I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor, Studio Engineer, Voiceover Coach
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
I've been one of the top male voice-over talents in the Midwest since 1989. I started my studio “Voices On” in 2001, and have since voiced hundreds of projects from web-based Flash animation to regional TV spots to college-level textbook narrations to Corporate Video narrations. I've voiced quite a few Telly (and other) award-winning spots in my career, and have had dozens of Fortune 500 clients. I've also been a much-in-demand voice-over coach and demo producer.
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
Al Anon Family Groups - national TV PSA
Q-Ray sunglasses - national TV
Easy-Forex.com - national cable TV VO
Time-Warner Cable Business Class - national TV VO
Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery - regional TV and radio
Harley-Davidson - regional radio
Abbott Labs, Wrigley/Mars, Country Insurance, Enesco, Molex, etc - Industrial Narrations
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Trustworthy, warm yet authoritative, energetic, smooth, real (yes, I really can act!), cool, whimsical, ironic, friendly, conversational, mid-ranged, 30-50 age range. NOT a radio DJ!
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
none
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
Neumann TLM-103, Rode NTK w Amperex NOS tube, Shure SM-7B; Speck 5.0 solid-state preamp, ART MPA Gold w Mullard NOS and TungSol tubes; FMR RNC: Mogami cabling, Echo Mia sound card, custom-built PC using Sound Forge 9.0, isolation booth
Comments
I have no doubt that the talent on there says the 416 "cuts through" better than the NTG-3. I think that the NTG-3 will also "cut through" a mix quite well. There's a TINY little bit of difference between the natural eq curve of the 416 and the NTG...but I have no reason to believe that it doesn't make the NTG cut through better or worse. If you look at the technical specs of each...the pattern on the 416 is a touch tighter than that of the NTG. THAT makes it a smidge punchier, but, when all is said and done, I just don't think there's that much difference.
And honestly, if you're doing voice on a spot, it'll be the engineer who is putting the spot together that will make the voice "cut through" on the mix.
Hope that helps. There's a great shootout of the two mics on youtube actually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbzNgmrCBQs
This shows the way the two mics work as far as sonic quality and their rejection capabilities.
LOL! if only I had as much time as I used to. I've been promising folks to get a page on VU for months, but only today had the free time and wherewithal to actually do it.
Busy is a good thing, but does make life more complicated...
I trust the Voiceover Universe experience has been good for you!
Also, I hope you'll check out and join a new group that we just started called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. With your experience, you would be a tremendous resource! The link is: www.voiceoveruniverse.com/group/marketingforfunandprofit
Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!
Best to ya!
dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
thought i should stop by and introduce myself....Joi and invite you to my new group Newbie News,looks like you might have a lot to contribute,stop by,join,share yourself,put your 2 cents in.hope to talk to you soon.
joi
Let me to be one of the first to welcome you to the UNIVERSE! You’ve joined a terrific group of creative and generous people. You’re going to love it here!
And I’d also like to invite you to join my VoiceOver Universe Group,
Positive Thinkers UNITE! We can always use another creative, positive voice among us!
Best wishes for continued success!
Penny Abshire
VoiceActing.com
Thanks for the input. The agent I'm talking about is Lori Lins LTD in Milwaukee.
I may try and contact the engineer since I recorded on spot in Minneapolis and see if he has anything. We hit it off fairly well.
Thanks for the tip,
Craig
I saw it in print somewhere on this site. I don't remember now though. I talked with my agent and they said they did not want me contacting the creative or the agency directly, so I guess I will have to wait.
Nice demo and very unique website. Well done! Keep in touch.
Craig
Very good to run into you here. Hope all is well :)
Best wishes,
Stephanie from Voices.com