Celia Lynn

Voice Description

Celia's specialty is a Conversational delivery. There's natural character to her clear, believable, and expressive voice, and she's an excellent story-teller, as well.

Celia's Real Person Sound is well-suited to various voice applications that call for a casual, light-hearted, and conversational approach.

Typical roles Celia fills are the loyal best friend, the devoted wife, the busy-body neighbor, the concerned Mom, the harried housewife, the friendly professional, or the struggling working woman.

Celia delivers:
Warm & Friendly -- with no artificial sweetener

Confidence & Pride -- with no smugness

Dry, Detailed Instructions -- without causing yawns

For vocal projects that require a knowledgeable, precise, and straightforward performance, Celia projects the confidence, intelligent articulation, and authoritative edge that are needed.

One of Celia's hallmarks is the combination of willingness and ability to deliver a performance as directed.

Celia's Strengths include:

1: Superb cold-reading skills
2. Consistent vocal delivery within each project.
3: Excellent at taking direction
4. Proficient at Interpreting Copy

Celia takes pride in delivering professional work and is dedicated to ensuring your audio projects are a success.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• Podcasts
• 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

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I offer translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• 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

L.A. Los Angeles Orange County San Diego So.Calif., California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American, Neutral, Country, Rural, Farmer, Middle Class, Lower Class

My Voice Experience

Celia's Voice Over Credits include:
Bay Regional Medical Center
Children's Trust Fund of Missouri
Circuit-World
Disney
Drury Hotels
Florida Marlins
GeoBeats, Inc
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Iowa Resource on Aging
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
Iowa Egg Council
Loreto Publications
M.A.D.D.
Meijer
Missouri Dept of Health & Senior Services
Missouri National Education Association
Moog
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Soltoro, Ltd.
State Farm Insurance
Taser
Technogel
The Curtain Exchange
Verizon

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:
"Celia was great to work with. She was eager to understand the project and how her contribution to it would contribute to its success. Her readings were great the first time and had a high level of consistency. Very professional. I highly recommend Celia."
B. McClure, SkyWorld Interactive

"A lot of people in the commercial-producing biz will tell you how difficult it can be to find voice people who sound 'real'. Traditionally voice work was about as real as reality television... but it's come full-circle. Celia IS that real voice."
B. Barker, RightAfterThis!

"Celia has done a wonderful job on every script that I have ever sent her way. She is excellent about my all too often short turn around times and still makes the ads sound GREAT too!!!
J. Small, The Great Spot Company

With a career spanning 19 years, Celia's voice over service encompasses a wide-range of media: broadcast, cable, film, video, internet, product display, and phone systems; and all forms of applications: advertising, promotion, education, and entertainment.

Commercials still make up the bulk of Celia's workload. While a DJ for nearly a decade, Celia voiced hundreds of spots heard on various Southern California stations. Since opening her home studio a couple of years ago, Celia is now regularly voicing ads and various audio projects for multiple production houses, ad agencies, broadcast & cable stations, video companies and corporations throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Dublin, and Israel.

Previously, Celia's voice was heard on the national airwaves as host of a radio network featuring motivational talk. Locally, Celia has been heard as both the host of a public affairs talk show, and as a news and traffic reporter.

My Training

Celia's voiceover craft was developed and nurtured over many years of classes and seminars. Living in prime VO territory has enabled her to study with many of the top names in the industry (Pat Fraley and Ginny McSwain, to name the latest two).

For many years, Celia participated in the weekly VoiceOver Workouts held by Dave Sebastian Williams.

Recognizing the important role acting plays in voice over excellence, Celia studied at Weist-Barron-Hill, taking Acting for TV & Film classes and performing in their Showcases.

Celia’s formal education includes earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from California State University, Northridge; and attending several semesters of radio, TV, and communication courses at Pasadena City College.

Celia earned a CTM from Toastmasters International, and it was with active involvement in this organization that she developed her public speaking skills.

Celia shares her voice talent by volunteering as a reader for the Los Angeles Radio Reading Service (LARRS). This service enables the blind and the print-impaired to hear their local, daily newspapers read live -- in "real time."

My Studio Equipment

I voice and produce clean, superbly edited audio in a recording studio that includes a Whisper Room. My sound chain has been acoustically approved by expert audio engineer George Whittam. I have an additional monitor, wireless keyboard and mic in the booth. This paperless studio enables me to record much more efficiently. Other studio equipment includes the following:
Heil PL-2T Overhead Broadcast Boom
Studio Projects C1 Microphone
Apogee ONE
MacBook Pro 5.2
Twisted Wave
Adobe Audition
Sony Pro headphones
M-Audio Speakers

I deliver broadcast quality audio files via any format you desire (MP3, AIFF, WAV, FTP, CD, etc).

Located in L.A., I have easy access to ISDN studios, when live direction is preferred. I provide reasonable rates and quick turnaround.

My standard turnaround for a commercial or other short project, is just 24 hours. When a Rush Order is needed, you'll have your audio ASAP, sometimes in just 2-3 hours!

Additional Skills

Celia has either experience, training, knowledge or an avid interest in the following fields:

MUSIC:
B.A. in Music from California State University, Northridge

Instruments Played - Flute, French Horn, Saxophone, Drums

Played in various Pit Orchestras locally, as well as a season of Summer Stock in Cape Cod, MA (CLOC Theatre).

Styles - Show Tunes, American Standards, Big Band, Country, Classical, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Christian


HANDWRITING ANALYSIS:
CGA - Certified GraphoAnalyst
Can analyze handwriting to reveal personality traits, vocational aptitudes, compatibility, etc.


HEALTH & MEDICINE:
Patient Advocate for over 3 years in a hospital setting.

Natural Remedies, Nutrition, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Prescription Drugs, Physical Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, EECP, Prolotherapy, Anodyne Therapy, Reflexology, Chelation Therapy, Non-Invasive Therapies, Medical and Anatomical Terms, Conventional Medicine and Medical Procedures, Hearing Aids, Optometry


RADIO:
Evening Host for National Network with a Motivational Talk Format that focused on Personal Achievement in the areas of Family and Relationships, Health, and Finances.

DJ for several Number One Ranked Country stations in Southern CA (KFRG, KHAY, KTPI), as well as other Adult Contemporary, and Christian Music stations.

Production Director for an Soft AC station in San Diego, (where I was also the Midday DJ). Duties included writing and producing spots for the station, in addition to voicing many of the spots myself and assigning the other DJ's to voice the remainder of the commercials.

Public Affair Director (S.D. station) - duties included: Gnerating Show Topics, Contacting Guests, Interviewing Guests, Hosting, Editing and Producing the Weekly Half-Hour Community Affairs Show.

Traffic Reporter for Metro Traffic - providing traffic updates (and occasionally News Updates) for various Southern CA Radio Stations.


VARIOUS OTHER JOBS HELD:
Caption Writer at WGBH, UPS Clerk, Retail Sales Clerk, Billing and Collections Clerk, Receptionist, CA Driving Instructor, Newspaper Delivery


EXERCISE & FITNESS:
Low and High Intensity Cardio, Strength Training, Crossfit

SPORTS & GAMES
Golf, Tennis, Juggling, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Ping Pong, Bowling, Board Games, Word Puzzles

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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