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I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N): Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE: Hi there!

I'm based in London, UK where I send out voicovers all over the world from my broadcast quality ISDN equipped home studio.

Clients include ESPN, X-Box, ITV, The Discovery Channel, Intel, cash4gold.com, Virgin Mobile, Nintendo Wii, Playstation, 888Poker.com, Cisco Systems, NHS, British Telecom, Gala/Coral, Nintendo Wii, Learn Direct and Webex.

RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS: ESPN
cheapflights.co.uk
cash4gold.com
ITV
The Discovery Channel
Marks & Spencer
888Poker.com
Virgin Mobile
Nintendo Wii
Playstation & X-Box Live
X-Box
Amazon.com

LANGUAGES: English & French

VOICE DESCRIPTION: Relatable and current London voice, I pride myself on being versatile, adabtable & directable. Characters, accents and impressions a speciality!

DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions: RP - Posh;BBC; Cockney;South African;North American;Southern American;New York;Australian;Birmingham/Midlands;Chinese;Devon;Dutch;Essex;EasternEuropean;French;Geordie;Irish (Northern);Irish Eire;Italian;Jamaican;Liverpoo l;London;Leeds;Manchester;Russ ian;Scottish;Somerset;Southeas t;South African;Surfer Dude;Yorkshire;Zimbabwe... and many, many more!

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM: Senior Male, Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male, Teenage Boy

Union Affiliation: Non-affiliated

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD: ISDN, FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT: Microphone:
Neumann U87

Computer & Software:
Apple Mac Mini

Apogee Duet mic pre

Software: Adobe Soundbooth CS5

Cans: DT 100's

WEBSITE: http://www.voiceoverdarren.com

Darren Altman's Videos

The Dr Who Experience Live - TV Commercial

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Education.com Summer Learning advert for PBS

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118 118 National UK tv ads

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Interview on Piehole

Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:12am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Many thanks to Piehole.co.uk for interviewing me in their latest blog. I'm the 2nd one down

http://www.piehole.co.uk/voiceover-blog-uk/

Classic Cartoon Characters

Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:22pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Hey!

Just made this. Well, I say 'just' made it, it took me ages! My homage to the classic cartoon characters we grew up with. Enjoy!

http://soundcloud.com/darren-altman/classic-cartoon-characters

Zut Alors! Another interesting session...

Posted on April 6, 2010 at 2:03pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

So I get a call from my agent saying that the pencil for today was confirmed and they sent me the video with the rough voiceover. I'm to play a dog, who's owned by fashion designer, Basil Soda!

I was running around like a nutter and later getting to the studio, so I grabbed my Mac and walked briskly to to the tube! Once settled, I opened my mail and opened the two scripts. Two? Yes, once in English... the other in French!! I didn't know if this was meant for me, so just in case, I… Continue

A tale of being given the run-around

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 7:22pm 3 Comments 0 Likes

So my agent calls me late Thursday night asking if I'm free for a last minute advert for tv: a new musical tomorrow morning, The Neil Sedaka Story. YES! So I get up early, go to the studio on the other side of London and do the session with the client on ISDN. I read the short script every way, from hard sell OTT to soft and smooth, to casual and everything in between. After giving him 20 different versions, he thanks me and I'm done.

I go off to do my drum teaching and when I get of… Continue

Another national tv ad - "wooop wooop!!"

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 3:50pm 4 Comments 0 Likes

Hey all, I've just recorded another national tv ad here in the UK, for cash4gold.com Apparently it's a US ad and they made a UK version. I had to read the strap line and then 2 and a half pages of number... twice!! It was a fairly hard sell, so afterwards (and during) my face was aching from smiling so much as I was reading!!

It's gonna be on a lot of channels here in the UK and if and when I get a copy of the ad, I'll post it here for you. I'm thrilled, my second national tv ad!

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At 4:03pm on April 5, 2010, Elisha Anderson said…: We all have similar stories right? Good to meet you.

At 12:17am on January 18, 2010, Kurt Kelly said…: Thanks for the kind words, and I look forward to working with you in the future!

At 10:18pm on December 21, 2009, Dan (Daniel Eduardo) Hurst said…: Hi Darren!

I know you’ve been a member of Voiceover Universe for some time, but I wanted to introduce one of our groups to you.

I hope you'll check out and join a group called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. You’ll find some very interesting ideas and concepts there! And we would appreciate your input. Click here for the link: MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!

Best to ya!

dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
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At 5:39pm on December 18, 2009, Bob Oakman said…: Hi Darren. Thanks for friending me. I like your demos!

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Disclaimer - I am not affiliated in any way with Colorware except being a satisfied customer.

At 6:13am on October 13, 2009, Caio Cezar Varela said…: Hi Darren take a look in this voice session in Spanish too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyYk02r7_6w

you have good stuff too..

Best ,

Cezar

At 6:08am on October 13, 2009, Caio Cezar Varela said…: Hi Darren thanks for your comment and words to the voice session 8 Metropolitana Fm Sao Paulo Brazil! Take a look around in this voice session in english to 94Fm Portugal -link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31iiANx3WQ0
Thanks again for your message... www.cezaronline.com

Best,

Caio Cezar

At 7:36pm on August 28, 2009, NICOLE FAZIO said…: JUST STOPPING BY TO SHOW SOME LOVE AND SAY HELLO TO YOU DARREN!!!!!!!

At 2:55pm on March 8, 2009, Doug de Nance said…: Dareen,

Thanks for listening. "Natural sounding voice" and monster truck announcing, hmmmm - have you been drinking too much coffee :-) I appreciate that you took the time to check out my reel. I'm working on a new one now with voice coach Deb Munro to actually try and bring out that "real" sound. Stay tuned. And if you ever need a really aggressive North American male voice...?