BIOGRAPHY
To date I have provided voice-over services to clients in over 29 countries - and I hope to serve you as well, wherever you are. I’m especially interested in serving organizations, both for-profit and faith based non-profit that have an important message to tell through narration, commercials, storytelling, promotions, explainers, and training via TV, radio, and the Internet.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Commercial Demo Reel
Narration Demo Reel
Corporate Demo Reel
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Email: jim@jimlairdvo.com Business number: +1 407-435-4494 Mobile number: same Website: http://www.jimlairdvo.com |
Gender: Male Location: Orlando, FLorida, USA Description of voice: Friendly Conversational Believable Professional Confident Informative Authoritative Animated Upbeat Corporate Sounding Age(s): 41 - 50, 51 - 60, 61 - 70 Languages: English (USA) Accents: American English Expertise: Commercial, Documentary, Narration |
CREDITS
| Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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| 2017 | It’s Not Dead – Video for those suffering from anxiety disorder for the ADAA | Ariel Costa (BlinkMyBrain) | Solo voice of the animation as spokesperson to someone suffering from anxiety disorder. | Ariel Costa (BlinkMyBrain), Numecaniq | https://vimeo.com/230831851 |
| Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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| 2017 | Doc: Honoring the Service and Sacrifice of Military Medics and Corpsmen | Dan Handley, Ph.D. | Narrator | Good Conduct Productions | Click here to view |
| 2017 | Automatic Coax and Cable | Audrey Walker | Narrator | Audrey Walker - Freelance Videographer | Click here to view |
| 2017 | The World Partner Story | Hans Vernhout | Narrator | Cinetic & Saila Sailing | Click here to view |
| Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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| 2016 | Gospel Truth, by Jim Laird | Barry Evans | Narrator | UK Church Community Radi0 | I read a series of messages called "Gospel Truth." I did eight readings, around 3 minutes each. |
| 2016 | Affordable Electrical Services | Chris Santucci | Storyteller | Santucci-Cinematographer | A series of seven 30 second spots done along the line of bad things happening when you try to do things on the cheap versus using Affordable Electrical Services. |
SKILLS
| My Home Studio | I work from my home studio with a professionally level recording environment. As a masters degreed electrical engineer the technical side of voice-over is natural and fun for me. My studio includes: Microphones: Sennheiser MKH416, and Michael Joly OktavaMod Rode NT1a (Neumann U87 clone) Preamp: Universal Audio 710 and Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 - outstanding low noise, warmth and professional sound quality. Recording booth: Treated with two inch Auralex acoustic foam and four inch mineral wool bass traps – noise levels below -70 dB. Audio Editing - PC with Reaper version 5 High speed (100 Mega Bit) Internet connection for delivering finished voice-over files and for client connection during recording sessions via Skype or Source-Connect Now. The quality of voice-over recordings produced in my studio meet or exceed all professional standards. |
| Leadership for profit and nonprofit organizations | For over 30 years I worked in senior management in high tech R&D, as head of my own business, and as a global partner developer in poor and developing countries on nearly every continent. My life experience has enabled me to find the needed passion and emotion for interpreting my voice over scripts with authority and compassion. |
Home Voice-Over Studio
| Software: | Reaper |
| Video Sync Available: | Yes |
| Remote connectivity: | Source Connect |
| Microphones: | Sennheiser MKH 416‑P48, Michael Joly OktavaMod Rode NT1a (Neumann U87 clone) |
| Studio demo sample |
TRAINING
| Advanced Voiceover to Professional Standard | This course contains 24 modules and covers a broad range of topics relevant to advanced levels of voice-over actor performance: warm up, character creation, inflection, emotion, delivery speed, humanization, self direction, post production, working with clients and directors, and physical and vocal health, etc. |
| Create Amazing Demo Reels | This course contains 17 modules and provides guidance that enables the voice-over actor to create demo reels that will impress potential clients by covering the following topics: the many different types of show reels, specific requirements, the script, mixing, and targeting your showreels, etc. |
| Home Recording Studio | This is an A-Z, 25 module course on how to create a home studio and how to record and create professionally mastered audio files that can be delivered as finished work to a customer. It covers: the basics of sound and signal flow, microphones, cabling, audio interfaces, and computers, recording and editing software, audio effects processing, file conventions, booth design, and real time direction while recording via high speed interconnect. |
| Improve Your Casting Chances | This is a 17 module course that helps the voice-over actor produce auditions that are more likely to lead to jobs. It covers the following subjects: the basics of bespoke clip-based casting, general points of voice reels, interpreting the script and creating alternate versions, recording and editing, slating, mixing and sending your voice reel, and following the casting rules, etc. |