Jeffrey Hedquist

Voice Description

Announcer - friendly, wry, warm retail, hard sell, romantic, folksy, classic Don Pardo/Gary Owens/Walter Cronkite, 40's newsreel, sportscaster, DJ, newsman, deep smooth, stentorian, conversational, wise guy attitude, testosterone overload, foggy-voice dude, whiner, down home good ol' boy, uptight twit, snooty, contained anger, movie trailer guy

Dialogue - comedic, natural, believable, improvisational

Real People - regular guy, executive, blue collar, husband, clueless dad, farmer, professor

Characters - Santa, Old timer, twisted monster, quirky dork, charismatic preacher, overblown pedantic, film noir detective, New Yawk guys from the block, deadpan Fenske-type, whimsical Lorenzo Music-type, Hal Riney, Sam Elliott

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (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

Fairfield, Iowa, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British (many variations), Irish, Indian, Eastern European, Brooklyn, Uppah New England, Midwest Country, Southern, Scandinavian, German, Yiddish, Boston Brahman, Jamiacan

My Voice Experience

National commercials for AFLAC, Goodyear, Delta Airlines, American Heart Association, Ford, NAPA,Cingular, Black & Decker, Subway, Coca-Cola, The Body Shop, Time-Life
Dutch Boy Paint, Jeep, Konica, CIGNA.

Thousands of commercials running regionally & locally. Many audiobooks, including 27 versions of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Thousands of narrations for training, education, motivation, inspiration, entertainment, on-hold marketing and station promos, politicals.

My Training

Marice Tobias, National Audio Theatre Festival, Meisner Technique acting classes, stand up comedy, improv, singer/songwriter, poet, director, storyteller, producer, writer, seminar-giver, MC

My Studio Equipment

Acoustically neutral, silent floating studio with separate control room

Mics: Neumann U-87s, Sennheiser 416, Shure SM5, SM58

ProTools HD version 8 (with dozens of plug ins), Mackie 24/8 console, Telos Zephyr ISDN, Telos One & Symetrix TI-101 telephone interfaces, ART SLA 1 amp, JBL 4312 monitors

Huge SFX libraries: Sound Ideas, Holophonics, more

Licensed music: Killer Tracks, DeWolfe, Omnimusic, Manchester, Canary, Manhattan

Additional Skills

guitarist, singer-songwriter, stand-up comic, presenter, writer, director, improv performer

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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