BEST HEAVY WEIGHT (DEEP VOICE OVER GUY) ?

[vk7...@gmail.com]

i would like some input as to who you think the best ever australian
(heavy weight) (deep voice) voice over guy is , current or past . i
like ray mc greggor or holger brockman ? let me know ?

[vk7...@gmail.com]

vk7...@gmail.com - Jan 10, 11:27 pm

i would like some input as to who you think the best ever australian
(heavy weight) (deep voice) voice over guy is , current or past . i
like ray mc greggor or holger brockman ? let me know ?

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[DontTouchThatDial]

I used Ray (now dec) and Holger for various assignments during my PD
days in the '80s. Both wonderfully rich voices - nice blokes too.
Also had the great (sadly also dec) Pete Ferrier do some stuff at 2CC.
But my fave, and therefore my nomination, would be the artist formerly
known as John Torv - now Jaan Torv, elder brother of Hans.

Regards
MAC

[gru...@mailinator.com]

Kevin Goldsby

[bloomoo]

In my humble opinion not that I ever worked in the industry would have to be
Jim Angel although forgive me if he never did any voiceover work,but even
being in Brissie all my life had the privilige of hearing his voice when on
holidays in Kempsey in the early to late 7"0's on the old 2KM.
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[tr]

The best was depp voiced news reader ive heard Arthur Burage, what a voice,
others equally good but with perhaps lighter voicers would be Alan Gaskell,
Rod Mc Neil, Geof Raymond, and the late and great Geof McComas,
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[DontTouchThatDial]

bloomoo wrote:
> In my humble opinion not that I ever worked in the industry would have to be

> Jim Angel although forgive me if he never did any voiceover work.

You're right there, Jimmy was strictly a news reader not a commercial
voiceover artist. And it is a liitle known fact that during 2SM's
period as a talkback station (1967-68) Jim was heard on Sunday nights
after the regular Catholic church service b/cast doing a music shift to
earn a few extra $$ on the side.

For those like Blooomoo who are fans of ol JA, let me say: have I got a
treat for you guys when my new website goes 'live' - probably next
week. Can't anymore right now except to use one of Jim's famous 'news'
sign offs. Iiiit's threee minutes past 10.

Cheers
MAC

[samuel....@optusnet.com.au]

Geoff "The Hound" Haynes or John "Brenno" Brennan both had THE BEST
deep voices in my opinion. Also the late Stan "The Man" Rolfe was a
good one.

[S Jones]

Steve Britten.

Remember the old "Have you got what you paid for?" on the start of
videos?

[Justin]

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vk7...@gmail.com - Jan 10, 11:27 pm

My vote would be for Robbie McGregor - AKA King Wally Otto from Roy & HG &
the voice of SBS.

I think they need to be able to sell the unsellable - here's an effort by
Robbie (about 1MB):
http://www.rmk.com.au/robbie/audio/the_horrible_truth.mp3

[Jet Blower]

Geez - what is it with you guys?

The original question was: "...heavy weight, deep voice, voice over
guy"

It all started out quite sensibly. Ray McGregor, Holger Brockman et al.

Now thrown in we get newsreaders and announcers - the likes of Jim
Angel, Stan Rolfe <sic> (it's ROFE!), John Brennan & Rod McNeil - all
great in their respective fields. But, at the risk of stating the
obvious, they are NOT 'Voice Over' guys!

To drag things back on-topic, I think Steve Britten would have to be
near the top.

To me the big three were McGregor, Britten & Brockmann
(in no particular order).

JB

[S Jones]

And of course he was the voice of triple m for about 81 years

[DontTouchThatDial]

Jet Blower wrote:
> Geez - what is it with you guys?
>
> The original question was: "...heavy weight, deep voice, voice over
> guy"
>
> It all started out quite sensibly. Ray McGregor, Holger Brockman et al.
>
>
> Now thrown in we get newsreaders and announcers - the likes of Jim
> Angel, Stan Rolfe <sic> (it's ROFE!), John Brennan & Rod McNeil - all
> great in their respective fields. But, at the risk of stating the
> obvious, they are NOT 'Voice Over' guys!

Uh-oh! The Jet Blower awakens from his slumber. So not as to upset his
sensitivities and to remain with the prog, I'd also rate Britten as a
contender for the biggest, ballsy-est v/o.

Is there a prize for Big Steve? Perhaps he could win C-Aaaaa-S-Hhh!

Other v/o faves of mine are Mike Drayson (he of Torv-esque pipes) and
for clarity/maturity it's hard to go past Paul Ricketts. Paul, along
with Kev Goldsby, probably hold the record for the most commercial
reads in Aust.

Regards
MAC

[Justin]

"Jet Blower" <jetblo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Geez - what is it with you guys?
>
> The original question was: "...heavy weight, deep voice, voice over
> guy"
>
> It all started out quite sensibly. Ray McGregor, Holger Brockman et al.
>
>
> Now thrown in we get newsreaders and announcers - the likes of Jim
> Angel, Stan Rolfe <sic> (it's ROFE!), John Brennan & Rod McNeil - all
> great in their respective fields. But, at the risk of stating the
> obvious, they are NOT 'Voice Over' guys!

