Doug Thornburg

Voice Description

My voice is a deeper, resonant, authoritative baritone in the straight read, can be suggestive and casual in commercial spots, and can be uniquely shaped, because of my training/experience/age, into specific niche characters.

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 - 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
• Songs
• 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

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

Bishop, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Accents performed have included those of an effete urban Southern Californian teenager, an older hillbilly miner/fisherman, a conversational North American suburban 'Joe,' a Yiddish/Eastern European-Midwestern accountant, and a general British businessman. Dialect training/acquisition can be easily accomplished as necessary/specified using a 'vocal centers' approach.

My Voice Experience

My VO experience began as a college DJ/On-Air personality and production talent, continued as a public affairs talkshow host/producer, and was later refined while recording multi-take studio sessions for larger-market commercials, industrial training videos, and books on tape. These have generally been accompanied by simultaneous vocal work in live theatre, and later on-air and production work for commercial radio. Recent work has included conceiving, scripting, recording, and mixing multi-track small-market radio commercial spots and question prompts for computer-delivered standardized testing. I also read novels aloud, pro bono, for institutionalized retirees.

My Training

Undergraduate study included formal/academic speech and vocal production classes, later supplemented by specific voice work in graduate acting studies. Multi-form writing and editorial college study and work has supplemented acting and voice work, including stints reporting business, contracting entertainment feature articles, and proofing/editing mark-up language research documents for MIT Journals. Musical performance experience commenced when I was nine, as vocalist, saxophonist, flutist, banjoist, and hand-percussionist. I have substantial experience tweaking audio and have recently ventured into simple video production.

My Studio Equipment

I use both commercial and open-source software appropriate to the particular situation on a late model multi-monitor Macintosh equipped with a dual core Intel chip. I run both Mac OS X and Ubuntu Studio (Linux), and I can install and run Windows XP to accommodate specific customer needs. I record with either of four inputs routed through a TASCAM digital interface; I have both USB and XLR/phantom powered Samson cardioid multi-pattern condenser microphones, a Shure 'paddle' mic for ambient audio, and I use pre-amplified piezoelectric mylar pick-ups for acoustic instrument applications. I record in a dedicated, acoustically 'neutral' sound-paneled booth.

Additional Skills

Recently I've begun designing sound for use in theatre, and just completed the run of my second design.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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