Coming from Wall Street, and having spent literally thousands of hours on the telephone, using my voice talent to close millions of dollars in deals. One of the reasons I was so successful was because I used my voice to be a chameleon: When I called someone from Texas, I spoke as much like a Texan as I could. Same with South Carolinians or Southern Californians. People ALWAYS feel better dealing with someone who talks just like they do. I made thousands of trades as a direct result of that.
I would even make notes on my lead cards, and, once they were clients, on their client file, that described their accents so I would be ready to slide into whatever accent was required for that call. I didn't hide that I was calling from NYC, I just made it sound as though I was not dissimilar from the prospect to put them at ease. And trust me: it worked!
Since then, I have not done specific voice over work, but I HAVE done several film and television projects, all of which required a voice that was slightly different from my own. in the feature film "Gods and Generals" I portrayed a Yankee General Staff Officer and then, in the same film, I had to portray Confederate Cavalry, so my Southern Accent (and a facial hair change!) came in handy!
I have since started doing some voiceover work for a company who is doing travel podcasts and I am narrating some nighttime historical tours of various cities all up and down the eastern seaboard.
Archbishop Martin Spalding High School: Drama, Sound.
The Citadel, Charleston, SC: Bachelors, Political Science
United States Marine Corps: OCS, TBS
I have extensive dramatic training, covering Shakespearean classes, actually acting in Shakespearean plays, comedic plays (I have excellent 'timing!')
I have full access to a complete recording studio with soundproof rooms and a recording engineer, at my request. I can submit recordings in whatever format necessary and can have SOME post-production work done on them.
I am NOT an audio engineer, but I will update this section as soon as I can get a call through to my recording engineer. I try not to call after 9pm.
again: Perfect timing for any comedy. The capacity to do just about any accent, and while I do not do impressions, I have always had an excellent ear at discerning what makes an accent sound the way it does.
Additionally, with my military and financial background, I can produce any types of variants you may want of those kinds of voices: I can easily sound like the famous Gunnery Sergeant R.Lee Ermey.