Kenny Blyth

Voice Description

Winner of the BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs award (2000) Kenny is a leading British voice artist with over ten years experience in the industry. Clear, warm, rich and freindly. Great versatility for characters and accents he is incredibly versatile, often playing multiple roles in radio dramas for the BBC. He has worked on many major campaign including the Scottish Sun and Army recruitment and has been the the tag voice for Scottish power since 2006.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - British

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

• 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

• British Equity

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

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

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

All Stottish accents, Geordie (Newcastle), Ireland (Belfast & Dublin), Manchester, Liverpool, London, Bristol, Welsh, RP, Australian, North American, French (English)South African

My Voice Experience

Kenny has 10 years experience in the voice-overindustry and voice acting, winning the BBC Carleton Hobbs bursary award in 2000 he spent 9 months on the BBC radio drama company and continues to work in Radio drama, ADR, talking books, narration and commercial/corporate voice-overs.

He has recorded talking books for authors like Ian Banks and Christopher Brookemyre. Worked on advertising campaigns for the Scottish Sun (TBWA) and Scottish Power (Newhaven, since 2006). BBC trailers for BBC Scotland (Football, Green Green Grass, RBS Six Nations as well as TV Licencing for BBC UK).Corporate clients include Royal Bank of Scotland, BP, Sky and Stenna. Kenny's time at the BBC provided him with a huge range of accents and veratility to an excellent standard. Contact him for a chat if you need to hear a sample of an accent or style. Or just phone for a chat anyway!

My Training

BA Acting (Hons) with distinction Queen Margaret's University Edinburgh (2000)

BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award Winner (2000)

Radio drama visiting lecturer Queen Margaret's University (2006)

My Studio Equipment

Kenny's studio has ISDN CDQ Prima (+44 0131 2298127). Facility for MP3 self record and send. Full editing facilities and shares studio with business partner Gayanne Potter, also on voice 123 and we are available for two hander jobs.

Additional Skills

Kenny has worked as a director and producer on his own voice projects. He has also written and produced a small number of local radio adverts which he also voiced.

He has also lectured in Radio drama and voice overs at Queens Margarets University BA Acting course

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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