Richard Cray

London, Home Counties, Cockney, faux-posh, comic regional, Midlands, Mancunian, American, Australian, African, Irish, African, clipped tones, mid-Atlantic, OTT, hard sell, soft sell, relaxing, breathy, 50s, 60s, 70s, Michael Winner, Bob Hoskins, David Frost, Clive James, Mick Jagger, pop and rock vocalists - spoken and sung.

1986 - 1993: Commercial Producer and Presenter at RTM Radio in London. 1987 - 1989: Freelancer at Broadsystem, writing and voicing telephone information services for the Daily Mirror and The Sporting Life. 1992 - 1993: Post-production of audio items for the BBC World Service via CSV [Producers: Sherrie-Anne Dingle & Sue Farrington]. 1992 - 1993: Studio operation and post-production of monthly corporate audio newsletter for the Woolwich Bank [Producer: Colin Cree; Presenter: Douglas Cameron]. 1998 - 2007: Member of Dogs Must Be Carried comedy music collective, with CD issued in 2006. 2004: Credited writer on ITV1’s Shoot the Writers. 2005 - 2006: Co-producer of Sketch Club, a weekly live showcase for new sketch and monologue talent on the London fringe. 2005 - present: Writer / presenter / producer of several shows on the critically-acclaimed Comedy 365 podcast, which has achieved more than 5.5 million downloads since its inception and currently attracts an average of 5,000 downloads a day. Since 2007, I have also been responsible for overseeing the remastering, re-editing, and compilation of archive material. 2006: Co-writer of a comic monologue performed at the Funny Women Awards final at London’s Comedy Store. 2006 - present: Writer / producer / technician for live shows at fringe comedy venues in London, including the Etcetera Theatre, Arts Theatre, Soho Revue Bar, Lowdown at the Albany, and the Hen & Chickens. 2007: Voice actor on recreation of mid-air collision used for the training of air traffic controllers [Producer: Nick Saalfeld at Wells Park Communications]. 2008: Producer of Sex Tips for Pandas, a live show and daily podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe. I will be returning to the festival in 2009. 2008: Shortlisted for E4 Radio’s Radio Ha Ha talent search. 2008 - 2009: Writer / producer of comedy inserts for The Janice Forsyth Show on BBC Radio Scotland via Demus Productions [Exec: Nick Low]. No formal training. Software: Adobe Audition v1.5 and Har-Bal v2.3 Microphones: Rode NT2-A and Shure SM58 microphones, with SE Electronics Reflexion Filter, WS2 windshield, and K&R popshield Outboard: Focusrite Penta compressor and Zoom Studio 1201 digital reverb and multi-FX Behringer Xenyx 1204FX mixer Akai S20 loop / phrase sampler Tascam CD-RW700 standalone CD recorder Sony MDE-520 mini-disc recorder