VersatileCharacterImpersonateNewsNarratePromoDeep
• William ('Bill') Lee, III is registered with Voice123 since Aug 16, 2005.
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Voice Description
Voice Description:
I have a deep to moderate voice that is very adaptable to the situation, and I can alter my voice from low to high, soft and warm to emotional. My range is very wide and practically limitless.
My specialties:
*Movie promo voice (slick,gimmicky, etc)
*Narrations voice (Discovery Ch., History Ch., Learning Ch. (TLC), NOVA, A&E, etc.) (Very warm,
rich, textured, and descriptive)
*Public Service Announcements (i.e.: 'Covenant House') - with texture, nuances, specific enunciations, sympathy, emotion, depending on the organization or service.
*Radio News/Announcing Style voice (Professional)
*TV Marketing-style (products, services)
*Singing: Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, Bread,
John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot,Christmas, Jingles
*Impersonations: Jimmy Stewart, Psycho Mother,
Kramden and Norton
*Cartoons: Elroy/George Jetson, Fred Flintstone,Barney Rubble,Dino, Dudley Do-Right
*Dialects: Cajun, British, Southern,
Bronx/NY, New Oreans (YAT), Russian, etc.
*Animals: Dogs, Cats, Bird calls, cows, chickens
*Misc: Child-like voices, original cartoon-like, characterization voices, special voices.
*I can read Spanish and have a Spanish-sounding dialect, although I am not fluent at all.
*I have a 3 minute CD-Voice Demo available
Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male
Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:
• English - British
• English - North American
I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes
• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Podcasts
• Songs
Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)
My Union Affiliations and Memberships
None
My Recording and Delivery Capabilities
Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer
None
My Home Base
, United States
Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects
My Voice Experience
Experience below:
Picture Ja-Ja-Jimmy Shtoo-art advertising Just For Men Hair Products or doing the Oscar Mayer jingle.
Picture Norman Bates' mother doing an ad for, Craftmatic Beds, or Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure.
How about Dudley Do-Right for Enzyte?
Or Fred Flinstone singing 'Tiptoe Through The Tulips?
I have done Narrations and TV Commercials, but I have the potential to do almost any kind of voice you may be looking for.
With my Advertising Degree and experience, open and child-like inquisitive nature, and my natural range for different emotions, textures, inflections, and enunciations, I will try any voice.
I have a polished and professional narration and news/radio voice, but can also do characters and novelty voices.
I have a knack for delivering just the emotion or individual style that would attract your viewers and potential customers/clients, depending on the specific product or service.
I could adapt my voice to the feel and your particular individual needs.
EXPERIENCE:
-Narrations:
Covenant House of New Orleans. 30 minute TV PSA/Narration shown in Southeast US - 1994.
-Web Sites/Commercial
"Voice of TSP". I recorded hundreds of Announcements and Voice Messages for the Thrift Savings Plan Service Office (Federal Employee Retirement Plan) that were heard all over the world by Federal employees and customers of the Thrift Savings Plan.
I currently record Telephone Voice Menu messages for my employer: The National Finance Center - U.S.D.A. in New Orleans.
-TV Commercials:
Cox Cable New Orleans: Numerous 30-second spots for local companies:(Bob Pavlovich,Jamey Landry)
1994-2004
(Insurance, Furniture, PSA, Casino, Hospitality, Restaurants, Health Care, etc.)
Northpark Car Wash - 1997 Slidell, LA - Video and Audio 30 second commercial (Father)
Cox Cable - local sports fan show 1999
Cox Cable Baton Rouge: Various 30-second spots
for BR and Louisiana companies
"Hogan Hardwoods"
(Wood Treatment, Churches, Associations, Retail, etc.)
(Nils Breckoff-producer) 2004 - current
I also have a 3 minute CD-Voice Demo available upon request.
My Training
Voice-Overs have always come naturally for me.
Growing up in the 60's and 70's and being a media addict, I learned to do imitations and many different kinds of voices, and have always caused people to react and laugh.
My natural speaking voice does not hint at my talents; my family at first did not believe it was me doing commercials.
I was involved with amatuer film-making with a good friend of mine in the 70's and 80's (Super 8, Beta, etc.) and developed many characters and voices from that. We did parodies, take-offs, original characters, make-up, etc.
We also did 'Jerky Boys'-type pranks using voices to call friends ("YOU have won an all-expense paid trip to beautiful Dry Prong, Louisiana").
I earned a B.A. in Advertising/Journalism from Louisiana State University in 1984.
Many of my courses in the Advertising curriculum involved creative writing, film making, TV production, logo and graphics, acting, TV, radio, newspaper and other media marketing theory, media buying, ad campaigns, etc.
In 1994, I asked a friend of mine who worked in the local cable-TV access industry to do a voice demo for me. I just bascially read ads, movie promos, news stories, etc.
At the time, I was working in Marketing at Cox Cable, and the producers at the time - Jamey Landry and Bob Pavlovich, liked my tape, so they used me for many commercials over the next 10 years.
The Cox Cable Baton Rouge producer - Nils Breckoff, still uses me.
My Studio Equipment
Additional Skills
My education in Advertising has given me a great background and feel for demographic marketing strategies, subliminal advertising, advertising by association, jingles, slogans, etc.
In addition to my amateur film-making, I have also appeared in six movies as a stand-in or extra, and two TV commercials.
I think I have a great understanding and feel for how to convey copy and what type of feeling, emotion, nuance, inflection, and enunciation to use to get the viewers' and listeners' attention.
A great voice-over appeals to an emotion and/or elicits a reaction and hopefully name recognition and memory.
I also have business experience in:
Corporate Communications - Media Relations:
LSU Medical Center in New Orleans
Radio Marketing Research Director: WQUE-FM
Call Center Administration: USDA/TSP
Telecommunications: USDA/NFC
Customer Service supervision: TSP
TDD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf: TSP
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