Dave Orts

If you can "feel" it we can discern and produce it. Initial consultations for character development are always on my dime. So what are you waiting for? A M E R I C A N: Down-easter, NY'er, southern, mid-west/ western, urban and more. Accents so genuine they fool the locals! F O R E I G N: British, Hispanic, French, Italia, German, Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, Western European and many more... all can be voiced with differing degrees of 'broken English' and can be performed with an authentic sounding spoof language. C H A R A C T E R: From Ahhnold to Zsa Zsa, BoBo to Yoda, even that evil empire guy! "I’ve never met a 'voice' I didn't like!" -DO

My voicing experience is varied and is touched on in this list, more detailed information, dates and/or demos provided on request. ° TV/ Radio spots ° Film ° IVR - various ° Hosted drive time talk The Computer Guy on KDAL 1995-99 ° The Sanhedrin - 3 NYer voices ° David Calls - 1 Middle eastern accent ° Acts 4 - 1 English accent ° Acts 14 - Middle eastern, californian teen ° Through the Ages - English, dark creature ° The Name - Deaf man ° Pet Diary - Narrator, Cat and Dog ° Santa Prays - web animation ° Lead vocals for Shepherd Warriors ° Backup and lead for SHWF ° and more... Years of practical experiance. Teaching voice-over and coming soon, "The Transparent Voice" and "Talking to Talent: A Directors Handbook" Communication Arts New York, NY Radio Broadcast Television Production Upper-level Speech Electronics Curriculums Washington, DC Industrial electronics, robotics, fluidics and industrial controls. Artistic/ Technical Curriculums New York City, NY Aesthetics, composition, advanced lighting School of Modern Photography All phases of commercial photography with special emphasis on the freelance market and studio techniques. I have also studied Underwater Cinematography. CURRENT OR RECENT PROJECTS: Creative and Technical Director for numerous projects current CD position Superior, WI Freelane Contract For Hire and on Staff at Safe Harbor Fellowship Freelance Graphic Artist Superior, WI Multi-Discipline/ Animation/ Creative services Animator/ digital/ stop motion Illustrator/ concept artist/ graphic designer Production manager/ designer/ layout artist Copy/ story/ script writer Painter/ sculptor Story developer/ storyboard artist The Computer Guy Superior, WI Consultant/ Programmer/ Developer/ Technician Windows and command line application support, troubleshooting, training Custom applications development, support, troubleshooting, and training Hardware installs, upgrades, troubleshooting, support and training. Windows/ Apple/ Unix/ Linux developer continuation/ reverse engineering Designer/ programmer Excel/ Access, 123/ Approach, MySQL, PHP 2000/ 2003 Server, MCSD C++, Visual J++, VB, Exchange Server Multimedia expert/ content developer in all programs/ formats/ platforms Business Development Systems Superior, WI Business Development and Marketing Solutions Consulting Specialist in broadcast, multimedia and web content for business Positioning and branding, interactive branding and brand equity solutions Media buying, programming conceptualization, production and direction Online/ offline data capture/ order processing/ fulfillment expert Content conceptualization/ development/ implementation/ deployment Hosting/ bandwidth aggregator provider/ and domain solutions provider Marketing campaigns for television, radio, direct mail, Internet. Interactive Titles for the Web and ROM, hosting Service including content development, marketing deployment, monitoring and maintenance. ProCare computer service contracts, training, upgrades and sales. And the most recent addition, Freedom. A dialup, DSL, broadband ISP. Freelance Photographer Training in advanced view Camera and underwater cinematography. Still an active shooter, I freelance in video and still realms. Now focusing (no pun intended)in commercial product shoots for catalog work. Printing Industry Publisher/ Consultant/ Broker Intimate working knowledge and 20+ years of hands on experience in every area of the publishing and printing industry from concept and layout to pre-press and production. 4C, spot, flex process in the sheet fed and web environments. Interest and education in stereo lithographphy being pursued. 24 hour access to private, modern, in-house, digital AV, animation, midi studio including live/dead room. ° Neumann U87 ° AKG C414 ° MXL V63M ° Pro Tools ° 24 track DAW ° Outboard mixers ° Live/Dead room ° CD/ DVD duplication in house ° Compressors and effects processors. AV: Sony, Roland, Audio Technica, Emu, Digitech, Denon, Yamaha, Behringer, Quanta, Panasonic, JVC, Fortel, Neumann, AKG, MXL, Wacom, Apple, Dell, other wintel in rendering farm All gear is broadcast quality. Intruments: Electric/Acoustic six and 12 string guitars, electic bass, violin, cello, flute, trombone, acoustic drums, synths, an upright and baby grand piano as well as many MIDI controllers and triggers including breath and guitar to MIDI controller. Chroma-key capable, mo-cap, mo-control, digital puppetry and more. Multi-Discipline: ° Director/ Voice, Creative, Art, Technical, ° Singer Songwriter ° Writer/ ad copy, story and script ° Animator/ 2-3d, digital, rigger, cel, stop motion ° Illustrator/ design-concept, development, storyboard ° Post/ foley, ADR, effects ° Painter, potter, sculptor, cartoonist, welder, jeweler, carpenter, poet, rhymer ° Actor/ experience consisting of character actor, spokes-model ° Various ON-CAMERA jobs between 1992 to present... ° DJ/Producer Radio Broadcast/ KDAL AM, WDSM, KRBR ° Lyracist/ Vocalist/ Musician ° Jingles, Beds, Scores, Stings - guitar, keyboard, drums Memberships and Certificates: FPA - Freelance Photographers of America IFPO - International Freelance Photographers Association PPA - Professional Photographers of America ASTD - American Society for Training and Development SSIUSA (NASDS) Certified SCUBA - Scuba Schools International