Ken Jackson

Voice Description

Warm, deep, mature, neutral accent, . Any kind of read from hard sell retail to laidback sophisticated.
Enjoy developing characters for productions, (C Threepio & Darth Vader we've done for a presentation)

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - Other

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

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting 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

My Home Base

Perth Western Australia, Australia

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

French accent, Afrikaans, American, Australian

My Voice Experience

PRESENTER ROLES: CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

ARGYLE DIAMONDS ALL CORPORATE A/V’S AND TRAINING VIDEOS
ALCOA
DEFIANCE MINING
SOLAR HART
ARCHIE MARTIN VOX
MAZDA 323 AND 626 RELEASES
CHRYSLER AUSTRALIA
ALCOA
EON METALS
TRANSCOM ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
WRITER DIRECTOR AND PRESENTER FOR SUPERSTARS AND LEGENDS
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRESENTER AUSTMINES
THE UNITED WAY (ACTOR)
WESTRAC
TOYOTA

VOICE OVER: CORPORATE

BHP BILLITON
ARGYLE DIAMONDS
DATA SECURITY
BHP
WESTRALIAN SANDS
DAMPIER SALT
ALCOA
PERTH ZOO
OK TEDI MINING
NASH MINING (WRITER AND VOICE OVER)
PALANDRI WINES Corporate
The SHELL Co.
TENNIX Shipbuilding
PSI PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS
CLUB MED WORLD WIDE

RADIO AND TELEVISION VOICES:

LUX SOAP
AUTOMASTERS
SATTERLEY REAL ESTATE
THE W.A.C.A.
THE WA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THE WATER CORPORATION
AZTEC ISLAND MANDURAH
DANKZ FURNITURE
THE WACA
WESTERN WARRIORS
PRODUCTION VOICE 6PR 2 YEARS
SUNDAY TIMES VOICE 3 YEARS
Wrote directed and voiced the fifty episode series for radio, “Origin”
sold to the Grace Gibson Organisation in 1986.
ALL MYER TVC’S AND VO’S IN THE LATE 70’S
VOX ADEON /ARCHIE MARTIN VOX TV and VO

My Training

1966-69 Drummer/Compere of top Perth groups THE NAMELOUS & THE MARK IV

Disc Jockey Radio 6TZ-CI Bunbury

1970-73 Drummer/Compere of leading Perth band THE STATESMEN

1973-74 First live Disc Jockey PINOCCHIOS NIGHT CLUB

Entertainment Mgr/Disc Jockey OLD LION HOTEL ADELAIDE

Drive Time Disc Jockey 6PR PERTH

Entertainment Mgr/Disc Jockey OLD LION HOTEL ADELAIDE

Setup Disco and Established successful music format new SHAFTO LANE TAVERN

DJ GOBBLES and On Air with 6IX recording automated weekend shifts

1980-81 On air “Morning Womens“ (9-12) 6IX

1982 - Established successful mobile DJ business Wired For Sound
Client base included:
John Hughes, The Bond Family, Brian Coppin, Don O’Sullivan, Nigel Satterley, Kevin Sullivan, Jenny Craig, John Roberts, Pierres Garden Restaurant, The Rag Trade, East Perth Football Club and many others.

1982/83/84- Established the music format for the tremendously successful nightclub F SCOTTS and Resident DJ for 18 months.

1985- Entertainment Manager at the CHICAGO Nightclub Orchard Hotel.

1985 - Contracted as DJ to the NEW PALACE NIGHTCLUB in Melbourne for the opening. (6 weeks)

1985-86 - Entertainment Mgr/Public Relations for MILK JACKSONS and THE CANDY STORE, two of Perths most successful venues of the era.

1986-87 – Six months on the Gold Coast with freelance voice work and newsreader for RADIO 4GG
Also writing and producing station commercials.

1987-91 – Returned to Perth, active in small film roles, on camera presenter Corporate and Audio Visual work and voiceovers. Continued to service past clients and new with highly successful Mobile DJ service WIRED FOR SOUND.

2001- Established Little River Studios, a voice over recording studio in Mt Lawley designed to service the advertising industry and Phonepower a telephone ‘on hold’ business.

2002- Discontinued the mobile sound business to concentrate on Little River Studios.

2003-4 Little River Studios continues to build with many highlights including ads for America and constant recording for Eastern seaboard clients. Accounts locally include Automasters Radio & TV,
H & N Perry Real Estate TV, Education Dept., Corporate Theatre blah blah blah…

My Studio Equipment

Pro Tools 6.4 & Pro Tools 6.9 LE Systems, recorded material available on:
DAT
CD
DVD
MP3

Additional Skills

ACTING ROLES:

Stunt work in the South Australian Film Corporation movie “The Money Movers”.

Acting role of the Comte De Saint Allouarn in for the ABC production, “Towards Distant shores”.

The actor in the United Way commercial with four hundred children
The man in the Toyota commercials who leapt out of your TV screen in the 80’s…
In the early 80’s he enticed many of us to buy a pool or spa from Paul the Outdoor Outlaw.
Actor in many ABC radio plays and acting roles in the ABC series for education
“Between you and me”.

The role of Tony Templeman QC in the re enactments of the Royal Commission Trials
TV station representative in Paul Cox movie “Horizons of the Sun”

Radio experience

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

Contact Information

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