Scott Reyns

Voice Description

I'm often cast for roles in the 20s-40s age range, though I've played both younger and older. I normally read for male roles.

In commercial and narration projects I've done a range; hip, warm, conversational, casual, soft-sell/hard-sell announcer, deadpan, satirical/unnouncer and more.

I've been increasingly doing character work over time as well.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• 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

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 will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I have Source Connect 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

San Francisco, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I've played many different characters e.g. timid baby animals, deadly martial artists, snarky teenagers, bloodthirsty werewolves, stinky cowboys, merciless gangsters and city-smashing, sexually ambiguous cyber-clowns.

Accents and dialects are a special area:

I've done them both in character reads and comparatively more challenging regionally/culturally targeted commercial spots, i.e. British, Irish, French, Scottish, Chinese, Bengali Indian, Bostonian, New Yorker, also Southern, Latin and Native American. I'm a strong mimic. Some accents come naturally and with enough familiarity to me that I can readily produce, improv with them at any given time etc. whereas others I'm able to pick up upon preliminary research and practice.

My Voice Experience

I started out toward the end of the dot-com years, working albeit infrequently, on primarily product marketing and secondarily video game reads for Silicon Valley companies. In more recent years I moved to San Francisco where I currently have a permanent home studio, am represented by the Tonry Talent agency and have become a more regularly working, part-time voice actor.

I've had clients throughout North America (though mainly in the USA's San Francisco Bay Area), and I've occasionally worked for companies based overseas. Brands I've voiced projects for include Namco, Symantec, Applied Materials, Sony, Whole Foods Market, Nickelodeon, Cisco Systems, Linksys, Lionsgate, Activision, Hitachi, Crayola, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and The San Francisco 49ers.

Being non-union talent, I've done mostly but not exclusively non-broadcast projects. While my voice has been used sometimes in radio, television and film, it has more often been used in things like games (e.g. console, arcade), online promotions and presentations, IVR/voicemail, also event and in-store kiosks.

My Training

I train privately with Elaine Clark at Voice One in San Francisco, CA and participate in workout sessions via VoiceBank weekly between auditions and gigs.

Previous training:

The Voice Factory (C.W. Wolfe, Taylor Korobow) - San Francisco, CA
Showcase Music Institute (Jim Bruno) - San Jose, CA

My Studio Equipment

Control room:

175 sq. foot control room
Wood composite flooring
Privacy-sealed/tempered glass window
Apple Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66 GHz, 3GB RAM
Digidesign Pro Tools LE 8 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Digi002R Rev H audio interface; BLA modified
Phone patch: Telos ONE-R with SAA
Internet connxn: mbps 4.3 up / 31 down (wired, wireless)
VOIP/ISDN: Certified Source-Connect Pro 3.6, Skype
Plugins (compression/limiting/gating, de-essing/de-breathing)
Various outboard effects, EQ modules and more
Apple LED Cinema Display, 24"
Near-field monitors: Yamaha NS-10m, Roland MA-8
Backup DAW: Pro Tools LE 6.4, Digi001, G4 QuickSilver
Lenovo T-61 2 GHz, 3GB RAM
External QuietDrive arrays on both Mac and PC

Mic(s) rig:

Neumann U87AI with InnerTube Audio retrofit; Telefunken NOS
Enhanced Audio M-600 and Revelator II

Vocal booth:

Walls: non-parallel, 6" thick, staggered studs (est. STC 52)
Double-layered MDF/gypsum on walls, ceiling
Rubber/fiber neopreme within ceiling, under carpeted floor
Industrial grade insulation: Roxul Safe n' Sound, 4" thickness
Floor construction: Resonant cavities wood framework
Subterranean anchoring: 2' concrete reinforced pit
Acoustic caulk (Green Glue) throughout construction
Interior: Auralex 2" StudioFoam, LENRD bass traps
Blast door: 300 lbs., air-tight seal, double-paned window

Additional Skills

I've been a musician for many years, primarily a singer who though classically trained has mostly done industrial pop/rock music. I'm a Basso Profundo by chest but with a nearly 3-octave range; being a vocalist has helped me develop my technique and control over my instrument.

When not behind the mic I'm a Marketing Director who has worked both client-side and agencies-side, both as an employee and a consultant. I get on well with experienced Producers, Directors and Clients. I've been lucky to work with many talented creative and technical people, on both sides of the glass, throughout professional life.

So let's talk about your brand, product message, target audience and what you need to get done moreover well.

Let's make some magic.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

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