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Voice Imaging, Voice Over Specialist, Documentary Maker and Creative Specialist

A Man Of  MANY,  MANY voices! Offbeat, Character etc.

I am a man of MANY, MANY voices! I can do Offbeat, Dramatic, Serious, Humorous, Corporate, Very Loud, Very Quiet, Very Funny, Cartoonish, Theatrical (Darling), Sports Commentator (My Murray Walker is sooooperb!), Horror, Heavy Metal, Quiz Show Host  (Usually American and Over the Top!), Gibberish, Fast, Slow and In-Between!

Above: Me in what was a rather posh studio for those days in the mid- 70's- Really Groovy Sweater man!

I am a good Mimic, and have been influenced by the likes of Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, The Pythons, US Top 40 and Rock Radio, The Offshore/ Pirate Radio stations (On which I worked), British Comedy and UK and US Horror and Sci-Fi!... oh, and so much more.

I have led a varied life and met many different types of people, all of whom have had a small influence of my vast repertoire.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male
Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker: : English - British or European
Recording Categories I Offer :
• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Trainings, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)
Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)
• Non-Union Jobs
My Union Affiliations and Memberships: None

 My Recording and Delivery Capabilities
• I have Source Connect in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer
I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project
My Home Base London, United Kingdom.

Accents & Dialects
UK Posh, UK Cockney/London, West Country, Northern, a bit of Brummie, Dutch, US/American (Bronx, Cowboy/ Country & Western, Top 40 & Rock/ Soul DJ, spaced out American Hippy) Scottish, Irish, Swedish Chef stylie and Australian.... and more I can't think of at the time of writing this!

Voice Experience
I started in the 70's working for a small Production company in Hanway Street, London. I Have done voice over and production work for many of the early ILR (Independent Local Radio) stations, The Offshore station Radio Caroline, Radio Luxembourg and many other stations and services in Europe and Worldwide.

I have been a DJ/Presenter on famous pirate stations and some commercial stations in the UK and Internet stations worldwide.

My most valuable gift
Is an un-paralleled Imagination- coupled with a great mic. technique, a fantastic ear, an incredible gift of mastering voices very quickly and a wonderful enthusiasm for what is the best job in the world!

Above: The MV Ross revenge- the home of Radio Caroline, more-or-less as she was when I was on doing shows on-board in 1989.

My Training
  Life has been my training, the best College you can go to!

My Studio Equipment
  I am a City and Guilds qualified Electronics engineer, and have built my own 7/10 channel mixer. I do PC/ Computer editing, use my own Microphone Compressor which I built and designed myself, and designed the low noise mic. amp that is used in conjunction with my ever-favourite Electrovoice RE50 Microphone.

The main studio is fully capable of mastering and/or streaming audio at any bit rate. I can master on to CD, DVD in .wav, .mp3 or any other commonly used format at any bit rate desired. I can also master audio format CD's or DVD's. I can also supply masters/recordings on Mini-Disk.

Instant direction can be achieved via Skype or MSN messenger via voice or typed message.

If you want work supplied remotely, that can be done quickly via the Internet over ftp, email or streaming.

Additional Relevant Skills
I am a City and Guilds qualified Electronics engineer, have skills in writing scripts and Documentaries, have designed web sites, and am fully conversant with computers having built them up from component level. I can design and repair Electronic equipment... and most importantly know how to brew beer from the basic grain ;-)
Payment Methods Accepted • PayPal

Contact Information: To contact Arthur Burton by email or phone, please use
arthurburton>>> at<<< rock.com  (please change to use).

Pricing
Voice Over prices are currently being assessed, and the price list will be posted here, along with the various packages on offer asap.

Demo’s
I am planning to provide some links to produced and dry demo’s for your appraisal. If in the meantime you would like some examples of what I can do, please ask by email- and I will be only too happy to oblige.