I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor, Copy Writer
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
I'm a professional voice actor based in the Pacific Northwest. I had no idea how the voice over industry had grown since I left in late 80’s. I was a production director for two stations then, at the time when voice work was limited to TV and radio. Writing copy and producing commercials was a hoot, one of the most crazy but enjoyable periods of my life.
After taking a look at the direction terrestrial radio was heading, I got out and moved on to tech were I spent over 15 years testing software. A good chunk of that time was at Microsoft banging on code for the Macintosh and Windows operating systems. It was an interesting job, one that I fell into by accident. I was a round peg that fit into a square hole, and not very well at that. Testing software is not overly creative but the pay was satisfying.
I was swept away from Microsoft and became an Amazonian. While at Amazon.com I wrote copy, played with web analytics, created e-mail campaigns, hobnobbed with vendors and manufactures. I got in the pool again and took on two voice over projects. The first was multiple episodes of AmazonWire, a podcast that featured interviews with authors, musicians and celebrities. After that, I voiced a number of book descriptions for the website WindowShop.com. Both of these were freebies and I found myself wanting to do more and more voice over work and less and less of what I was hired to do. Not a good thing. I ended up totally bailing on voice over work in favor of focusing on what I was paid to do. I got out of the pool. Sad.
OK, this is were it gets better. I left Amazon and took some badly needed time off to get my soul aligned with my brain so that I could recognize and understand my passions. The VO water looked temping and that’s when I realized what my number one passion with a bullet was.
So, I’m in the pool again and I just wanted to say, hey. Based on what I see on the BB, there are a number of talented swimmers that I hope to get to know better. Right now, I’m on shallow end but gravitating to deeper waters. Thanks for giving me a place to swim.
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
TV
Whirl-a-Style - commercial
Fashion on the Go - commercial
Narration
Haiti Relief Fund - Jusuru International
Safety and Security Solutions Video - ten90
Audiobook
To Define Humanity - Red Anvil Productions
Web Video
Flight Sim Help.info
Tegrity Lecture Capture Software - FlickerBox
Forex Big Bang - Financial Software
Z-CounterForm - Z-CounterForm
Bandknight.com - James Boyd Band
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Warm • Friendly • Trustworthy
Authoritative • Relaxed • Guy Next Door
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male
EQUIPMENT
•Samson VR88 Microphone
•T.C. Electronic Audio Interface
•Mackie 5 Studio Monitors
•Sennheiser HD 280 Headphones
•iMac Digital Work Station
•Garageband, Audacity
Comments
I’m so happy to be one of the first to welcome you to the UNIVERSE! You've joined an amazing group of very talented and generous people. You’ll love it here!
I'd also like to invite you to join my VoiceOver Universe Group, Positive Thinkers UNITE! We welcome all creative, positive voices to join! We hope you’ll count yourself among us!
You can also check out the other groups here at VO Universe by going to the FORUM tab and then selecting GROUPS.
Best wishes for your continued success!
Penny Abshire

VoiceActing.com