Bridget Foley

Voice Description

Energetic, friendly, warm, melodic, rhythmic, genuine, clear...these qualities are probably best used for documentaries and on hold messages.

Can be sexy or straight, silly or serious, dreamy or focused.

Knowledge of other languages helps when adding the appropriate accent to a title or name, or when required to use an accent for character purposes.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American
• French - European

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Can do the following accents if required: French, Italian, Irish, Scottish, English-Brittish....and can study others in order to perform them. (I have a good ear for languages)

My Voice Experience

Currently:

* work for a broadcasting company: STAR 93.3FM and 107.9FM THE BREEZE, Cobourg, ON.
I do commercials, remotes, announcements and community event reports for the radio station and cover the morning show from time to time.

* provide voice work for OutStandingRadio, based out of Edmonton, AB.

some examples of jingles:
- "I Travel 2000.com"
- "Sir Sandford Fleming College"
- "Maple Lodge Farms"
- "Blinds by Design"
- "Maytag Canada"
- "Value Village USA"
- "Black Creek Pioneer Village"

* provide voice work for Platinum Productions, based out of Peterborough, ON.

on hold message provided for:
- "Maizes and Miller Assoc."

* provide voice work for DaVinci Sound Productions


Previously:

* provided the "on hold" message for Lufthansa Airlines (part of Global Telesales), in French and in English, however they have recently updated it. (It ran for approx. 4 years)

My Training

*Took T.E.S.L. (Teaching English as a Second Language) course at Flemming College.

*I teach singing, and have been for 3 years.

*I am exploring character voices for cartoons and waiting to get into a course offered in Toronto, ON. with Dynasound.

*Will be applying for a vocal coaching course offered at Durham College in Ontario.

*Studied languages on my own time (not for credit)

My Studio Equipment

Electro-Voice RE20 -cardioid dymamic microphone

Alto processors

Adobe Audition

Additional Skills

* I am a singer who performs several types of music from blues, funk, jazz, gospel, and folk.

* I plan on learning more languages, and plan to take more language related courses.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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