ALL ABOUT GRAY

GRAY HAS ALL KINDS OF "VOICE AGES" FROM MALE TEEN
TO SENIOR MAN OR WOMAN – SOME SOUND AS REAL AS THE OLD GEEZER NEXT DOOR - - SOME ARE MORE FOR CARTOONS AND GAMES...

"VERSATILE" - - MEANING WHAT? DOES HE SING AND DANCE WHILE JUGGLING BOWLING BALLS?

ALMOST. NOT MANY VOICE OVER ARTISTS CAN GIVE YOU 4 OR 5 TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOUNDING STRAIGHT READS – ALL OF WHICH ARE RICH, FRIENDLY NATURAL, AND AUTHORITATIVE. GRAY CAN. HE'S UNUSUALLY ENGAGING, WARM, CONVERSATIONAL, EVEN WISE, WITHOUT BEING 'PREACHY'.

EVEN MORE RARE, HIS VOICE-OVER RANGE INCLUDES SPOT- ON ACCENTS, CARTOONS, CHARACTERS, AND OTHER MORE STYLIZED TYPES OF DELIVERY ARE ALSO WITHIN HIS REPERTOIRE.

IN ADDITION TO "NATURAL" OR 'NATIVE SOUNDING' ACCENTS LIKE BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, MEXICAN, GERMAN, HAWAIIAN, AND ANY NUMBER OF U.S. REGIONAL ACCENTS - GRAY CAN ALSO GIVE YOU ABOUT 3 DIFFERENT BRITISH ACCENTS (FROM OXFORD EDUCATED, TO BBC, TO COCKNEY) AND AN "OZZY" ACCENT THAT HAS FOOLED A NUMBER OF NATIVE AUSTRALIANS.

OTHER ACCENTS INCLUDE:

RUSSIAN (LIKE BORIS BADINOV).

MEXICAN - SPEEDY GONZALEZ.

GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, EAST INDIAN, IRISH, SCOTCH, CANADIAN *(GREAT WHITE NORTH) - JAPANESE, CHINESE, WESTERN COWBOY, ED WINN (REMEMBER THE "MAD HATTER" IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND?) - MILITARY (GEORGE C SCOTT) - AND MANY MORE...

"Great guy to work with. Doesn't miss a beat. He is dead on all the time."
Kurt Mueller – Director – Speaking Volumes Audio Books

BRINGING BOOKS AND STORIES TO LIFE GRAY GIVES THE LISTENER THE ABILITY TO "SEE" WHAT'S GOING ON. BRINGING EACH CHARACTER TO LIFE AND ENABLING THE LISTENER'S IMAGINATION TO FILL IN THE COLOR IS REAL "THEATER OF THE MIND" AND GRAY'S A MASTER AT IT.

MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF VOICE WORK AND VOICE ACTING, DIRECTING AND PRODUCING, HE GREW UP IN HAWAII – HAS WORKED IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII – AND HAS SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS WORKING AS BOTH A VOICE ACTOR AND RADIO IMAGING DIRECTOR IN ASIA AND THE U.S.

"WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE WITH "THE AGENCY" – IS THAT KINDA LIKE SAYING YOU'RE WITH "THE COMPANY"?

GRAY HAS WORKED WITH MANY OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AD AGENCIES LIKE: -
MC CANN ERICkSON
OGILVY AND MATHER
DENTSU
Y AND R
CHIAT DEY
JWT
SAACHI AND SAACHI
BBDO AND MANY MANY MORE.

"Gray has been doing voice over for our television network for over 20 years now. His voice is the best in the world and he handles direction well and very easy to work with. I highly recommend using him because he is very flexible and can do almost any kind of narration."
Jim Kartes – President, Paradise Television Network, Hawaii

GRAY STILL DOES NARRATION FOR PARADISE TELEVISION IN HAWAII, JASON'S MARKETPLACE, THAILAND AND MALAYSIA TOURISM, WELCOME SUPERMARKETS (ASIA'S LARGEST), WATSONS DRUGS, AND HE EVEN DID A SERIES OF 5 SPOTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN (PLAYED IN THE USA - THEIR BID TO JOIN THE U.N.)

AS A SIDE NOTE, GRAY TAUGHT, COACHED, AND DIRECTED VOICE ACTING FOR THE SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD (HE WAS ONCE A MEMBER) AND COACHED PRIVATE CLASSES WHILE LIVING IN THE STATES, AND RUNNING TWO DIFFERENT AUDIO FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDIOS.

"YOUR STUDIO – OR MINE? SIZE REALLY DOESN'T MATTER... NO REALLY!"

HE HAS BUILT HIS OWN VOICE OVER STUDIO AT HOME, WITH TWO CUSTOM "BUILT FOR AUDIO" QUAD CORE COMPUTERS, AKG, AUDIO TECHNICA AND SHURE MICROPHONES, AND A BEHRINGER BOARD – AND HIS PREFERRED SOFTWARE FOR AUDIO IS SONY VEGAS AND SOUND FORGE. NEED TO DIRECT OVER THE PHONE? NO PROBLEM WITH A PHONE PATCH EITHER...