Tim Powell

Voice Description

1st Choice for NON-BROADCAST INDUSTRIAL
Pleasant, Real, Trustworthy, Accurate, Clean Delivery, Smooth and Mellow. Friendly, Authoritative and Intelligent. VOICE ACTOR.
The guy next door, the guy you listen to for directions on a website, or the voice describing how "Mr. Beaver constructs his dam for the coming winter".
The man from nowhere, or anywhere you need. North, south, east, west, or even "across the pond".
Voice Age range from young adult to ripe middle age.

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 - USA and Canada

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
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for SAG-AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SAG-AFTRA (US)

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

My Home Base

, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Guy-Next-Door, Young, Strong, Warm, Real, Smart
Sensible, Reliable, Sincere, Logical, Honest, Direct, Comfortable, Clear, Tough.
Natural, Real, Trustworthy, Friendly, Powerful

English and American Dialects,
Straight Midwestern and soft"Announcer"voices.

English is my primary language. Born in Arkansas, reared in Alabama, and "handicapped" by a southern accent, while in college I learned the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and taught myself Midwestern American Standard English as a "2nd Language". The study of American Dialects became my focused avocation in my English Degree.
I speak a clean "accent-free" American English. It is my most comfortable voice. I can also provide a variety of New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi dialects, a quite accurate Scottish Brogue, and Clean informed British "London" English. I also do a quite convincing Northern English trash 'wif dem syllables missin' (reminiscent of Michale Cole); and good ole "heard-it-before" Cockney... Aussie, and more... Ask me, I'll give it a shot and if I can't hit it, I'll let you know.

My Voice Experience

Professional SAG Actor since 1983 / AFTRA Financial Core Since 1994 -
Hundreds of VOs for Commercial, Industrial Video and Live events.
Speaking Roles in 36 feature films, Dozens of TV appearances and hundreds of National and Regional Commercials both in front of and behind the camera.
Guest Host on HSN for Six Years. Moved briefly to QVC in 2006. Based in Central Florida.

I Produce and Direct Industrial and web Video for internet and viral distribution: Commercials. TV PROMOS. Narration. Documentaries. E-learning. and Corporate Training.

I do NOT do NON-UNION BROADCAST commercials for Radio or TV

My Training

BA Theatre / BA English / MFA Theatre, -
Commercial Acting Workshop Instructor,and Resident Instructor (2005-2007) in Voice Over and Teleprompter at the The Acting School, a division of Mullen Casting - Teaching:
Acting Commercially, Voice-Over Techniques, Hosting, and Basic Mac-based audio engineering and mixing for Home studio work.
3 years as a SAG Post-Production Loop-Group Leader at Disney's I.D.E.A.S. / MGM Studios.

Self actuated. Self Motivated.

My Studio Equipment

Whisper Room 2000 series.
Sennheiser E6
AT-4040
EV-RE20
AKG-C1000S
MXL-990
Blue-Snowball (USB for Travel/Demo mp3)
MACKIE 1202-VLZ Pro
Macbook Pro i7/8GB RAM 7200RPM 500GB Seagate

ProTools. Sound Studio, Adobe Sound Booth, Adobe Audition, Garage Band, Final Cut Pro, Sonicfire Pro.
Mac User since 1986. I Edit my own work, and the work of others.

Additional Skills

Owner and Operator of Bark at the Dog Productions, Inc.(est. 2000) an Orlando Based Producer of Interactive Media, website hosting, casting for Industrial and web usage. and Podcasts, Clients include: Darden Industries, Universal Studios, Disney, Sony, Raymond James, Toyota, Chrysler, Microsoft, a variety of regional automotive, educational, and Industrial clients.

Engineering supplied with VO services for Broadcast in any File format for Radio, Internet, Television and Corporate use.

PodCasts a specialty! Ask about rates to mix your corporate PodCast!

Macintosh Computer Expert since 1984...
— Lot's of fun to hang out with.

Hey, let's go backpacking!

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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Additional Information