Duane Lawrence

I've been working as commercial voice-over talent for over 15 years and have been the voice of numerous projects including: INDUSTRIAL (non-broadcast): Pacific Bell/SBC (now AT&T), Hewlett Packard, Tony Robbins, Digilens Inc, Retinal Displays, Computer Curriculum Corp, CourseNet, Atari Games COMMERCIAL (broadcast and non- broadcast): TV/PBS Documentary KQED-TV Narrator/Regina’s Story Eidos (video game): 25 to Life, Safeway Stores (Radio Campaign), Bank of America (Radio Campaign), California Lottery (Radio Campaign), Bay Cable Advertising (TV and radio for various clients), Charles Schwab (Radio Campaign), Sony Playstation, Merck Manual, The Learning Company (now Riverdeep/Houghton-Mifflin) on the following projects: Weight Watchers Light and Tasty Deluxe Cookbook, Oregon Trail 5th Edition, Reader Rabbit’s Preschool, Reading Development 4, Interactive Reading Journey 2, Ultimate Writing and Creativity, Clue Finder’s 5th Grade Adventures, Compton’s Encyclopedia Broadcast Arts; Announcing- College of San Mateo Broadcast Arts; TV and Radio Production - City College of San Francisco, College of San Mateo Acting for the Camera / Irene Griffin - Canada College Singing: Solo Voice / Carl Sitton - Canada College Singing: Solo Voice, choral / Daniel Odom - College of San Mateo Narration Workshop Susan McCollum Voice-over instruction and workshops / Hot Spots Productions - Steve Garland "No Illusions Seminar" SAG Foundation A Weekend with the Pros Diane Burket, et al On Camera Workshop Gregg Snazelle / Squire Fridell Broadcast Arts / Radio and TV Production - College of San Mateo Broadcasting / Radio Announcing - City College of San Francisco Adobe Audition, PC platform with 4 channel mixer interface and USB mic. I've worked in the corporate environment (SBC, Helwett Packard, Agilent Technologies, Vergy Inc.) for over 30 years and have a working knowledge of the corporate culture and how to deliver their message. I volunteer for the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind which entails recording a variety of scripts for the Ligthouse radio station and recording books and articles for visually impaired clients. I'm a professional vocalist with many performances under my belt. I believe my work as a singer gives me an extra added ability as a voice actor to interpret scripts, be sensitive to "timing" and the "melody" of the spoken word and to use the energy of the "moment" to deliver lines. I'm able to take and incorporate direction as well. I'm a portrait artist. I do detailed work in graphite on papaer. Each work takes many hours to complete which I believe translates well to the tasks of voice-over because they require an attention to detail and a commitment to follow through to see the job to the end.