Tom Shaw - Straight forward, likeable, inviting, believable

Straight forward, likeable, inviting, believable

• Tom Shaw is registered with Voice123 since Oct 13, 2008.
• Tom Shaw started his/her voice over career in 1996.
• Currently Tom Shaw is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I have a smooth, low, inviting voice that is a natural for straight and/or serious voice over needs. That is not to say that I don't have a sense of humor. When called upon, I can do in your face, brash, hard sell voice overs and comical straight reads. I can also bring it down low and slow for the ultimate seduction or soft sell.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Movie and game trailers
• Adult content

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

My Home Base

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Brooklyn NY, Long Island NY, Old Bronx NY, North Carolina southern, Old Atlanta Southern, Backwoods Southern, Chicago Midwestern, Iowa Midwestern.

My Voice Experience

I thank my dad for my voice. He was a disc jockey in the 1960s before he became a manager and then owner. After a few years as a marketing executive in Atlanta, I started doing my own voice overs for certain projects. I then started a voice over production house in Atlanta, Audio Marketing Directions, that ran from 1997 until 2006.

Through my company, I have done voice overs for The Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Cingular Wireless, Starwood Hotels, Grady Hospital Systems (Atlanta), American Health Imaging, Shasta Beverages, Komatsu America, ADT Security, The Center for Disease Control, Con-Agra, The Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Power (The Southern Company)and countless small businesses, including those in the legal and financial services and single site retail businesses.

I have also voiced and produced many spots for commercial radio and psa spots for non-profits.

I have had the opportunity to work with some great advertising agencies as well including JWT and Fletcher-Martin (Atlanta).

My Training

I have a degree in Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but cut my teeth in a make-shift studio I built when I was in my teens in New York. Growing up around an announcer (dad) rubbed off on me.

When I worked in marketing in Atlanta, I started writing scripts for clients and voiced a few of them. I first used my voice for telephone on-hold messages for the company I worked for and soon after, requests came in from clients to do the same for them.

My careful attention to proper pronunciation and diction is due, in part, to having a Midwestern mother and a Southern father, while growing up in the Metro-New York area. I'm pretty much self taught, but my true "schooling" was brought about by having the opportunity to work with the aforementioned companies and advertising agencies. Early on, I learned a lot from Atlanta super-talent, Tom Clark.

My Studio Equipment

I run a pretty straight studio from my home. I record all of my voice overs on ProTools and master my productions in Bias Peak. I am also a professional musician, so I can create custom music for productions.

Lately, my main mic is a Shure SM-7A, that I finally took out of the wrapping after several years, and was pleasantly surprised with its more natural sounding compression. I like to keep it simple.

Additional Skills

I am a musician, and have some virtual (Reason) tools to play with as well as various acoustic and electric guitars and basses to play with. I also have a bank of keyboards (both digital and analog) to help me along the way. I have written and recorded music for The Coca-Cola Company and independent movies.