Brian Massman

American accents: Northern; “Fargo” to “Bar Harbor.” Eastern: “Park Avenue” to “Brooklyn.” Southern: “Plantation Gentility” to “Ozark Hillbilly.” Western: “Cowboy" to "Hispanic.” World dialects: British, Cockney, Irish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Pakistani.

Reading out loud is something I have had a passion for since my grandmother taught me to read from her old MgGuffy readers. I have been recording commercial voice overs since people started asking me to after hearing me speak. I contracted several years with the planetarium at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT, doing narrations and characters. While pursuing a Masters degree in Media Arts at the University of Montana, I especially emphasized voice over work in my coursework and personal projects, and was in constant demand by my classmates as voice talent for their projects. Most recently I recorded all of the literary and character passages for a special program on Montana Public Radio, KUFM, entitled Death and the Western Tradition. I have worked professionally as an actor since the early nineties, and have been active in the theatre since childhood. I am a member of Actors Equity Association and am eligible for SAG and AFTRA. I have a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Arts, and I emphasised voice work heavily in that program. I also taught acting for the camera. I worked regularly in a sound studio, recording my own voice and music, as well as engineering for other students and professional projects for the university. I am a proficient video editor, with experience using a vast array of media softwear programs including: Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, After Affects, Photshop, Quick Time and DVD Studio Pro. Shure FM50 mic, Eurorack UB1202 mixer, Soundtrack Pro, Final Cut Pro, Mac Sound Studio I am a multi-talented, multi-abilitied artist. The basis of nearly all of my work rises directly from my ear--my sense of rhythm and tone. Although I work professionally chiefly as a stage actor in plays and musicals, my BA is in creative writing and my MFA is in Media Arts. I approach all of my work as a poet and a singer first--everything else stems from that foundation.