Stephen Rainford - Wry Charachters, Quintisential British accents

Wry Charachters, Quintisential British accents

• Stephen Rainford is registered with Voice123 since May 19, 2008.
• Stephen Rainford started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Stephen Rainford is a Standard subscriber.
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Voice Description

Warm and sunny when the sun is out, cool and smoldering when the night falls.

Professional and winning for sales presentations, authoritative and educated for technical training.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior 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
• Adult content
• Songs

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 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
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

English:
Liverpool (Native), Beatles, Northern Accents, Scottish, Irish, Posh & upper crusty, Southern accents, Australian, European accents, French accent, German accent, North American accents

My Voice Experience

Film, industrial and commercial experience includes: Voice over, sound effects, foley, music editing and narration on live presentations, CD-Rom/DVD product demonstrations, technical training videos.

Starting in 1989 I began working with Rebo HDTV in New York as a free lance audio producer. Among the post production recording, editing and ADR work I created and performed the vocal effects for masked revelers in "Fools Fire" also know as the Hop Frog, a High definition TV production for Julie Taymor. Later working as Training Manager for Solid State Logic, Inc. I produced demonstration media and made live presentations for SSL's digital production systems at trade shows, studios and during client technical training programs.

In addition to live productions for artists like U2. I have audio production credits for George Harrison's "Live in Japan" double CD and production mixing credits and for Walt Disney Imagineering productions in California and Florida.

Currently I'm based on Cape Ann, just 30 miles from Boston and I have a complete voice and music recording studio in my home. My focus is on developing my voice over and post production business. I'll consider all types of voice over work and I'm willing to travel.

My Training

I have attended as trainer or been the technical producer of numerous sessions at commercial recording studios and post production facilities all over the USA.

Partial list of Studios:
REBO HDTV, NY
Howard Schwartz Post Prod., NY
Mix Nuts, Post Prod., NY
Fox-Sports, CA
Fox Film (Pico Lot), CA
North Carolina School of The Arts
Disney California Adventure, CA
Disney, Magic Kingdom, FL
The Mill Studios, London, UK
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland

Education and Certificates:

FAA-Certification
Pilot, Flight and Advanced Ground Instructor,
Commercial Instrument, Single Engine Land & Sea Ratings

Incomplete BS Hudson Valley Community College, NY
Electrical Engineering 1987-1989

Certification New York University, NY
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Electronics 1985-1986

Vocational Watson Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Liverpool, UK

High School Sefton Park High School
Liverpool, UK

My Studio Equipment

A wide variety of digital production technology is available including:

Mac workstations with Pro-Tools

Tascam 24 track digital multi-track recorder
Akai 4 track digital recorder/editor. EDL and Time Code
Sony DAT
Microphones:
Crown Bi-neural, Shure, AKG, Neumann
Yamaha SPX100 FX
Beringer Dynamics processor
Tascam Dynamics processors
Beringer 32:8:2 analog mixer
Tascam 24:4:2 analog keyboard mixer

Various keyboards, guitars, amplifiers and outboard effects.
Drums kit and samplers.

Additional Skills

I can mimick voices and sounds, cartoon characters etc. I have experience with animation techniques and timing. I sing, play guitar and drums and can produce completed music tracks.

I find voice over work interesting and rewarding, my background is quite varied, so I have broad knowledge of music film and post production techniques and equipment.