African American Voiceover with a Fresh, Youthful, Millennial Sound

ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT: DJ is the male narrator for season 5 of the NBA’s ‘NBA On Fire‘ weekly recap series.

DJ Dykes' Recent Work

About Black American Voice Actor DJ Dykes

DJ is a Fresh and Unique Millennial Black American Voice Actor

Youthful, fresh, unique Black & Filipino American voiceover! DJ Dykes is an in-demand, Source Connect-ready, millennial Black & Filipino American voiceover actor that clients have trusted for commercial, promo, narration, interactive, and trailer.

He has voiced for many major clients including the NBA, Verizon, Heinz, Jimmy John’s, Doritos, LEGO, Kellogg’s, and MANSCAPED

He regularly books in the 25-40 age range.

DJ has a diverse demographic background that makes him an outstanding choice for your Black American voiceover casting. He is an experienced voiceover actor whose youthful and authoritative voice leans towards Millennial and Generation Z. He regularly books in the “young adult” and “adult” range, especially for Black American voiceovers that require a conversational, authentic, youthful performance. 

DJ is also highly trained and experienced as a voice actor. He understands the importance of honing his craft with top VO coaches:

  • Commercial – Tina Morasco, Mary Lynn Wissner
  • Promo – Donovan Corneetz, Jodi Gotlieb, David Alden, Joyce Castellanos
  • Trailer – Richard Redfield, David Alden
  • Narration – Thom Pinto
  • Improv – Scott Parkin, Tim Powers 

DJ is a disabled US Air Force veteran.

DJ SPECIALIZES IN:

Delivery Methods

Source Connect, Zoom, & Phone Patch Live Directed Sessions Available. MP3, WAV delivery via Email, WeTransfer, Dropbox & Google Drive

Studio Equipment

Mic: Sennheiser MKH 416
Interface: Focusrite Scarlett Solo
Headphones: Sennheiser 280 HD PRO
Software: Adobe Audition, RX8 Plugins Computer: 2019 Macbook Pro 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7

Vocal Style

Contemporary Realness, Uplifting Warmth, Millennial with Gen Z Vibes, Authentic, Authoritative, Confident, Textured, and Masculine with Rasp and Gravitas.
Sounds like: Barack Obama, Keegan-Michael Key, Wayne Brady, John Legend, Will Smith, Michael B. Jordan, Dwayne Johnson, Gabe Kunda, Anthony Mackie, Eric Andre.

CLIENTS

Satisfied Clients on DJ's Black American Voiceovers

Kat Skiles, Narrative Creative Agency CEO & Production Lead

"One of the best voice over artists I’ve ever worked with. The audio is superb in quality and DJ’s ability to read notes on tone and cadence are unmatched. He has excellent intuition about script flow and hung with me through a number of script changes with an awesome attitude and consistently prompt deliveries. You just don’t get service like this from other folks. DJ is amazing and I highly recommend."

Naomi K. Director of Operations

DJ's voice is smooth as buttah. He oozes confidence and warmth. Great to work with, takes direction and hits the timing with ease. I look forward to working with him again.

Gene Kamenez, Co-Founder & CEO, Uxcel

"Working with DJ was a fantastic experience! His excellent communication skills ensured a smooth collaboration, and the quality of the delivered voice-over for our video exceeded all expectations."

Walmart AV Team

"Perfect read for the project we were working on, DJ Dykes provided more than one take which helped tremendously as we did not have to go back and forth on inflection or pronunciation of some words. It was a fantastic and quick process working with him."

TourBox

"DJ is absolutely amazing!! He is very professional in terms of script revision and of course voice recording. And his response is super fast. His expression is very clear so that there is no misunderstanding during the communication process. I’ll absolutely continue working with DJ and recommend him to my colleagues!"

Producer, National Ecological Observatory Network

"We had a pretty tricky foreign name in the script that took a few takes to get the pronunciation right. DJ was super accommodating and provided several different recordings till he nailed it! Great communication and a friendly guy. I think this is our 3rd or 4th time working together and will def hire him again!"

Brian Cameron, Senior Director of Product Strategy, New U Life

"DJ is by far and away the most professional and talented voice actor we’ve ever worked with at our company. We are a large company and have used a ton of people and DJ is head and shoulders above the rest. During our projects he’s communicated incredibly well on top delivering top notch quality content. And get this, every time we’ve done a project, he’s gotten our project on the first take. What that translates to is saved time, saves money, and the efficient use of resources. His personal touch and warm personality makes him so easy to work with. If it was kosher, I’d put my number here so you could chat with me and I could rave about our projects! Long story short, you won’t regret using DJ for your projects!"

Jonathan Klug, Co-Founder, Beluga Animation

"Really great. DJ is so friendly, responsive and professional. He nailed all the tones and all the emphases first time without any direction. You really get the impression that he took the time to understand what he was reading so the audience would too! Plus his voice is fabulous! Thanks again DJ."

Paolo, Operà Music

"Fast and professional. Very recommended, thank you!"

Mike Doyle Drive80 Studio

DJ was excellent to work with. Excellent and fast communication, quick turn around on the voice recording of our script, and nailed it on one take. Highly recommend him for your next voice over project.

Jason Hamerlinck Human Resources Director, Flynn Restaurant Group

Thank you DJ. Super fast response with high quality work

MANSCAPED

Great to work with!!!

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