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Tim Blane
Conversational, Guy next door, Friendly, Trustworthy, Intelligent, Authority
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Tim Blane
Conversational, Guy next door, Friendly, Trustworthy, Intelligent, Authority
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Last online1 hour ago
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About Tim
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Member sinceFeb 8, 2014
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LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA (GMT -7)
With more than 15 years of performing experience, TIM BLANE has been a trusted voice for companies big and small. Tim’s compelling vocal style has been called Friendly, Accessible, Trusting, Conversational, Intelligent and Fresh. As the on-camera and voiceover talent for APPLE in their GarageBand “Learn to Play” series, Tim has been seen and heard in millions of computers worldwide. In fact, if you’ve bought an Apple computer anytime since 2009, you already have Tim’s voice pre-loaded, as part of the included GarageBand guitar and piano lessons. Tim's voice is also heard daily by the 9 million subscribers of the popular YouTube channel, Facts Verse. Other recent work includes voiceover for MICRON, DELTA DENTAL, HANDY, and he's the voice of the NAT GEO WILD series, “Animal Autofill.”
He has done voiceover work ranging from worldwide brands like APPLE, HONDA, and MICRON, to regional work like SEATTLE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, to Internet/App based companies like HANDY, GRIP CLIP, HONCKER, and more. He’s also done voice work for the syndicated country music promo segment, NASHVILLE MUSIC MINUTE.
Intelligent, Friendly, Conversational, and Fun. Whether it’s confidently leading a guitar lesson for Apple, calmly narrating instructional videos for Grip-Clip, or having a blast talking about the latest country music tours and gossip for Nashville Music Minute, Tim Blane can provide your project with a voice that will always engage your listeners and potential clients. And with a professional studio setup, Tim can give you the sound quality, editing, and professionalism your project needs!
Based out of Los Angeles, Tim can be reached directly at timblane@gmail.com. You can also find more info on him at timblane.com/voiceover.
VOICE STYLE/TYPE
Tim’s voiceover style has been described as conversational, accessible, friendly, trusting, intelligent, corporate, guy next door, professional, animated, authoritative, believable, informative, and confident. He is perfect for a range of ages from Millennial, to Generation X, to Middle Age. His voice has been compared to: Paul Rudd, John Krasinski, Bradley Cooper, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, and Jason Sudeikis.
PERFORMANCE CAPABILITES
Tim’s honest and down to earth delivery gives his voice a strength, accessibility and believability that clients value. Other descriptors are Charming, Witty, Funny, Guy Next Door, Intelligent, Friendly, Fun, and Relatable. He is as comfortable making corporate copy sound fun and accessible as he is talking about a new phone app for gamers. His voice can be perfect for: commercials, white-board animation, corporate narration, video, e-learning, explainer video, training video, internet video, TV project, educational script, IVR prompts, on-hold message, tutorial, direct response ad (DR), talking toy, GPS, medical, technical, legal, mobile app (android or iOS), radio imaging, or high powered promos.
BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY
Tim is professional, prompt with correspondence, and treats his clients with respect. He is able to provide quick turnarounds, and is accommodating to clients who need any adjustments in read style.
STUDIO AND AUDIO
Tim’s home studio is a professional caliber voiceover setup. His vocal booth is treated with sound deadening treatment from GK Acoustics, giving the room a flat and quiet sound profile. He utilizes 2 top of the line microphones (Neumann U87 and Sennheiser MK 416) and records through an Apogee converter into an Apple MacPro system. His studio is set up for both phone and Skype call in, which allows clients to give direction during the VO session if needed. He is fully skilled in VO mixing, mastering and editing.
All this combines for a studio ready for pristine audio for Commercial Projects, Documentaries, Corporate Narrations, E-Learning, Video Games, Audio Books, Radio Imaging, Telephony, etc.
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English - USA and Canada
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Voice gender & age
Male adult
Male young adult
Recording and delivery options
Digital delivery
Phone patch
Source Connect
On-site recording
Remote live direction
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Additional vocal abilities
Accents: American Standard English, American Southern English,
Voice that sounds like: Paul Rudd, John Krasinski, Bradley Cooper, Matt Damon, John Hamm, Jason Sudeikis, Zac Efron
Experience, training, and equipment
Tim has been a professional performer for more than 15 years. He has toured as a professional singer/songwriter, acted in commercials and TV shows, written short films and pilots, composed music for film/TV/internet, performed at the White House, and provided voiceover for assorted clients like
-Apple
-Honda
-Micron
-NAT GEO
-Delta Dental
-Capital Brands (Nutribullet)
-The Simple Man
-Elevate
-Handy
-Nashville Music Minute
-Seattle Children's Hospital
-Trove app
-Honcker
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Animation Voiceover Class with Bob Bergen
Voiceover coaching with Dave Walsh of Walsh Voiceover (http://davewalshvo.com/)
Foundations class at Kalmenson & Kalmenson
Extensive Improv training (UCB, Groundings, Stephen Tobolowski, Improv Bootcamp)
Acting class with Lesly Kahn, Sandy Marshall, John Rosenfeld
Experienced On-Camera commercial actor
Commercial classes with Killian McHugh and Craig Colvin
B.A. from Amherst College (double major in music and psychology)
Also attended Berklee College of Music for 2.5 years after Amherst, learning recording and performing techniques.
2020 iMac
Apogee Duet 2 analog/digital converter
Neumann U87 microphone
Sennheiser MKH 416 microphone
Recording with Logic with Waves and other plugins
Call-in and Skype-in capable
Tim is also a professional composer and songwriter. From 2006-2011 he toured as a singer/songwriter throughout the U.S., and has won various songwriting awards and accolades. He has also more recently composed music for several feature films, short films, and online content. He has a fully professional music recording setup in his studio as well. So if a client needs music in addition to their VO needs, they can utilize Tim’s composing and recording talents as well. Samples of this work can be found here:
https://www.timblane.com/scoring
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Jonny
1 year ago
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Easy, super fast and did a short revision almost instantly. Thank you.