Jim Laird | Voice over actor | Voice123

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About Jim

Member sinceFeb 17, 2015

LocationOrlando, FL, USA (GMT -4)

I'm a full-time voice actor with a lifetime of global business and professional experience prior to voice over. My background includes BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering, years of R&D leadership, corporate executive management, small business ownership, global non-profit leadership covering nearly every continent, and most recently voice acting. In the past three years I've recorded, master edited and delivered about 300 voice overs to clients in 28 countries. I seek to be believable and authentic in my voice over by finding an audience from my life experience that I have deep feelings for - family, friends, coworkers, etc. This enables me to express the message with real emotion that reaches the heart of the listener. As a committed Christian, I feel that my work for faith-based organizations is most significant as I regard the reading of Scripture and the overall recording of voice overs for Christian organizations as a personal passion. As an electrical engineer, I'm meticulous in my recording, editing and audio mastering. As a corporate executive, small business owner, and leader in non-profit international partnership development, my work has taken me from engineering labs to board rooms to war-torn impoverished diseased and disaster ravaged countries around the world. I draw from a deep well of personal experience when recording a broad array of scripts.

Skills and services offered

- Language
  English - USA and Canada
- Voice gender & age
  Male adult
- Additional services offered
  Audio editing and clean up
  Music production
- Recording and delivery options
  Digital delivery
  Source Connect
  On-site recording
  Location
  Orlando, FL, USA
- Experience, training, and equipment
  My experience covers an array of for-pay and pro-bono work from narration for documentaries, commercials, intros/outros, explainers, promotions and storytelling. I've done kickstarter.com projects that have raised over $500,000, narrations for videos to honor the heroic and sacrificial service of medics in battle that have reached many thousands, Christian presentations on Youtube viewed around the world, public service announcements, Christian radio broadcasting for storytelling, corporate promos, real estate ads for properties valued at over $25,000,000, and many commercials for radio/TV broadcast and web distribution. Many samples of my work are available on my web site: https://jimlairdvo.com I trained with David Brower, voice over coach and award winning voice actor. I've taken many on line courses from Bill DeWess, highly regarded trainer and prolific voice actor. I've studied with Rodney Saulsberry, also a highly regarded trainer and award winning voice actor. I've also studied with Gravy for the Brain and trainers Hugh Edwards (award-winning voice director and casting director) and Peter Dickson (most highly regarded UK voice actor). Microphone - Sennheiser MKH 416, OktavaMod Rode NT1a (U-87 clone), and a RK-47 Mod Rode NT1 Preamp - Universal Audio TwinFinity 710, and Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 A/D Conversion 4X4 Recording Booth Acoustic treatment - Auralex foam and mineral wool bass traps DAW - Reaper