![]() ![]() Although he has turned down numerous gigs for this reason, Justin refuses to compromise on his personal and religious values. He states on his website that he will not record profanity, explicit material, or anything that promotes racism or hate. By working through his own website, Justin was able to be more selective with his clients, favoring fewer, yet bigger clients, over the many small, one time jobs he had on Fivr.Īlthough Justin continues to work with a wide range of clients, receiving gigs from places as diverse as Jordan, China, and Germany, there are certain things Justin will not do. “Fivr was great because it gave me experience with a broad range of scripts and the confidence to branch out on my own” Justin tells me. Soon he felt ready to launch his own website,. ![]() Over time, as his name began to spread, Justin started working on gigs outside of Fivr. He also does a variety accents, including English, German, and Russian, and in one video game trailer, he can even be heard speaking in a thick Scottish brogue. His vocal pitch ranges from movie trailer deep to news anchor crisp, to casual, conversational promotional work. Justin achieved a 99% positive feedback rating with one review even asking, “Will you marry me?”Īside from giving him a broad range of scripts, working on Fivr required Justin to hone certain skills other than his trailer voice. His efforts paid off, and soon the reviews started coming in. It wouldn’t go well with clients to get recordings that had shower versions of the Maccabeats L’cha Dodi faintly in the background”Įver the perfectionist, Justin would wait till the neighborhood slept and re-record and edit his recordings on his computer to ensure a professional grade product. “It was kind of difficult making recordings with music blaring from the streets and random dudes singing loudly in the shower. Instead he did all of his work out of his dorm room, on the third floor of Muss. Although he was using a high-end microphone, Justin did not have a studio to work with. “It was a lot of fun at first, but I got so busy that it started taking up almost all of my free time” Justin says a bit of a wry smile.įinding a space for his new obsession was difficult. By 2012, he had a steady stream of clients coming in through fivr, with gigs ranging from independent movie trailers to video game previews to audiobook samples to radio commercials. It wasn’t until a friend referred him to a website called, where people can list services for a base price of five dollars, that he returned to professional voice-over work. He used several voices in the HASC standup comedy night in November 2010, his first semester. When Justin came to YU, finding clients became much more of a challenge, and Justin returned to using his voice for pranks and fun. Currently his voice can be heard in the promotional video for Merkaz Chareidi, a vocational school, and several projects for TorahLive. The fact the he actually got paid taught him that his voice could be used for more than just pranks and fun. It was a big step for me because it provided me with real experience in voice-over and the ability to refine my skills” Justin says. “I worked for two productions companies in Israel. When he went to Israel for his year abroad, Justin began to professionalize his voice-over work. In high school, Justin belonged to his school’s filmmaking club and was involved in making documentaries those were his first real voice-over projects. Before long, he was moving on to bigger projects. At first it involved simple pranks, like calling the school on behalf of his fellow students to get excused absences. “Vocal cords are like muscles” Justin says, “the more you train the deeper you can push it.” With a strict workout regimen, he could soon mimic the voice fairly well, for a fifteen year old anyway. After hearing the voice, Justin began attempts to imitate it, forcing his vocal cords lower and lower. Justin’s fascination with voiceovers began when he heard the voice Don LaFontaine, the original movie trailer voice. Alternatively he produces fits of laughter with his impersonations of the Orcs from Lord of the Rings, Barry White, and the Dark Sith from Star Wars. Countless jaws have dropped at his impeccable rendition of the deep movie trailer voice. It usually takes a little persuasion on my part, but usually I can get him to talk about his voiceover work. Over the course of that time, I’ve always enjoyed introducing him to new people and seeing him surprise them with his amusing and unusual talent. I first met Justin Lundin, Syms 13’ in 2008, when we attended the same yeshiva in Israel, and we’ve been roommates from then till now. ![]()
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