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: 156
• Scott Pollak has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

The 'Voice' of National Public Radio in Atlanta as well as the voice of NurseTV.com, and proud inaugural member AND board member of SaVoa, the Society of Accredited Voice Over Actors.

Professional voice talent with over 30 years of broadcasting, narration, voiceovers, on-stage, and on-camera experience. Scott's clients love the warmth, richness, and naturalness of his 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... Scott is the right voiceover artist for your project.

Scott is also honored to be donating a portion of his time each week to read audio stories online for the visually impaired.

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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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

Unknown - Click here to ask Scott Pollak

My Voice Experience

Professional voice talent, 30+ 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). Skilled, award-winning copywriter providing voice acting, voice services, and voice over recordings. On-camera talent for WTBS and In-Touch Ministries. Recent projects include:
- "Heart & Soul" Fundraiser narration for Muzak Corporation
- Assembly instruction narration for Marcus Productions, NY
- Forklift operational safety narration for Engaging Media, Portland, OR
- DVD course narration for Optimum Productions, NY
- Audio book narration for Dreamervision
- Informational medical DVD narration for Smith Medical
- National cable spot for Mother's Wax
- Corporate narrative for Aetna Pharmaceuticals
- Training video narration: Minnesota Dept. of Corrections
- Commercial narration: Oikos Homes, Oregon
- Movie Trailer v/o for "Payne & Redemption" Independent film (England)
- The voice of NurseTVcom (San Diego)
- e-learning for Omega Training Group (Georgia)
- e-learning for Embraer Aircraft (India)
- e-learning for Terpsys Corp. (Maryland)
- United Way of Illinois
- Boys & Girls Clubs of CA.
- Mt. Rushmore Visitor's center
- World Boxing Association
- BellSouth
- Cybercore Productions
- FilmWorxx
- Digital Dream
- Burns Marketing
- WFSH-FM
- Charter Communications
- Cable Advertising of Metro Atlanta
- River of Life
- American Royal Arts
- iLearn, Inc.

... and, of course, many, many more. Warm, rich, natural, the guy next door voice. Professional voice talent for narrations, commercials, e-learning, audio books, e-books, video narration, training, movie trailers, character voices. When you want authentic and believable, you want Scott Pollak's voice.

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 broadcast microphone
Behringer MX-802A Mixer/preamp
Dell Pentium 4, duo-core computer with SoundBlaster X-Fi sound card
Cool Edit Pro 2.0 audio editing software
Digital Juice production music & sound effects 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.