Jim McPherson

Voice Description

Melifluous voice for warm narrations, a variety of characters and accents in many situations for commercials, smooth and professional for presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• 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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Adult content
• Songs

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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting 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

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British (Kings English to cockney), Irish, Scottish, German, Transylvanian (Dracula), East Indian, Spanish (Desi Arnaz), American(Texan, Southern, Minnesotan (ooftah, etc.)

My Voice Experience

Jim McPherson
Actor/Writer/Storyteller

STAGE ROLES
• The White Rabbit and March Hare in Alice in Wonderland for the original Children’s Theater Company, Minneapolis.
• Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island for the University of Minnesota Theater, Minneapolis.
• Mike Hoolihan in Radio Rescue for the University of Minnesota Theater.
• Sandy (ancient desert spirit) in Wild Birds for the U of M’s Theater in the Round.

Radio Roles
• A German soldier who looses his face and sanity in The Purple Testament, on KUOM’s Theater of the Air.
• An idealistic screenwriter with Ray Christianson’s (WCCO) has-been director, 90-min. dialogue, on KUOM's Theater of the Air.
• Various roles for a series of Arch Obler’s 1940s radio plays, on Theater of the Air.

TV ROLES
• Tom in The Tom and Sherry Show, spot for Minnesota independent liquor distributors (+ wrote, produced).
• Dad in Everybody Wants TV Dispatch, spot for magazine publisher (+ wrote, produced).

Film and Video Voiceovers*
• Helping to Health, a 30-second TV spot for Health Recovery Center, repeated on air for several years.
• Where Art Imitates Life, a 12-minute video for Brodin Studios, marketing larger-than-life, bronze memorial statues to police and fire departments across the U.S. (*also wrote, produced and directed)
• The Stanford Story, an 18-minute sales video for Stanford Letterpress which the client credited as being very instrumental in their company’s growth.
• Smoke Is No Joke, a 17-minute employee-training video narrated on cam by comedienne Susan Vass for the Smoke Free 2000 Coalition and the American Cancer Society for national distribution by stores to convince their clerks not to sell tobacco to minors.*
• Protectors' Pride, a 17-minute promotional community-relations video for the Law Enforcement Recognition Program and noted American sculptor Roger Brodin, designed for distribution to police departments and agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada to promote a positive image of police.*
• Window on a World Majestic, a half-hour musical "Rocumentary" now in Europe as a fund-raising tool for a movie about the legendary Victorian-era bare-knuckled boxer Tom Sayers*
• Helping the Sightless See the Savior, a 12-minute fund-raising video for the Lutheran Braille Evangelism Ass’n.*
*Produced with Stefan Sigurdson's Video Scope Productions.

RADIO VOICEOVERS
• Wild Boar Holiday Dinner, radio spot produced for Hotel Sofitel.
• Igniting the Dream, Public Service Announcements produced for The Children’s Trust and MTM Advertising and distributed throughout Minnesota.
• Eddy and Freddy, the popular health and safety program series, produced for The Independent Insurance Agents of Minnesota and broadcast statewide for two years during Minnesota Twins games on WCCO-AM Radio.
• Blue Flame Ecology Salute and Friend of the Family, two popular statewide radio series, produced for six years each for The Natural Gas Council of Minnesota.

Vitals
DOB: 10/27/42 Age: 66
Ht: 5’, 5” Wt: 160 lbs. Hr: Graying med. Brown Eyes: Blue
Suit: 37 Short Waist: 36” Inseam: 29”
Shoes: 7-1/2 Hat: lg.

My Training

• Was a theater arts major at the University of Minnesota, where I took a variety of courses in acting, directing, producing and prforming leading roles in stage plays.

• I performed for two years on KUOM's Theater of the Air. I also performed leading roles in the original Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis.

• Later, in the 1990s, I performed in several radio dramas on Fresh Air Radio. (See above.)

• In 1995, I wrote and produced with seasoned trumpeter Jaca Gereau a jazz opera called "Chettie," about the life and loves of prolific trumpet player Chet Baker.

My Studio Equipment

For 20 years I have worked with Video Scope Productions in St. Paul writing and producing a variety of radio and TV commercials and infomercials. See our vintage reel on my website (Jim McPherson and Friends.com) Click on it in the Services section.

Video Scope is a full-service digital/video/audio production facility

Additional Skills

For 30 years I have owned and operated Jim McPherson and Friends Productions and Public Relations. (Again, please see my website (Jim McPherson and Friends. com) for my diverse experience: Producing radio and TV commercials, informercials and PSAs; Creating and executing successful Public and Community Relations campaigns;
writing songs, poetry and screenplays and a jazz opera.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

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Contact Information

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