What's Robbie McGregor if he isn't a voice over guy?

[Jet Blower]

Who said Robbie McGregor WASN'T a voice over guy?

JB

[Paul Nicholson]

I believe Geoff McComas is still with us. Sadly, his son, Campbell, died
last year. He was in his early 50s.

Paul in Melbourne

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[samuel....@optusnet.com.au]

And you said that Brenno hasn't been a voiceover guy! He certainly was
in years gone by - witness "The Mike Walsh Show when it moved from TEN
to 9 plus many many commercial! I bet that if somebody caught Brenno on
a good day he'd still bang out a v/o for you ......

In any case I still think that Ken Sparks has got balls! A worthy
contender and he's been around for ever!

The late Dal Myles could also do a great v/o as can Brian Proud and
John Downs.

Also an oldie (late - from the Greater 3UZ in Bleak City) - John
McMahon had one of the deepest voices I have heard.

My nomination of Stan the Man ROFE stands and Jet Blower can nick off
because he was always being booked for v/o work 15 years ago.

[Camel]

The obvious ones to me already mentioned elsewhere- Steve Britten, Ray
MacGregor, Pete Ferrier (His brother Bruce also had a wonderful set of
pipes) but I'm surprised Jim Pilgrim has not been rated as yet.

Probably the most prolific too- I hear Jim almost everywhere I go
around Australia in one guise or another.

Some New Zealand entrants for balls of the week would also need to
include Kevin Black, Fred Botica, and Ross Goodwin.

Of course- I'm also Gods gift to the microphone, and have my 1995
Goldies finalist certificate for best male voice over to prove it.

Yay for vari pitch!

Camel.

S Jones- Are you still yanking it or cranking it these days? lol...

[samuel....@optusnet.com.au]

Hey and also - Lawsie still does a great ballsie v/o - and still get
results for his clients!!!!

[Glenn Hampson]

Steve Britten without a doubt......to whomever mentioned it previously.Would
have thought he would have got more of a guernsey......
G.
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[Ty]

Oh hands down Steve Britten (video piracy....still a favourite party trick
to imitate him).........
Such a radio thing to do, but do we remember the "A Team" Demo real.

Ray McGregor of course was also up there, loved pulling a shift with his
voice piercing through the station imaging.
Nothing sounded better than Ray with that voice saying "B104.9 ROCKS the
Border" or "B stands for BALLS"

And if you ever heard a certain Brendan Barnes at Sun Fm (Shep) in the mid
90's, who later I believe went on and did voice overs for something like the
Disney Channell overseas, had this massive voice that would make the
speakers shake.

Ahhh bring back the COCK rock deep voices I say, I might get more work :P

Ty Frost
:-)

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[Ty]

[Glenn Hampson]

Can I throw Kent Forbes and Peter Grace in as late contenders too (too
late).On Kent Forbes have heard him doing a few promo vo's for Fox FM .Is he
going to be doing more imaging and the like for Austereo this year or is
this a one off?
G.

[DontTouchThatDial]

Jet Blower wrote:
> Who said Robbie McGregor WASN'T a voice over guy?
>
> JB

Do I detect some confusion on the thread here about names. The fact
that there are two McGregors, each with the first intital R, is
probably causing this.

Dear ol Ray, formerly of Brisbane, and Robbie - heard him doing
something on The Ms the otherday - from Sydney.

A good thing there wasn't two Brockmann's or we'd be all over the shop!

A-ha, but there was/is two Brennans. John of course, but son Peter -
who also did the v/o sign off during Ray Martin's term on Midday - is a
dead spit vocally for the old man.

And then there are two Torvs, Jaan (John) and Hans. Two Draysons even!
Is there no end to this. Where's young Jet Drayson these days?

Someone mentioned Jim Pilgrim. A worthy contender for deep ... and
loud! Onya Jimbo.

There's a bloke out of Melbourne who I liked on ads in the '70s and
'80s called Ric Stone. And who was that craggy little actor - very
gravelly - who voiced the original 3TT sweepers when they changed (from
3DB). He did a great job.

Regards
MAC

[Soapbox]

Steve would definitely be my number 1 pick, followed very closely by the guy
doing the SBS stuff. What's his name?
The way he delivers the classification advisories, you'd think he's getting
off on the fact a movie's got "Nudity, Frequent Coarse Language and Sex
Scenes."

Soapbox
Brissy

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[gru...@mailinator.com]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:38:41 +1000, "bloomoo" <blo...@aapt.net.au> wrote:

> In my humble opinion not that I ever worked in the industry would have to be
> Jim Angel although forgive me if he never did any voiceover work,but even
> being in Brissie all my life had the privilige of hearing his voice when on
> holidays in Kempsey in the early to late 7"0's on the old 2KM.

But did you ever hear Jim doing Winchester Cathedral?

[Wombat Lover]

You should hear Lawsie promoting a bottle of water....

