I do voice-overs, partly because I’ve overcome a speech impediment ~ I have a slight lisp.

I also do them because I had a flashback recently to my first ever voice-over session as a green creative director in 1985.

The creative group from the agency were at the old Bert, Barz & Kirby studios in Hollywood on Highland right under the 101 Freeway doing audio for a Disney TV commercial. The voice-over talent was a bigger than life seasoned pro, Hal Douglas.

I was struck by several things. A. Hal was very happy and gregarious. B. Hal worked for less than ninety minutes. C. Hal was paid a lot of money. D. Hal was driven to the studio in a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud with a properly-attired personal driver. Damn I thought, I kinda want to do that.

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had gotten a voice over reel together, and quit advertising. Come to think of it, some of the people I worked with at the time might have liked that. Ha. But, I liked art and advertsing more, so I stayed put. 

All to say, I finally put that reel together, below, over the last dozen years. Took me long enough. Hope you like it.