James comes from a family of storytellers on both sides — particularly the Irish side — so he comes by this honestly.
There was a detour through professional kitchens and, though working as a chef was gratifying, it didn’t quite satisfy the urge to work in a studio. So he went to college when he wasn’t working at the restaurant, studied sound engineering and graduated with distinction.
Being the keener that he is, he pushed for a promotion pretty much the minute he got in the door at an inflight entertainment company. They conceded, and he ended up becoming Audio Services Manager, working as a producer.
And then came a big break when a voice actor couldn’t make a recording session. James’s boss asked him to step behind the microphone instead.
What was supposed to be one fill-in session turned into a career.
There were a few stops along the way. JAZZ.FM91, Classical 96.3 and AM740, where he wore many hats — production manager, writer, editor, voice talent…
But it all comes back to that one chance session, recording content for the inflight entertainment company. Because that’s where James learned how to work on both sides of the glass.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the years in restaurants turned out to be very useful training, too. Kitchens teach you to prepare properly, work quickly and solve problems under pressure — all the while remaining level-headed and getting the job done when several things are going wrong at once.
James knows what a producer needs because he’s been the producer. He understands the edit because he’s made the edit. He knows how much easier a session becomes when the talent arrives prepared, takes direction, understands the purpose of the copy and doesn’t need seventeen takes to discover where the sentence is going.
James’s voice has been heard in work for McDonald’s, Budweiser, Red Bull, Peacock / NBCUniversal, Dove Soap, Visa, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, UPS, and Philips, to name but several.
And every so often he gets in front of the camera as well.
Keeps things interesting.
Fast turnaround.
Broadcast-quality audio.
No drama. Unless it’s in the script.
This is professional voiceover on-demand.
Send a script and get the recording back quick-smart. Or join a live session over Source-Connect. We can use any platform you like. Join by Zoom, join by phone — heck, we could probably figure out some sort of 1s-and-0s thing with Morse code and a few semaphore flags.
Oh, those logos over there?
They’re just a handful of the brands James works with that feature his dulcet tones.
Got a script? Let’s record it.
Need a script? Let’s write it!