Male voice over artist talent Simon James (#764)

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Booking options

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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.

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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

Try to avoid

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).

Simon James

A multi-award-winning radio broadcaster and performer, Simon is down to earth, trustworthy, upbeat and real.

Straight, soft or quirky and dynamic reads for commercials.
Sincere, friendly and informative for corporate projects.

Plus a wide range of accents and characters

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Mixed style 2018

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Hard Sell Commercial

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Soft Sell Commercial

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Characterisation Commercial

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Corporate and eLearning

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Promos

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Other demos

Deep South American

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Dry studio sample

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Elf

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Football Commentator

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Halloween Creepy Dracula

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John Peel (in the style of)

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New York (parody accent)

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Pathe News

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Santa

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Yorkshire

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Description

MVO 30s/40s
Down to earth, trustworthy, upbeat and real. Straight, soft or quirky, manic and dynamic reads for commercials.
Sincere, approachable, friendly and informative for corporate projects.

Large range of accents including:
Estuary, Cockney, RP, Yorkshire, Liverpudlian, Birmingham and Midlands, North American (southern states and New York)

As a natural Londoner, Simon is often first choice for the warm, friendly cockney read.

Also a wide variety of cartoon characterisations including:
Sgt Major, PATHE news, Dracula, football/sports commentator, gameshow host, Santa Claus and Elf.

Availability

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

Day

Directed (AM)

Directed (PM)

Undirected turnaround

U/D

Thu 20th

Thursday 20th

Good

Fast

Fri 21st

Friday 21st

Good

Fast

Sat 22nd

Saturday 22nd

Good

None

Normal

Sun 23rd

Sunday 23rd

None

Mon 24th

Monday 24th

Good

Fast

Tue 25th

Tuesday 25th

Good

Fast

Wed 26th

Wednesday 26th

Good

Fast

Thu 27th

Thursday 27th

Good

Fast

Fri 28th

Friday 28th

Good

Fast

Sat 29th

Saturday 29th

Good

None

Normal

Sun 1st

Sunday 1st

None

Normal working hours are:
Mon-Fri: from 8:30am til 6:30pm
Sat: from 9am til 12:30pm
Sun: not available

Upcoming out of studio/holiday dates:

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Booking Information

Client List

Universal Studios, Shell, GoDaddy, Amazon, ITV, Buildbase, BBC, VansDirect, Sky Television, Investec, Kuoni, The National Theatre, Jaguar, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Kawasaki, Ford, Fiat, Land Rover, Carling, Elavon, BMW, Durham CCC, Travis Perkins, HAWS and many more top brands.

All the major UK radio groups:
Global Radio group, NEWS-UK (Talksport, Virgin), Bauer Radio Group, KM group, MSH group, Free Radio, UKRD group and more.

Plus: Real Radio Thailand, Z100 (USA), Riviera Radio (France),
Radio Nova (Spain), iRadio (Ireland) and many more international stations.

FOX films, Dene Films, Mutant Koala (Finland),
Fuse Interactive (USA), Jenova,
MTM Linguasoft (USA), BigFish Media, McKinsey, Matinee Multilingual, Frame Communications (Italy), Real Group UK e-learning, Explain-It, Floch & Ebeling (Germany)

Other Info

Simon spent almost 20 years as a national and regional UK radio broadcaster. Primarily with Virgin Radio, Kerrang! Radio, Capital Gold, TLRC and Radio Aire (Leeds), winning 5 Sony Radio Academy Awards during this time:

1999 Best Drivetime (Gold)
2002 Best Daytime Programme (Gold)
2006 Best Interactive Programme (Silver)
2009 Music Radio Personality of the Year (Silver)
2011 Best Breakfast Show (Bronze)

His wealth of creative experience and performance will add life to your script. He also possesses a natural appreciation of what is required. Simon is very easy to direct and also offers a script translation check for overseas clients.