Devils, Angels & Dating - Teaser Trailer

Over a year ago, I made contact with the director of an online collaborative animated film, and was cast as the voice of the two male characters. Later I was asked to record a Wonder Years-esque narration that would be woven throughout the film. The project has been progressing nicely, and a teaser trailer was just released that shows off some of the stellar work that's been done by the team, all of whom are volunteers. Take a minute (literally) and check it out!

I am voice actor. Hear me flail!

I was asked to provide vocal noises for the guy in the large plastic ball in this DriveTime spot that we produced at work about a month ago. Most of the stuff in the early part of the spot had to be mixed really low under the main voiceover, but you can hear me loud and clear (well, muffled and clear) when the guy goes rolling toward the camera. No pay for this gig, but it was fun all the same.

RIP Don LaFontaine

The man known by many in the voiceover industry as "the voice of God" has returned to the one who lent the voice. Don LaFontaine died on September 1st at the age of 68, following a rocky battle with a collapsed lung and subsequent complications. I never had the privilege of meeting Don, but those who have speak of him as the most humble of men and a willing mentor, despite his place at the pinnacle of the voiceover industry.

Rest in peace, Don.

Voices for "Boom Blox" commercial

I'm occasionally called upon to provide scratch voices for spots produced at Reel FX, and did a quick session at the end of March for a commercial we produced for EA's Boom Blox. In addition to the announcer, there were five small character parts, and we decided to record that stuff first. I love doing character voices, and even though it was only supposed to be a scratch track, I approached it like a paying session and tried to make the characters distinctive and fun.

It took maybe 15-20 minutes to get through all five, and when the time came to switch to the announcer lines, the producer suggested that it might be best to get someone else in for that part in order to provide a bit more separation from the characters. I was cool with that, and left the booth with the usual "You never know...the client might decide to use you after all" ringing in my ears like so many scratch sessions before.

I didn't think much more about it until a couple weeks ago when the producer on the project came to my desk and said, "The client wants to use your voices, so it looks like we've got some money for you. How does [insert attention-getting amount of money here] sound?" Now, I didn't have any way of knowing if it was a fair offer or not, but my gut told me that it was more than reasonable for a 20-minute session that produced 10 words and a handful of animal noises and yells. After returning my jaw and eyes to their normal states, I agreed to the offer.

I confirmed earlier today that the spot has begun airing, so it is with great pleasure that I present my national television voiceover debut. This is a HUGE step in my efforts to pursue voiceover work, and I'm looking forward to assembling a character demo one of these days.