William Williams

Voice Description

My natural age range is 35-55 and I have a warm, resonant, sincere baritone voice. I am accomplished at relaxed, conversational, believable soft sell attitudes such as friendly, calm, soothing, sentimental, folksy, story telling, caring, trustworthy regular guy next door and down to earth (like Hal Riney Morning in America). I can do romantic, sexy, sensual and sophisticated or luxurious, rich, expensive and snooty like (James Sloyan of Lexus). I can also perform strong professional hard sell attitudes such as serious, newsy, authoritative, confident, energetic, enthusiastic and convincing. And an authentic down home good old boy read (like Sam Elliott).

I am adept at the new edgy attitudes such as argumentative, flippant, sarcastic, wry, bored, monotonous monotone, deadpan, casual and smartass. I can also do dramatic reads such as movie trailer (Don LaFontaine ), tv promo, audiobook or natural regular guy on the street testimonial reads.

In addition to this I perform a wide variety of character attitudes like big announcer parody, nfl films ( John Facenda ), professor, psychiatrist, sinister, evil villain, super hero, hip, geek, nerd, goofy, jolly, naive, wild, zany, wacky, kooky, nutty, quirky, funny and humorous.

I am an excellent, directable voice actor and can interpret the emotional subtleties in copy and words and connect emotionally with the listener audience. When you request an emotion in my voice for a certain line I can produce that emotion and subtle variations of it. Some examples might be angry, happy, sad, disapponted, satisfied, relieved, concerned, worried, confused, surprised and more complex emotions such as exasperated, jealous, envious, dejected, hopeful, amazed and astounded and of course nonplussed.

I am experienced in reading a variety of corporate industrial copy from dramatic and romantic to straight forward and instruction and I can phrase bullets and outline points well with my voice to clearly lead the listener through the logic of a presentation. I am excellent at pronouncing and understanding medical, chemical, technical and electronic terms.

I do a a variety of accents and dialects including British R.P., Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Australian, U.S. Southern (Appalachian and Plantation Drawl), New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Western Cowboy and Old Miner, California Surfer Stoner, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, etc. (just ask). I do these accents with different pitches and resonances and vocal quirks to create a wide variety of believable, entertaining characters with interesting personalities.

I do a wide variety of character voices with age ranges from 3 to 103 with many resonances and speech quirks. I do celebrity impressions and impersonations including classics like Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, John Wayne, Peter Lorre, Jimmy Stewart, Boris Karloff, Marlon Brando and modern stars such as Sylveter Sly Stallone, Joe Pesci, Sean Connery, Arnold Swartzenegger, Clint Eastwood, and Christopher Walken. I also do real and simulated historical characters such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, George Bush and Bill Clinton. And of couse the ubiquitous Don LaFontaine.

I'm a great choice for radio and tv commercials, promos, trailers, corporate industrial narration, documentaries, telephone IVR and on hold, animation and character voices, impressions and impersonations, audiobooks and books on tape, training videos, internet and podcast presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Los Angeles, Burbank, Southern California, So Cal, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

New York, Brooklyn, Maine, Downeast, Boston, Southern Appalachian, Southern Drawl Plantation, California Surfer Stoner, Fargo, British R.P., British Oxford, Cockney, Scottish, Irish, Australian, French, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Dracula, gypsy, German, Austrian,Spanish, Mexican, East Indian, Pakistani, Greek, Mediterranean

My Voice Experience

I have been a voice over artist since 1987 and have done work for biggies like Apple Computer, Princess Cruises, Greyhound, AT&T, U.S. Forest service, Chicago Trubune, Sun Sentinal and also for small companies Like George Webb Restaurants, Yudavision, Radar Golf and tons of industrials. No job is too big or too small... OK, maybe that one is too small... But not THAT one...

My Training

I've owned and operated Aliso Creek Productions since 1987. We write, cast, produce and direct radio commercials and industrial audio and also do specialized music production.

Before that I was a Director of Marketing for Beckman which is a large Electronics and Medical Instrumentation Company so I was the honcho of a client company and worked with ad agencies and production companies in that capacity. Thus I have worked as a talent on one side of the glass and as a director and a client on the other. This gives me an excellent perspective on interpreting the copy in both an artistic and commercial way.

I've also taught voice-overs at the Aliso Creek Voice Over Workshop since 1994 and many of my students are registered with voice123.

I also worked as a Rock and Roll singer early on... And somewhere in there I got a degree in Philosophy from UCLA.

My Studio Equipment

MICS:
AKG 414
Neumann TLM 103
Sennheiser MKH 416

PREAMPS:
Manley
DBX tube preamp

INTERFACE:
Digidesign Mbox 2,
MOTU Traveler

SOFTWARE:
Digital Performer
Pro Tools LE 7.4

PHONE PATCH:
JK Audio Broadcast Host

FTP SITE

Additional Skills

I run my own studio so my recordings are top quality and I thoroughly understand all things computer such as uploading, file conversion, sample formats, sample rates, AIFF, WAV, MP3, bit rates, etc. And I understand audio such as phone patch, ambient sound, signal to noise ratio, headroom, compression, limiting, normalizing, mic technique, proximity effect, CDs etc. So you get excellent recordings and the files like you want them when you want them.

I worked in the electronics and chemical and medical instrumentation industries so I'm not afraid of big words like Deoxyribonucleic acid or MicroFarad but I might have a bit of trouble with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis... well, maybe not.

I'm easy to work with, creative, fun, serious, professional and reliable. And I go the distance to make sure you and your clients get what you want and what you need.

And, yes, my mother really did name me William Williams.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

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