Stu Whisson - Unique, Clear, British, Character, Accents, Warm

Unique, Clear, British, Character, Accents, Warm

• Stu Whisson is registered with Voice123 since Jan 26, 2011.
• Stu Whisson started his/her voice over career in 2003.
• Currently Stu Whisson is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Stu Whisson was last active on Voice123 120 days ago

Voice Description

British voice talent, warm and familiar sounding likened to similar resonance to Colin Firth, Hugh Grant and other famous British actors. Can do a range of accents in the English language; American, Australian, Irish and South African. Ideal for many applications from adverts, TV, audio books and more.

VO creations can be anything from laid back conversationalist to fun and exciting, to smooth and sexy - as well as anything in between.

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
• Songs
• 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 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 offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British and English accents for American, South African, Australian and Irish. The ability to perform in the above accents and in many styles from commercials to corporate, from laid back to fun and exciting.

My British accent is likened to a combination of Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Clear, easy on the ear, smooth and warm.

I can also perform various regional British accents from East London (Cockney), to South London and City. To various other regional accents within the UK.

My Voice Experience

Training Video Voice Over & Copy

Scripted, recorded and produced several thousand weekly training and market update videos for UK/EU trader training website.

Promotional Video Voice Over & Copy

Various scripted, recorded and produced spot promotional videos.

Podcasts, introductions and content recorded - various copy written.

Internet Radio, spot ads, intro's, some hosting.

My Training

Over 20 years experience within recording & media industries.

Berklee College of Music - Master Certificate; Theory, Harmony & Ear Training
Berklee College of Music - Specialist Certificate; Studio Production

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Academic Record - Berklee College of Music

Winter 2005 (January 10, 2005) Instructor Grade
BME-101.02 Music Theory 101 Dave Limina B+

Spring 2005 (April 04, 2005) Instructor Grade
BME-115.01 Basic Ear Training 1 Matt Marvuglio B+

Summer 2005 (June 27, 2005) Instructor Grade
BME-201.02 Music Theory 201 Russell Hoffmann B+

Fall 2005 (September 19, 2005) Instructor Grade
BME-110.02 Getting Inside Harmony 1 Steve Rochinski B+

Winter 2006 (January 09, 2006) Instructor Grade
BMP-100.01 Berklee Keyboard Method Paul Schmeling A-
BMP-120.01 Guitar Chords 101 Rick Peckham A

Spring 2006 (April 03, 2006) Instructor Grade
BMPR-101a.01 Desktop Music Production for Mac Tom Rudolph A-

Summer 2006 (June 26, 2006) Instructor Grade
BMPR-162.02 Critical Listening Dan Thompson B+
BMW-150.01 Style Writing for Performers and Arrangers Dan Moretti B+

Winter 2007 (January 08, 2007) Instructor Grade
BME-130.01 Arranging 1 Sarah Brindell A
BMPR-130a.02 Pro Tools 101 Erik Hawkins A

Summer 2007 (July 02, 2007) Instructo Grade
BMPR-123.04 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Jeff Baust A

GPA: 3.609

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Skilled musician; Guitar, Keyboards, Vocal.
Skilled producer and sound engineer.

Many years working within professional recording studios including own private studio. Worked within the music industry both as an artist and producing, recording, sound engineer and editing.

Have produced and recorded thousands of hours of online training videos, weekly video updates, news reports, training materials and more for specialist financial markets training company as well as additional third party companies.

Trained Copywriter and have produced web sales letters and copy for audio for the same.

My Studio Equipment

Neumann BCM 104 Microphone
Sure SM58 Microphone
TC Electronic Studio Connect 48
KRK Rokit 5

DAW -

Protools
Logic Pro
Reason / Record
Live 5

EQ/Comp/Gate etc.

Waves Platinum Series

Other:

Tonnes of high end audio units/virtual instruments - notably

Spectrasonics - Omnisphere / Trillium / RMX
Synthogy - Ivory
Native Instruments - Complete Series