Male voice over artist talent John Darvall (#73)

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Primary enquiry/booking telephone number

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Booking options

You can be booked direct

You can be booked via Voiceovers Ltd.

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Directed sessions

Your normal working hours (when you take enquiries & perform sessions) (UK time)

Day

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Your normal availability for directed sessions (link-ups)

"Radio producer's dream": You're normally available at short notice (within a few hours) for directed sessions.

"Busy bee": You can offer directed sessions but normally need to be booked at least 24 hours in advance.

"The self-recorder": You're not normally available for directed sessions.

If you use an online diary/booking system, put the website address here:

ISDN capability

Yes, via a bridging service (e.g. ipDTL)

Prima / MPEG based codec

Zephyr / MPEG based codec

AudioTX

Yes, via other/unknown codec

ISDN number(s) International format please, e.g. +44 (0)1752 650705 (x2)

IP session capability
(at least one successul session has been made)

Source-Connect Now

ipDTL

Cleanfeed

Other

I record a safety copy in case of internet glitches

Any other relevant info or preferences

Available patches

Telephone patch

Skype

Skype ID

In-person sessions

Thoughts on in-person sessions

Only if lucrative

Yes actively promote:

Geographic area (e.g. Central London). Please note, this information may be displayed on the search results for all to see.

Self-records

Your view of self-records

Avoid (this will show you as unavailable for self-records)

Actively promote

Your normal turnaround with self-records

"Super fast": You can normally deliver self-records the same working day if booked in the morning, or by midday next working day if booked in the afternoon (e.g. scripts under 5 mins).

"Normal": You can normally deliver self-records in one working day (e.g. scripts under 5 mins).

"Limited": You normally need a few working days to deliver recordings.

Other

Custom samples

Try to avoid

Normally if requested

Yes, actively promote

Special markets you are targeting

You promote yourself as available for radio station sessions at standard rates.

You promote yourself as available on Sunday mornings for Middle Eastern clients (UAE etc.) (Take enquiries and make recordings).

You promote yourself as available weekdays until at least 7pm for American clients. (Take enquiries and make recordings).

You promote yourself as available for short notice (less than 24 hours) in-person sessions in central London.

You promote yourself as an in-person announcer for events (typically evening events/dinners).

John Darvall

An Authoritative, Intelligent, Warm, Rich, Powerful & Smooth voice, ideal for advert, IVR, Narration and E-Learning. I have my own Broadcast Quality studio complete with Neumann TLM 103 mircophone.

Over 20 years as Voice Artist & BBC Radio Broadcaster together with over 20 years of live TV Continuity including Channel 5, ITV, BFBS and Forces TV

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Description

A voice of warm, rich, powerful tones that can soothe, smile or can command and sell. If required I can add a hint of 'danger'...

A vocal range from authority to comedy, to enhance and add real value to any script.

Writer and broadcaster of live continuity for Channel 5, now five, since launch in 1997 and for BFBS Television since 2006 and for Forces TV since it's launch in 2016.

Broadcaster on BBC Radio since 2007

Availability

The following availability is estimated based on this artists normal availablity.

Day

Directed (AM)

Directed (PM)

Undirected turnaround

U/D

Wed 25th

Wednesday 25th

Good

Fast

Thu 26th

Thursday 26th

Good

Fast

Fri 27th

Friday 27th

Good

Fast

Sat 28th

Saturday 28th

Good

Fast

Sun 29th

Sunday 29th

Good

Fast

Mon 30th

Monday 30th

Good

Fast

Tue 1st

Tuesday 1st

Good

Fast

Wed 2nd

Wednesday 2nd

Good

Fast

Thu 3rd

Thursday 3rd

Good

Fast

Fri 4th

Friday 4th

Good

Fast

Sat 5th

Saturday 5th

Good

Fast

Normal working hours are:
Mon-Fri: from 7am til 8pm
Weekend: from 7am til 5pm

Upcoming out of studio/holiday dates:

From

Type

Booking Information

Client List

BBC UK and World Wide
Lloyds Bank
UBS UK and Worldwide
Amazon
Warner Music
BBC Radio and TV
BFBS Televison
Forces TV
SSVC
Channel 5
Smooth Radio
SAGA
Royal Television Society
Hewlett Packard
Universal

Other Info

Radio Presenter, Network TV Director, Voice Artist with my own home broadcast quality studio with Neumann TLM 103 Mic and Behringer mixer.