Deborah Sale Butler
Studio City, CA, United States
Highlights
Deborah Sale Butler has spent the past 30 years voicing commercials, animation, corporate industrials and training modules. Deborah's bright, upbeat voice has been featured in direct marketing campaigns for CT Screening, Proflowers (for whom she also provides ongoing telephone, on-hold messaging), Turbotax and The Los Angeles Times.
With a smooth, professional, confident delivery, Deborah has worked for corporate clients like Marathon Ashland Petroleum and The Legal Resource Network. And her clean, friendly sound can be heard on educational projects, like the Masters in Education program for the University of California.
Her narration skills also landed her books-on-tape for children (through Scholastic Book Services) and adults, including Ann Lander's "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" for Soundelux Audio and the "Harvard Health Textbook" for McGraw-Hill.
But as a dialect specialist and master of character voices, Deborah has played everything from ten-year-old boys (most notably, the character of Shute on 26 episodes of the animated series "SD Gundam Force" for Cartoon Network) to tough, edgy, military commanders in games like "Heavy Gear 2", the online prequil to "Halo" and the amime' series "Avenger." Deborah created dozens of characters, most with British Island dialects like South London, Royal British or Scottish (and one opera-singing Valkerie) for the online games "Everquest" and "World of Warcraft."
When asked to sing again, Deborah provided the speaking and singing voice for Wilma Flintstone in an online Fruity Pebbles campaign,"Bedrock Superstar." Deborah provided yet another voice match for Sigourney Weaver, in the game version of "Despereaux" for Universal, a Captain Janeway sound-alike for the "Star-Trek, The Next Generation" game for Spectrum Holobyte and, most recently, voice matched Helena Bonham-Carter for a trailer re-make. She can be heard on dozens of games for Bandai, Sega, Sony and Activision.
Languages
English, English (North American), English (British), English (Australian)
Accents
I am a dialects coach. Specialties include North American Regional Dialects (New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc.), British (South London, Cornwall, RP (Posh), Irish, Scottish, German, Italian, Russian and more.
Ages
Child, Young Adult, Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Movie Trailers, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Podcasting, Television, Internet
Experience
I've been a voice actress and coach for over 30 years. My extensive resume is available on my website at www.deborahsalebutler.com. I've voiced dozens of commercials for TV ad Radio, Corporate Industrial and Training Videos, On-Hold Messaging, Animation, Animé, Books-on-Tape, Children's Educational Games, Online Games and Platform-Based Gaming.
Credentials
Education
Many moons ago, I got a BFA in theater, studied improv at the Second City in Chicago and was the morning personality on a popular radio station. I currently coach speech and dialects and voice-over at my studio and via Skype in Los Angeles. More information on my classes is available at www.deborahsalebutler.com (under the "Classes"tab).
Associations
SAG, AFTRA
Studio
Microphone
Home Studio: Blue Yeti, Full Studio: Sennheiser 416 microphone
Computer & Software
Macbook Pro (with Logic and Garage Band)/(Mackie D8B mixing console, Digidesign 888/24) Interface, and Pro Tools 6.4 software
Special Equipment
Skype at home studio, Full studio is phone patch and ISDN capable
Delivery Methods
All digital formats available
Turnaround Time
1-2 days for most projects
Service Description
I'm known for responsiveness to my clients and quick turn-around. All projects under 10 pages are recorded in my home studio. Longer projects are recorded with an affiliated studio: Dave and Dave Inc. I am also available to assist in refining translations to English.
Testimonials
Cory Richards
Prompt, courteous, professional, and very talented. I'm very happy!
Justin Stockton
world's fastest high quality turnaround! Fantastic
Teresa Alampur
Wow Deb! Wonderful job! Not one mistake. That is quite rare!
Client List
Hitachi, Dun and Bradstreet Corp., Honeybaked Ham, The University of Southern California, Scholastic, Proflowers, Fruity Pebbles, Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LRN (the Legal Resource Network), Sony, Sega, Bandai, Activision, Ascii, DirectTV, Turbotax, The Sharper Image, Bank of America, The Los Angeles Times, CT Screening International, Universal, McGraw Hill (see www.deborahsalebutler.com for complete resume of dozens of clients).Payment Terms
Hire Deborah for voice over work. Payment is made through Voices.com SurePay, an escrow service that guarantees your work is done to your satisfaction. Send payment securely by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal through Voices.com then download your files from the website.