Leland O'connell

when living in the south you better learn how to ya'll i did CHARACTERIZATIONS; GOOD OL BOY-OLD GOOD OL BOY-MIDDLE AGE, BOTH SLOW AND DRAULLY OL MINNER THE BERRY WHITE TYPE SEXY SUDUCTOR BED TIME STORY DAD THE TOWN DRUNK THE MAD DAD THE SLOW AND SPECIFIC BY USING PRO TOOLS 8 I'M ALSO ABLE TO ADD VARIATIONS IN OCTIVES AND EFFECTS TO MATCH YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

1980-1985 WEBO/3WTFM 102 OWEGO N.Y.; COPYWROTE ALL SPEC AND FINISHED COMMERCIALS FOR 80 PLUS CLIENTS, PRE AND POST PRODUCTION AND WAS ON-AIR COMMERCIAL VOICE FOR THOSE CLIENTS.SPOT TYPES INCLUDED JINGLES, SPECIAL EVENT COMMUNITY PROMOS, STATION PROMOS, CLIENTS INCLUDED FOOD AND BEVERAGE,AUTOMOTIVE,HARDWARE,LANDSCAPING,JEWERLY AND CLOTHING,APPLIANCES AND MUCH MORE. NOT ONLY DID I WRITE AND PRODUCE THE AIR SPOTS, I WAS ALSO THE ACCT EXECUTIVE FOR EACH CLIENT. I LEARNED EARLY AND SUCCESSFULLY THAT YOU CAN WRITE IT AND SELL IT,BUT THE VOICE AND DELIVERY IS WHAT MAKES THE PUBLIC BUY IT. 1987-1991 WMGC-TV ABC NETWORK BINGHAMTON, N.Y.: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WITH DUTIES AS ABOVE FOR MID MARKET TV STATION, WROTE TV COMMERCIALS FOR CLIENT LIST OF OVER 150 AND MANY TIMES WAS ON-CAMERA TALENT FOR THOSE COMMERCIALS. 1974-1977 MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOC DEGREE ADVERTISING,DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, COPYWRITING AND MARKETING. WAS STUDENT DJ AT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE RADIO STATION MUSCIAN AND VOCALIST FOR 32 YEARS, RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP ON STAGE LIVE AUDIO INCLUDING MICING INSTRUMENTS AND DRUMS AND INSURING VOCAL QUALITY. CREATIVE, CREATIVE, CREATIVE--I KNOW SOUND. 1977-1980 GRAPEVINE PRESS ITHACA,N.Y'S LEADING COMMUNITY INFO NEWS PAPER. ACCT EXECUTIVE, WROTE ALL THE COPY, DID ALL GRAPHIC PRINT DESIGN FOR ALL MY CLIENT BASE. LEARNED HOW TO VOICE OVER WIVES TIMES 2 YELLING AND SCREAMING. I WOULD SAY THAT'S SIX YEARS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING. MXR V63M STUDIO MIC -W- GOLD NANDY METAL POP FILTER 2X2 PRO TOOLS LE8-W-MBOX 2 MINI TOSHIBA SATELLITE p305d-laptop- VERY PROFESSIONAL IN MY WORK ETHIC, DEPENDABLE,TYPE A PERSONALITY, FANATIC ABOUT PERFECTION AS IN, GET IT RIGHT, GET IT RIGHT, GET IT RIGHT!!! COMPROMISE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION IN CONTENT AND STYLE. CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT-AFTER ALL THEIR THE ONES PAYING THE BILL AND THE PAYCHECKS.ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE: MOVED FROM N.Y. TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C.IN 2002. WORKED AS SINGLE ACT MUSCIAN AT NIGHT AND BY DAY WAS AN ENDOSCOPY TECH WERE I MET MY WIFE,PAM (SHE WAS MY "BOSS" IN EDOSCOPY AS AN RN).I DISCOVERED ,WHILE WORKING AS ENDOSCOPY TECH THAT MY SOOTHING VOICE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN CALMING THE FEARS OF PATIENTS BEFORE A VERY SCARY PROCEDURE--THE BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS SAID IT ALL. NOW HAVE MOVED TO LEXINGTON SC TO PERSUE MY DREAM OF LAKE LIVING,FISHING AND HAVING A DAMM GOOD TIME FINALLY.