ED SIMON

Voice Description

I am classically trained as a singer and have a great range to my speaking voice from very low to very high.

My natural age range is 25-55 and I have a tenor to baritone voice. I am great at over-the-top high energy characters and reads, bit I also excel at soft sell attitudes such as friendly, calm, soothing, sentimental, story telling, caring, trustworthy regular guy next door and down to earth. I can do romantic, sexy, sensual and sophisticated or luxurious, rich, expensive and snooty. I can also perform strong professional hard sell attitudes such as serious, newsy, authoritative, confident, energetic, enthusiastic and convincing.

I am adept at the new edgy attitudes such as argumentative, flippant, sarcastic, wry, bored, monotonous monotone, deadpan, casual and smartass. I can also do dramatic reads such as movie trailer (Don LaFontaine ), tv promo, audiobook or natural regular guy on the street testimonial reads.

In addition to this I perform a wide variety of character attitudes like big announcer parody, nfl films ( John Facenda ), professor, psychiatrist, sinister, evil villain, super hero, hip, geek, nerd, goofy, jolly, naive, wild, zany, wacky, kooky, nutty, quirky, funny and humorous.

I am an excellent, directable voice actor and can interpret the emotional subtleties in copy and words and connect emotionally with the listener audience. When you request an emotion in my voice for a certain line I can produce that emotion and subtle variations of it. Some examples might be angry, happy, sad, disapponted, satisfied, relieved, concerned, worried, confused, surprised and more complex emotions such as exasperated, jealous, envious, dejected, hopeful, amazed and astounded and of course nonplussed.

I can do a variety of corporate industrial copy from dramatic and romantic to straight forward and instruction and I can phrase bullets and outline points well with my voice to clearly lead the listener through the logic of a presentation. I am excellent at pronouncing and understanding medical, chemical, technical and electronic terms.

I do a a variety of accents and dialects including British R.P., Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Australian, U.S. Southern (Appalachian and Plantation Drawl), New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Western Cowboy and Old Miner, California Surfer Stoner, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, etc. I do these accents with different pitches and resonances and vocal quirks to create a wide variety of believable, entertaining characters with interesting personalities.

I do a wide variety of character voices with age ranges from 1 to 100 with many resonances and speech quirks. I do celebrity impressions and impersonations including classics like Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Boris Karloff, Marlon Brando, Paul Lynde, Johnny Carson, Ed MacMahon, cartoon voices like Rocky the Squirrel, Bullwinkle, Boris Badanoff and Natasha, Dudley Dooright, Muttley (laugh), Baby Buzzard (Bugs Bunny), Beavis and Butthead, Stewey (Family guy), Moe the Bartender (Simpsons) and modern stars such as Sylvester Sly Stallone, Sean Connery, Arnold Swartzenegger, Pee Wee Herman, Slingblade, and Beetlejuice. I also do historical characters such as John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, and Bill Clinton.

I'm a great choice for radio and tv commercials, promos, trailers, corporate industrial narration, documentaries, telephone IVR and on hold, animation and character voices, impressions and impersonations, audiobooks and books on tape, training videos, internet and podcast presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• English - North American

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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

None

My Home Base

WEST HILLS, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

New York, Brooklyn, Maine, Downeast, Boston, Southern Appalachian, Southern Drawl Plantation, California Surfer Stoner, Fargo, British R.P., British Oxford, Cockney, Scottish, Irish, Australian, French, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Dracula, gypsy, German, Austrian, Spanish, Mexican, East Indian, Pakistani, Greek, Mediterranean, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Boris Karloff, Marlon Brando, Paul Lynde, Johnny Carson, Ed MacMahon, cartoon voices like Rocky the Squirrel, Bullwinkle, Boris Badanoff and Natasha, Dudley Dooright, Muttley (laugh), Baby Buzzard (Bugs Bunny), Beavis and Butthead, Stewey (Family guy), Moe the Bartender (Simpsons) Sylvester Sly Stallone, Sean Connery, Arnold Swartzenegger, Pee Wee Herman, Slingblade, and Beetlejuice. John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton

My Voice Experience

I was the voice of Budweiser for the 1988 Los Angeles Summer Olympics ad campaign singing the jingle called "For You". I have also sung on several other non-aired commercials for products like diet 7-up.

I have worked in high-end studios under close client scrutiny. As a result, I am confident, relaxed and focused on the job enabling me to deliver an optimal performance.

My Training

I have a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medicine from Penn State University so I am very familiar and comfortable with understanding and pronouncing highly technical and scientific terminology.

I am a student of William Williams of Aliso Creek Productions where I completed a 6 week course in commercial voice-over.

I am classically trained as a singer with 3 1/2 years of tutelage from Ron Anderson.

My Studio Equipment

MICS:
SNOWBALL - USB
MXL 2001

INTERFACE:
M-BOX

SOFTWARE:
PRO TOOLS 7.4

Additional Skills

I am a voiceover artist of great range, imagination and versatility. I have a flair for the dramatic and put tremendous energy and passion into every project I do whether it's a commercial for a local eatery or narrating a documentary about the environment. I also have a great sense of humor which shines through on my comedic reads. I do great impressions from Arnold Schwartzenegger to Pee Wee Herman to Slingblade.

I am very personable, friendly and easy to work with. I takes direction well and I'm happy to lend my artistic opinion if it is so requested.

I have written, performed and recorded music for many years singing lead in numerous bands, so I am very comfortable performing in studio and I'm very well versed with microphone technique and recording issues. I have a very unique style which will separate your project from the others.

I have also sung on several commercials and I was the voice of Budweiser Beer for the 1982 Los Angeles Summer Olympic ad campaign.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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