James Barnard | Voice over actor

About James

Member sinceJun 14, 2010

Originally from London, I speak standard BBC English with an accurate and clear pronunciation, and have a good command of many English regional accents. I find it important to respond to the requirements of each project, whether that be intimate and conversational, formal and corporate, or high energy and dynamic. Through my 20 years of stage experience I can happily do character work as well as dramatic and comedic content. Coming from London I specialize in doing "Cockney Geezer" character voices too.

Skills and services offered

- Language
  English - British
  English - Indian
- Voice gender & age
  Male senior
  Male adult
  Male young adult
  Male teenager
- Creative services offered
  Script writing
  Audio editing and clean up
  Mixing and mastering
  Music production
  Special effects
- Recording and delivery options
  Digital delivery
- Additional vocal abilities
  Standard (English) English, American English, Cockney, Posh, Irish, Scottish, Northern English, intellectual, stupid, drunk, excited, melancholy, sleazy, heroic, confused, triumphant...
- Experience, training, and equipment
  I worked as a professional voice over artist for 2 years, 2010/11, when I booked a wide variety of jobs through voice123, including advertising, corporate training programs and audio books. I also had an agent where I was living at the time in Amsterdam, and had several jobs where I was required to go into a professional recording facility and work with a director for clients including Heineken and Vodafone. I have 20 years of professional experience in theatre, having worked as a freelancer on more than 30 projects and performed on stage well over 500 times, as well as training and experience in singing and choral work. My extensive musical training and experience - which includes both playing instruments and composition - has been the key influence on my voice work, in which my primary focus is always rhythm and dynamic range. Having also composed and recorded music for theatre, I have a good working technical understanding of recording and post production. Home studio includes - PC running Ableton Live, Reaper, Audacity Edirol FA 101 (10 in 10 out sound card) AKG C900 condenser vocal mic, Samson C01 Zoom 4HN Digital Recorder Novation Remote 25SL controller keyboard DBX 266XL Compressor Berhringer Ultragain Pro tube pre-amp Roland VM-3100 digital mixing desk Akai MPC 2000 & 3000SL (maxed-out) Waldorf Pulse monosynth Samson Servo 260 amp Yamaha NS-10M's studio monitors As a theatre maker and writer, I have also been able to help correct and improve copy when ever the client has been open to that kind of collaboration. My primary concern is always to try and understand the specific requirements of each project, and put myself completely in the service of those requirements with the goal of delivering work of the highest possible quality and exceeding the expectations of the client.

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