Voice Actor and Narrator

Acted in radio commercials co-produced with actor Bob Dorian (stage, TV and film, and former host of American Movie Classics). Primarily humorous doubles, 2 years.

Commercials writer/producer/talent, WLIX radio, Long Island, 3 years.

Industrial & Web video narration: Leg Resource; SafeTveyr.

>Other VO Experience
Writer and Copy Editor, Edge Studio: For several years (2014-2018) I wrote a weekly newsletter article on a wide range of VO-related topics, including performance, business, physiology, psychology, training and the industry. Writer/co-writer of website content. Writer of weekly online evaluation of VO performance-contest entries (and occasional co-judge); Editor of articles by various authors; Editor of various VO-related printed publications; participant in VO coaching clinics.

>Advertising Experience
(Including occasional commercials and presentations)

Freelance Copywriter, 1982-1991, 1994-present. Includes financial, technical and a wide range of other subjects and vocabularies.

Ad agency staff copywriter, 1977-1982, 1991-1994

>Education & Training

Voice training: Jeannette LoVetri, The Voice Workshop. Basic training, 2002.

Edge Studio Workshops and individual coaching: (NYC, ongoing)

Voice Acting, Commercials, Promotion, Character, Doubles, Narration, Telephony, Audiobooks, etc.
Coaches: David Goldberg, Kristin Price, Jay Snyder, Danielle Quisenberry, Randy Kaye, Joe Loesch Booth Camp, Paul Liberti, Amy Palant, Eric Rath, others

Voice-over coach: Lainie Cooke. Basic preparation, 2002.

Improv 1: School for Film & Television (NYC), Judith Searcy

Singing: Baritone/Tenor. Basic training from Kamel Boutros and Magdalena Llamas at CUNY/LaGuardia.

Acting (Basic Monolog): Queens College, NYC

Acting (Introductory): The Simon Studio (Roger Simon), NYC. (Also assisted George Flowers in presenting an introduction to voice-over.)

University of Illinois, B.S., School of Communications (journalism)

Special Skills

Live presentations
    • Various typical business environments
    • Humorous improvised slide show narrations, Swiss Ski Club of NY

Production Capabilities

Home studio and by arrangement with Edge Studio, NYC
    • ISDN, MP3, CD, DAT, Wav, Aiff
    • Music library, sound effects

Home studio facilities include
    • Neumann TLM 49, MOTU UltraLite AVB, Pro Tools 11, other DAWs
    • Digital recording, editing, processing, mixing

VO Capabilities include

Corporate and Broadcast Narration and Explainers. Children's Narration. eLearning. Commercials conversation. Average male voice. Real characters. Eccentric characters. IVR/Telephony. Short-form storytelling.

Additional Abilities

Sports: Recreational tennis, skiing, baseball.

French: Rudimentary, dormant, decent accent but pretty much useless except for practiced reading.

Guitar: Non-professional. Arguably worse than my French.

Singing: Tenor/Baritone. Better than my French and guitar.

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