Stephen Rainford

English: Liverpool (Native), Beatles, Northern Accents, Scottish, Irish, Posh & upper crusty, Southern accents, Australian, European accents, French accent, German accent, North American accents

Film, industrial and commercial experience includes: Voice over, sound effects, foley, music editing and narration on live presentations, CD-Rom/DVD product demonstrations, technical training videos. Starting in 1989 I began working with Rebo HDTV in New York as a free lance audio producer. Among the post production recording, editing and ADR work I created and performed the vocal effects for masked revelers in "Fools Fire" also know as the Hop Frog, a High definition TV production for Julie Taymor. Later working as Training Manager for Solid State Logic, Inc. I produced demonstration media and made live presentations for SSL's digital production systems at trade shows, studios and during client technical training programs. In addition to live productions for artists like U2. I have audio production credits for George Harrison's "Live in Japan" double CD and production mixing credits and for Walt Disney Imagineering productions in California and Florida. Currently I'm based on Cape Ann, just 30 miles from Boston and I have a complete voice and music recording studio in my home. My focus is on developing my voice over and post production business. I'll consider all types of voice over work and I'm willing to travel. I have attended as trainer or been the technical producer of numerous sessions at commercial recording studios and post production facilities all over the USA. Partial list of Studios: REBO HDTV, NY Howard Schwartz Post Prod., NY Mix Nuts, Post Prod., NY Fox-Sports, CA Fox Film (Pico Lot), CA North Carolina School of The Arts Disney California Adventure, CA Disney, Magic Kingdom, FL The Mill Studios, London, UK Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland Education and Certificates: FAA-Certification Pilot, Flight and Advanced Ground Instructor, Commercial Instrument, Single Engine Land & Sea Ratings Incomplete BS Hudson Valley Community College, NY Electrical Engineering 1987-1989 Certification New York University, NY Artificial Intelligence and Digital Electronics 1985-1986 Vocational Watson Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Liverpool, UK High School Sefton Park High School Liverpool, UK A wide variety of digital production technology is available including: Mac workstations with Pro-Tools Tascam 24 track digital multi-track recorder Akai 4 track digital recorder/editor. EDL and Time Code Sony DAT Microphones: Crown Bi-neural, Shure, AKG, Neumann Yamaha SPX100 FX Beringer Dynamics processor Tascam Dynamics processors Beringer 32:8:2 analog mixer Tascam 24:4:2 analog keyboard mixer Various keyboards, guitars, amplifiers and outboard effects. Drums kit and samplers. I can mimick voices and sounds, cartoon characters etc. I have experience with animation techniques and timing. I sing, play guitar and drums and can produce completed music tracks. I find voice over work interesting and rewarding, my background is quite varied, so I have broad knowledge of music film and post production techniques and equipment.