I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
Martin worked on four series of the British Channel 4 Show “Board Stupid” as a Guest Presenter and the Resident Technical Expert. Alongside with Nic Fellows (the voice of Eurosport), Martin also commentated for two full seasons on the ISF Snowboard Tour for Channel 4 Television, often appearing in front of the camera. He has taught celebrities to snowboard on the Disney Channel UK, BBC Holiday Programme and the Weather Channel (USA), the latter to an audience of 14 million. An interview in 2007, while breaking a Guinness Skateboard World Record was shown on China’s Record Breakers Show, aired to an estimated 240 million viewers!
Presenter/Instructor on Exploding Snowboarding, UK’s top-selling Instructional Video also shown on all Winter ‘package-holiday’ flights to Europe for two seasons. When based in the UK, Martin was "The Voice (and face) of British Snowboarding".
Guest Lecturer, University of Utah 2009.
TRAINING
Experienced voice talent in various media, trained by Nic Fellows. Martin's voice has been heard on several National & International TV & Radio stations, Documentaries, DVD’s, Lectures, Safety Briefings and Corporate Training material.
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
Recent clients include:
-Hitachi
-Xcelus
-UKS&V
-Life Technologies
-IBM
-Oxfam
-VAW (Pakistan)
-Thr've Media
-StickyStreet (Washington)
-Park City Mountain Resort
-Destination Sports.
Over 15 years in the Industry.
LANGUAGES
Martin speaks conversational French which returns to being fluent with continued use, this allows him to provide excellent pronunciation of French place names etc.
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Martin Drayton is the Voice of Principle.
A natural communicator with excellent organisational skills. A hard-working individual with a great work-ethic, who remains professional and efficient under pressure.
A warm, rich and distinctive British voice over. Calm and clear, ideal for TV, radio, corporate/industrial productions and more. His style is believable and varies from formal to cool, young and sexy as required! Martin is very aware of the necessary copy delivery and can read scripts that require sensitivity and gravitas.
Martin can be hip and upbeat when the script demands and loves the challenge of bringing life to your words.
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
Martin can perform a West Indian, as well most Regional British Accents. He can cover any age range from Young Male up to Senior, sophisticated Upper Class to Cockney.
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Senior Male, Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male, Teenage Boy
Union Affiliation
Non-affiliated
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
Martin uses the VO 1-A Harlan Hogan Microphone and voices from a Pro-Tools equipped home studio using an Apple G5 computer, Mac Book laptop and Pro-Tools software. Skullcandy Headphones are his headphones of choice.
He is based near Salt Lake City in the US, so within easy reach of the major facilities there
Comments
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