Philip Banks 49, Male Portgordon, Morayshire, Scotland United Kingdom: Share

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Deflated after negative unsolicited "critique" from VO Universe member

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Deflated after negative unsolicited "critique" from VO Universe member

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Do you believe a voice talent ought to use a "slogan" in marketing? Why or why not?

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UK based British voice over with ISDN

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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: 18 years as a voice over and am now really looking forward to my first paid job!

RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS: Luxor Beam Hotel Las Vegas 3x radio commercials, Dateline Davos - Obama's World CNN, CNBC Promos, Simply Movies Promos

VOICE DESCRIPTION: Welll, as you asked it consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds (vocal cords) are the primary noise source. Generally speaking, the voice can be subdivided into three parts; the lungs, the vocal folds, and the articulators. The lung (the pump) must produce adequate airflow to vibrate vocal folds (air is the fuel of the voice). The vocal folds (vocal cords) are the vibrators, neuromuscular units that ‘fine tune’ pitch and tone. The articulators (vocal tract consisting of tongue, palate, cheek, lips, etc.) articulate and filter the sound.

The vocal folds, in combination with the articulators, are capable of producing highly intricate arrays of sound. The tone of voice may be modulated to suggest emotions such as anger, surprise, or happiness and in my case understated Britishness.

DIALECTS: British, both American accents (north, south and midwest) and a Mallard riding a unicycle

LANGUAGES: English

WEBSITE: http://www.philipbanks.co.uk

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD: ISDN, Source Connect, Audio TX, FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT: Neumann U87 and some plugs, ISDN and stuff!

VOICES YOU ARE ABLE TO PERFORM: Senior Male, Middle Age Male

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Wow! A July sale!!

July sale - All Voice Overisms half price yes that's right HALF PRICE... This sale is to celebrate the doubling of my minimum session fee yesterday. Visit www.philipbanks.com because if you don't the fabric of the universe will dissolve into a small dissolved fabricky universe type thing.

Posted on July 1, 2009 at 8:42am — 1 Comment

The Problem is Dear Voice Overist, you’re dull!

You’re trying so hard to get your name out there and the word dull is not necessarily an indictment on your voice acting skills – It’s YOU! You’re dull!

Of course I don’t mean you’re dull people. I mean that you’ve become so focused on self-promotion that you’ve forgotten all about content, all about other people and all about life.

On the VO webwaffle page you post something about a job you’ve just voiced, that’s it. You believe the fact you have done something is in itself worth posting and… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 6:26pm —

Voice Overism – The easy way to riches …sort of…..

On Thursday 14th May 2008 I spent the morning flying over the county of Morayshire on the north east coast of Scotland in a Cessna C172, very nice it was too! I got home at around 2pm and took Jazz my two year old Border Collie for a walk along the beach at Portgordon, the place I have called home for about 6 years. Following a light lunch I then spent a few hours in my Wee Huttie which was the name given to my voice over booth by a friend’s 8 year old twin daughters Chloe and Charlotte. The tim… Continue

Posted on June 18, 2009 at 4:39am — 6 Comments

I'm appealing

Do what you can

Posted on May 11, 2009 at 3:27pm — 1 Comment

Decision Time

“Well, I knew pretty much right off the bat what I wanted to do” L.J Vox surveyed his surroundings which were ethereal to say the least. “Never, ever did I think I’d be talking to you. Weird”. There was a short pause for reflection. “Voice talent, through and through, that’s me. I got the usual knock backs so got some training from the person who did on-hold for the potato industry. $600 well spent. Of course before I could work I needed to get someone to help me find the real me inside the unre… Continue

Posted on May 3, 2009 at 8:20am — 1 Comment