Karen Hearn - Warm and Velvety, Resonant, Cheery, Melodic, Sexy

Warm and Velvety, Resonant, Cheery, Melodic, Sexy

• Karen Hearn is registered with Voice123 since Apr 15, 2010.
• Karen Hearn started his/her voice over career in 2008.
• Currently Karen Hearn is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 10
• Karen Hearn was last active on Voice123 28 days ago

Voice Description

Compelling and poised for documentaries, industrial videos or presentations; warm, mellifluous and inviting for automated systems; multi-faceted, energetic and thoughtful for audiobooks; sumptuous and intoxicating for commercials. I have a versatile alto voice

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• 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
• 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
• 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 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

non-specific Northern American, American Southern, Midwestern

My Voice Experience

Most of my experience comes from presenting classical music at Mississippi Public Broadcasting. My voice has also been used for several PSAs at WRKF in Baton Rouge, the Mississippi State University TV promo, a promotional video for the United Way of South Mississippi, a movie trailer for an independent film called Mean Parents Suck, an online gardening course for the National Gardening Club and countless promos, PSAs and imaging for the radio stations and television stations associated with Mississippi Public Broadcasting. I've also voiced the video presentation for the Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and have hosted the annual GIVE Awards two years in a row.

My Training

My formal training is in Classical Music. I have a Bachelor of the Arts in Music and Philosophy and a Master of Music--Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Studying voice (and watching cartoons) taught me how to listen critically to my own voice and to manipulate the sounds I can produce. At MPB, I have honed my skills in audio recording and production. I started as a lowly intern and within five months became the Classical Music Director. As such, I produce over 25 hours of content a week in a variety of topics including music, gardening and business. I have studied several languages including French, Japanese, German, Russian and Italian.

My Studio Equipment

I use an ElectroVoice RE27ND microphone and a Studer OnAir 2000 M2 board. I have an ISDN line through a Zephyr system and I use Adobe Audition to edit audio.

Additional Skills

I was the cantor for two Catholic churches in South Louisiana for seven years. This involved quite a bit of singing and speaking into a microphone with a warm, inviting voice to gently coax church-goers to participate in mass. I studied vocal anatomy in college so I am familiar with the biology involved in vocal production. I am highly experienced with writing for time constraints, having written scripts for promos and PSAs for MPB for four years.