I have hosted an on-air podcast for the blind via AIRS-LA since 2012. Previously I was on-air talent for the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind (GARRS) (Atlanta, GA) for a year.
I was also a recording studio producer, monitor, proofer and reader for the American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, KY) for several years. I was involved in the production of more than 320 audio books and magazines.
Currently, I proof audio books on a per project basis.
AUDIO PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications/Mass Media Arts from Clark College where I was cast as a regular in a student radio drama for NPR Station, WCLK. The various characters I played were usually virginal, naive, young women.
Conference and Group Workshops, Coaching and Seminars include:
Cynthia Barrett at Atlanta Voice Coaching - Private and group sessions in voice production and articulation
Pat Fraley - Workshop Coach
*Atlanta Melt Down - Ensemble Voice Acting
Paul Alan Reuben
*Audiobook Narration
Julie Williams
*Medical Mumbo Jumbo
Crispin Freeman - Workshop Presenter
*Anime Voice Acting
MJ Lallo - Workshop Coach
*How to Win Roles in Animation Casting
Tee Morris - Instructor
*Podcasting from Script to iTunes.
September Day Leach Carter - Workshop Presenter
*Beginning Voice Over Workshop September Day Leach Carter.
George Lowe, Jr. - Presenter
* Voice Acting
Bob Carter - Coach:
*Commercial VO's & Making $$ For Being You.
*Industrial Narration & Making $$ by Telling Others What To Do
*Political VO & Making $$ for Slingin' Mud in 2012
FREELANCE WRITING, JOURNALSIM & PUBLIC RELATIONS - CONVOLUTED DATA & SCIENTIFIC LINGO - NO PROBLEM:
Good at dissecting verbose medical and technical material.
*Currently, classified as a science and medical writer by the Centers for Disease Control.
*Formerly, a daily news writer/newspaper reporter for The Louisville Times, The Atlanta Journal, The Brentford & Chiswick Times (UK) and a magazine writer for Le Metro (Paris). I worked in PR for The Atlanta Bureau of Police
BUSINESS, LEGAL AND TECHNICAL JARGON - NO PROBLEM
* Master of Science degree in Business from Central Michigan University.
*Completed the first year of law school at the George Washington University where I earned a master's certificate in Global Contract Management. For more than a decade I was a Regional Manager of Contract Negotiations for AT&T and Lucent Technologies.
*Paralegal Certificate from the University of Georgia
Studio Booth: 6'x 4' professional booth from Vocal Booths to Go
Microphones: Neumann TLM 102, Blue Yeti, Apogee MiC
Preamp: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Software: Twisted Wave, Izotope RX6, Audacity
Phone Patch via Skype or Zoom. Source Connect Standard
Computers: Studio/MAC Mini; Editing/Custom Gateway tower,
Remote Kit: iPad 6, Kaotica Eyeball and Twisted Wave.
Assorted other equipment
* Laughs of all intensities.
* Skilled at wry, sarcastic delivery.
* Certified Paralegal - comfortable with Latin phrases and legal terminology
* Class A CDL driver - familiar with trucking and transportation jargon
* Former resident of Paris - Comfortable with French language