Darren Polite

african american male from the south (young or adult); midwestern vanilla; business/financial; affable fake British.

I am new to the voice over experience. But not new to recording my voice or performance. I am an award winning songwriter and musician who has been told over and again i have the most amazing speaking voice. I have both a creative and financial background in the music industry (A licensed CPA); i am an african american male who grew up in the midwest - i call myself bilingual with american midwest and southern black dialects. My range of experiences and perfect diction and pronunciation when needed provides a very flexible and easily understood voice. there is a character and spirit to the voice that transcends sound - the voice of someone soothing, interesting, and interested all in one. i have a very capable home studio with which i can experiment and provide you demos without much expense as well as many music beds and sound libraries to add to any projects. thanks for your consideration :) bachelors degree in business years of experience in music recording and production 2004 John Lennon Song Contest Winner Various placements on network tv and cable of music beds and songs. extremely current in events of the world both deep and not so deep. I am very experienced in PERFORMING: classical piano, choirs, studio recording, business projects - i.e. very adaptable and flexible but goal oriented and accomplished. My home studio is set up for Quallity recording: as such i have: CUBASE, PROTOOLS, ABLETON LIVE; SOUNDFORGE; WAVES plugins; gigs upon gigs of music loops and effects; AKG C 414; Shure SM58; MXLV67 Misc: Mic pre's: Presonus ADL500; Aphex 207; REALTRAPS Portable vocal booth Keyboards and numerous Virtual Instruments: Native Insttruments Komplete Bundle; Loungelizard E Piano; Trilogy Bass; MPC 2000 Drummachine etc. ALso have dozens of completed sound beds and tracks for music. (Have had songs/music beds placed w/MTV, Daytime TV and songs on Network Primetime Show) Have access to other singers, musicians and major studios through years of collaborations and services contracted out. I guess you would say i am a renaissance man of sorts as such i can relate to artists, engineers, business professionals, and entrepreneurs. Having played classical piano as a child, competitive junior tennis which financed college; a technical CPA background - currently using the finance background in the Music Industry and also as a musician/producer with credits - its clear i am adaptable and flexible - i use that range of experience in my voice and in the cultural etc./contexts in which i find myself.