlanta
- UPS
- Humana
- Cisco Systems
- Publix Supermarkets
- BellSouth Corp.
- Wells Fargo
- Multiple audiobook narrations on audible.com
- University of West Georgia
- Muzak Corporation
- Mother's Wax
- Aetna Pharmaceuticals
- The World Boxing Association
- 104.7, The Fish, Atlanta
- Boys and Girls Clubs of CA.
- United Way, Illinois
- Mt. Rushmore Visitor's Center

... and, of course, many, many more.

My Training

Received my B.A. in Communications from the Univ. of New Orleans, where I also began my broadcasting career. I've worked at numerous radio stations off and on for over 30 years, as d.j., creative services manager, copywriter, and of course, voiceover specialist. Trained with Dick Orkin and Dan O'Day in L.A. at the "International Creative Summit". Recent voice training with reknowned voiceover coach Nancy Wolfson.

My Studio Equipment

Electrovoice RE-20 dynamic mic
Rode NT-1A condenser mic
PreSonus BlueTube DP2 preamp
Mogami shielded cabling
Cool Edit Pro 2.0 / Adobe Audition audio editing software
Digital Juice production music & sound effects library
Muse production music library

Additional Skills

I'm a skilled and professional digital audio editor, having produced several cds on my own system, including my debut release of original music. You'll get multiple takes of your copy, with any mistakes already edited out, to make YOUR job that much easier.