VoiceOver Business Description

OK, TO BEGIN WITH, MY VOICE IS NOT DEEP - IT'S A VERY "AVERAGE" - "GUY NEXT DOOR/MAN ON THE STREET" KIND OF VOICE - INVITING AND FRIENDLY - CONVERSATIONAL - NO STYLIZED DELIVERY, NO PUT-ONS - NO "RADIO" - NO "ANNOUNCER" TYPE - NO B.S. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT RICH, DEEP "VOICE OF GOD" - SORRY, I'M NOT YOUR GUY. . .

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW YORK CAB DRIVER, A BRITISH FOP, OR A 'SOUTHERN FRIED GENTLEMAN' - YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

IN ADDITION TO MANY CHARACTERS AND ACCENTS, I ALSO HAVE A WARM, SENSITIVE SIDE. OFFERING HONEST, CONVERSATIONAL, AND HEARTFELT TESTAMENT FOR YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE  - WITHOUT SOUNDING "SHMALTZY".

OF COURSE, SOMETIMES YOU NEED AN "ANNOUNCER"  SOMEONE WHO HAS A TRAINED RADIO VOICE - WELL, HAVING SPENT MORE THAN 18 YEARS IN MEDIUM TO LARGE MARKET RADIO - THAT COMES EASY!  YOU WANT TO OPEN A TV SHOW?  MAYBE A "BIG INTRO" FOR A VIP AT A GALA? NO PROBLEM -

MAKING AD DIALOG SOUND 'REAL' AND 'CONVERSATIONAL' IS OFTEN, WELL, LET'S SAY "CHALLENGING" (DARN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, SOMETIMES!) - BUT IT'S ONE THING THAT I AM PARTICULARLY GOOD AT DOING.

MY SPECIALTY IS TO DRAW THE LISTENER INTO THE AD OR PRESENTATION - MAKING THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND THE 'TRUTH' OF WHICH I AM SPEAKING.  SPEAKING FROM THE HEART - AND SPEAKING 'TO' THE LISTENER - NOT 'AT' THEM.

 SO WHETHER YOU NEED A GREAT CHARACTER, ACCENT, OR CARTOON VOICE - OR REALISTIC DIALOG - NARRATION, A BELIEVABLE "ANNOUNCER" (OR SPOKESMAN) - A WARM TESTIMONIAL, OR JUST SOMEONE WHO CAN READ THE PHONE BOOK AND MAKE IT SOUND FUN AND EXCITING - I'M YOU'RE GUY!

VoiceOver Services/Products 

A LONG LONG TIME AGO - IN A PLACE FAR, FAR AWAY - GRAY BEGAN HIS CAREER IN RADIO - TAKING THE MID-DAY SHIFT IN A SMALL HAWAIIAN RADIO STATION, JUST AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.  THERE, AFTER THE STATION CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT - AND PROBABLY "HOPPED UP" ON LOCO WEED, GRAY BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH RADIO PRODUCTION, TAPE RECORDING, PLAYING RECORDS BACKWARDS AND ADDING STRANGE EFFECTS TO HIS 18 YEAR OLD (AND SOUNDING EVERY BIT OF IT) VOICE.

ANYWAY, AFTER A YEAR OR SO IN "SUPER SMALL MARKET RADIO" - GRAY TOOK THE PLUNGE AND SOUGHT HIS FORTUNE IN LOS ANGELES - AND WHILE HE PROBABLY HAD MORE CONFIDENCE THAN INTELLIGENCE, HE LANDED A COUPLE OF PART TIME JOBS AT SOME PRETTY BIG RADIO STATIONS, KMET - ONE OF LA'S FIRST UNDERGROUND FM STATIONS, AND LATER AT KPPC - PROBABLY THE FIRST UNDERGROUND STATION IN LA - WELL, PASADENA, TO BE EXACT.  HE ALSO LANDED A JOB WITH A RECORDING STUDIO THAT WAS PRODUCING SOME RADIO DRAMA - AND SOMEHOW, WITH ALL THAT, HE LEARNED THE FINER POINTS OF RADIO PRODUCTION, COPY WRITING, VOICE DIRECTION, AND MULTI-TRACK RECORDING AND EDITING.

FROM THERE - IT WAS BACK TO HAWAII TO RUN THE AUDIO FOR VIDEO STUDIO FOR A MAJOR HONOLULU PRODUCTION COMPANY - AND IN THE SPACE OF A FEW YEARS, HE BECAME ONE OF HAWAII'S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER VOICE TALENTS, DIRECTORS, AND PRODUCTION DUDES.

NOW - YEARS LATER - HE STANDS READY TO WRITE, PRODUCE, VOICE, DIRECT, ADD MUSIC, EFFECTS - - WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU, HIS CLIENT!

AND VOICES??  AS JIMMY DURANTE USED TO SAY "I GOTTA MILLION OF'EM!"

NATIVE SOUNDING ACCENTS
USA -
    NEW YORK, JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW ENGLAND - SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN AND SOUTHERN 'CRACKER' REDNECK, CALIFORNIA "VALLEY" - TEXAS - OUT WEST PROSPECTOR TYPE.

MEXICAN (I SPEAK SPANISH) - "TEXICAN" - ARGENTINIAN.

AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH (3 OR 4 DIFFERENT ONES),  COCKNEY.

CARTOON SOUNDING ACCENTS (NOT NATIVE, BUT A BIT 'OVER THE TOP' - GOOD FOR FUN STUFF).

RUSSIAN (LIKE BORIS BADINOV).

MEXICAN - SPEEDY GONZALEZ.

GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, EAST INDIAN, IRISH, SCOTCH, CANADIAN *(GREAT WHITE NORTH) - JAPANESE, CHINESE, WESTERN COWBOY, ED WINN (REMEMBER THE "MAD HATTER" IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND?) - MILITARY (GEORGE C SCOTT) - AND MANY MORE...

Reading Age 

 30-60

Clients

HAVING SPENT ABOUT 20 YEARS WORKING IN RADIO, AUDIO PRODUCTION, AND ADVERTISING, IN THE UNITED STATES, HE DID VOICE WORK FOR SUCH CLIENTS AS:

 BANK OF HAWAII, FORD MOTORS, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, UNITED  AIRLINES, BANK OF AMERICA, STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA, TEXACO, SEARS, CHRYSLER, COKE, AND MANY OTHERS.
AND AGENCIES LIKE:

LEO BURNET, JWT, Y&R, OGILVY, McCANN, BBDO, CHIAT DAY, DDB NEEDHAM, AND A NUMBER OF SMALLER AGENCIES.

SINCE LEAVING HAWAII FOR ASIA, AND POINTS EAST, HIS PRODUCTION AND VOICE SKILLS CONTINUED TO BE IN DEMAND - HIS AGENCY CLIENT LIST INCLUDES:

DENTSU Y&R, HWA WEI GREY, McCANN ERICKSON, OGILVY AND MATHER, DDB, JWT, SAATCHI AND SAATCHI, AND OTHERS.

HIS CLIENT LIST IS ENORMOUS, BUT TO NAME A FEW OF THE LARGER COMPANIES - HE'S DONE DONE TRADE SHOW AND SALES VIDEOS, PRODUCT ROLL-OUTS, RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS, AND EVEN LAPTOP MAINTENANCE VOICE-OVERS FOR SUCH CLIENTS AS ACER, ASUS, HEWLET PACKARD, TOSHIBA, SIEMANS SHIPPING, NOKIA, FRIDAYS RESTAURANTS, HARD ROCK CAFE, COSTCO, MOTOROLA, INTEL, PCI PAINTS, DUTCH BOY PAINTS, CHEVROLET, FORD, NISSAN, TOYOTA, CADILLAC, MITSUBISHI, CHRYSLER, MERCEDES, SYM, KYMCO, AND YAMAHA MOTORS.  HSBC BANK, UNITED AIRLINES, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, CHINA TRUST BANK, I'VE DONE NARRATION FOR PARADISE TELEVISION IN HAWAII, JASON'S MARKETPLACE, WELCOME SUPERMARKETS (ASIA'S LARGEST), SUBWAY, WATSONS DRUGS, AND EVEN THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN (PLAYED IN THE USA - THEIR BID TO JOIN THE U.N.)

Union Memberships
AS A SIDE NOTE, FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS, HE TAUGHT, COACHED, AND DIRECTED VOICE WORK FOR THE SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD (I WAS ONCE A MEMBER) AS WELL AS PRIVATE VOICE ACTING CLASSES WHILE LIVING IN THE STATES. HE'S NO LONGER A MEMBER OF ANY UNION...

Tel/Fax/Website

If you need to contact me, for any reason, remember the time zones - as I am across the dateline - into "tomorrow". If I'm online, you can skype me at 'titogray' or use my California Skype-in number - 714 - 881-4470

Of course, I'm willing to stay up until whenever necessary to match your studio/recording time - no problem - just need to know when

Address/Location

I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PHILIPPINES - WITH MY OWN STUDIO - PHONE PATCH, AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR A GREAT COMMERCIAL, PROMO, NARRATION, CARTOON, OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE!

Types of Payment Accepted

NO I DON'T USE PRO-TOOLS!

MY PREFERRED AUDIO SOFTWARE IS SONY VEGAS AND SOUND FORGE - ALTHOUGH I CAN DIG UP N-TRACK AND ADOBE AUDITION IN CASE I NEED IT.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, I ALSO HAVE MY "STUDIO ON THE GO".  A FABULOUS ASUS LAPTOP WITH AN OUTBOARD SOUND CARD, AND A BEHRINGER BOARD.  I CAN PUT EVERYTHING INTO A SMALL SUITCASE, AND BE READY TO RECORD, 24 BIT, 48 KHZ ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AT THE DROP OF A HAT!

HAVE STUDIO - WILL TRAVEL. . .

I USE SHURE, AUDIO TECHNICA, SONY AND ROLAND MICROPHONES, AND I CAN DELIVER TOP-NOTCH BROADCAST AUDIO TO YOUR COMPUTER IN A FLASH, USING PANDO, SOURCE-CONNECT (WILL BE INSTALLED SHORTLY) , OR FTP.  IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN IN, I'LL SKYPE YOU (AT MY EXPENSE) AND YOU CAN LISTEN IN WHILE I RECORD YOUR PROJECT - SO YOU'RE SURE TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.