Never have I heard someone give a bottle of water, so much energy into
getting it's website read out, This was on the Central coast, heard on 2GO
FM last year I think

--
From Robert | Wombat Lover | Melbourne | http://www.surfnetvictoria.com |

[Spokes]

Let's not forget Tim Carroll and Ian Fulton. They've got ballsy voices
too. I have as well but i'm outside the commercial scene these days, so
I'm not for hire.

[DontTouchThatDial]

Soapbox wrote:
> Steve would definitely be my number 1 pick, followed very closely by the guy
> doing the SBS stuff. What's his name?

That's Robbie McGregor on SBS, aka 'King Wally Otto' of Roy and HG
fame.

Regards
MAC

[Jet Blower]

>And who was that craggy little actor - very gravelly - who voiced the original 3TT sweepers
>when they changed (from 3DB). He did a great job.

> Regards
> MAC

That wouldn't be David Bradshaw by any chance, Mr. Mac?

Also, maybe some clarification is in order here. Was the original
'poster' - when speaking of 'deep voice V/Os' - referring to the
promo/imaging side of the biz, or the 'retail' advertising sector?
Perhaps VK7NIK would care to elaborate.

And Mr. Samuel Lawre... - please keep a civil tongue in your head.

JB

[Brian Goldsmith.]

"Paul Nicholson" wrote

I believe Geoff McComas is still with us.

Paul in Melbourne

****** What about "Hello,I'm Ray Lawrence",couldn't get any deeper than
that!!

Brian Goldsmith.

[Paul Nicholson]

Ray is still active on air at Radio Eastern in Melbourne; Sunday and
Wednesday afternoons.

I first met Ray at 3AW (People to people radio where news makes
conversation) in 1969 when he was presenting a Saturday evening program
called "A man and his music".

Paul in Melbourne

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[DontTouchThatDial]

Jet Blower wrote:
> >And who was that craggy little actor - very gravelly - who voiced the original 3TT sweepers
> >when they changed (from 3DB). He did a great job.
>
> > Regards
> > MAC
>
> That wouldn't be David Bradshaw by any chance, Mr. Mac?
>
> Also, maybe some clarification is in order here. Was the original
> 'poster' - when speaking of 'deep voice V/Os' - referring to the
> promo/imaging side of the biz, or the 'retail' advertising sector?
> Perhaps VK7NIK would care to elaborate.
>

Thanks Jet Blower for that learned response. I'm pretty sure David is
the guy I'm thinking of. He played a 'rough diamond' detective in
Phoenix or Janus on ABC...one of those...in the '90s. 'Think he was in
Skyways too, along with that other great radio stalwart, Peter Byrne
(3UZ, 3KZ, etc).

On your point about clarification of posts. Yes, totally agree, that
would be helpful. Are we talking v/o's or jocks with big voices here?

So many times I hop on a thread with a straight forward question only
to receive remarks that have little to do with the original question.
I guess this gets back to that hoary old chestnut about staying 'on
topic' whenever possible.

Anyway, good to hear from you 'Mr Blower'. Interesting handle that. I
wonder if I'll make it through 2006 on this group without incurring
your 'Jet Blowing' wrath. It hasn't escaped me that you seem to pounce
on this NG whenever things go off track or when a lame comment is made.

Regards,
MAC
www.waynemac.com

[Slick]

Anyone even thought of Lofty Fulton?
He's never short of a deep voice!

Al

[vk7...@gmail.com]

Nice to see so much passion about one small question . my question was
broad but mainly
was about the voice over guy ,but not limited to them , A few other
people after thinking a bit came to mind ,Barry Bissell ,who is one
smooth talker on aus top 40 show ,and another who missed a mention is
Craig Willis who did the sydney olyimpics and many A.F.L grand finals
,i love the craft of the voice, a good read for an add ,or even
announcing ,stands out ,there is nothing worse than hearing a puny
little voice over for somthing that commands attention or authority ,

[Soapbox]

Thanks Mac!

Soapbox
Brissy

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[Jam Daddy]

"Justin" <justin...@nospamlogicalfusion.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Jet Blower" <jetblo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> What's Robbie McGregor if he isn't a voice over guy?

My. Backhanded compliments your speciality?

[Jam Daddy]

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> Anyone even thought of Lofty Fulton?

Lofty, Rod Field and Drayson all have fine deep
pipes.

One dimensional, but good at what they are asked
to do.

[Jam Daddy]

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> to do. grim

Don't forget Jim "I'd rather be driving" Pilgrim.

Timmy has a great range.

[Glenn Hampson]

And not forgetting Ric Stone in the mix as well...
G.

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[pete.br...@2st.com.au]

On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 11:27:13 PM UTC+11, vk7...@gmail.com wrote:
> i would like some input as to who you think the best ever australian
> (heavy weight) (deep voice) voice over guy is , current or past . i
> like ray mc greggor or holger brockman ? let me know ?

Tim Burdock is pretty balsy as well

[arpi...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 11:27:13 PM UTC+11, vk7...@gmail.com wrote:
> i would like some input as to who you think the best ever australian
> (heavy weight) (deep voice) voice over guy is , current or past . i
> like ray mc greggor or holger brockman ? let me know ?

Mike Drayson, Kevin Goldsby...