Linda Jones - sophisticated, smooth, friendly

sophisticated, smooth, friendly

• Linda Jones is registered with Voice123 since Jan 06, 2009.
• Linda Jones started his/her voice over career in 1995.
• Currently Linda Jones is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 27
• Linda Jones has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

I'm a warm, clear, confident, professional with smooth sophistication - and a side of friendly, happy and trustworthy.

My voice is great for documentaries, tutorials and corporate narration because of its warm, smooth precision and clarity.

My acting background strengthens my work in audiobooks.

Commercially, my voice is terrific for the friendly young mom or neighbor; or sexy, smooth and sophisticated for high end products.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• 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

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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 voice direction services

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British Isles (Standard British, Oxford Engish, Queen's English, Cockney, Estuary, East Anglian, Dublin Irish, Northern Irish), American Southern (coastal and rural), German, French, Spanish

I've been a dialect coach for over 15 years and can execute a variety of dialects as needed.

My Voice Experience

Recent projects have included documentaries for IBM, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, corporate narrations for American Express, Mercer, and Clairol, web tutorials and into videos for ArtSpan, as well as various ESL and telephony projects.

Previous clients also include Hewlett Packard, MUSC Medical Center, the Junior League, the YWCA, LearnIt and Pacific Media.

My Training

BFA Acting, Ithaca College (voiceover with Greg Bostwick)
Voiceover: Edge Studio - David Goldberg, Roy Yokelson, NYC
Voiceover: Voicetrax, Samantha Paris, San Francisco, CA
Voiceover: Voice Media - John Erlendson, Susan McCollum, San Francisco, CA
Singing: private, ongoing - Aaron Hagan, NYC
Long-form Improv: Michael Gellman, the Second City, Chicago, IL
Additional training and workshops - various (list available on request)

My Studio Equipment

I generally record in an NYC studio facitlity with ProTools, AKG and Neumann mics, phone patch, full library of music and sound effects. Files in WAV, MP3 or AIFF.

I also have a home studio equipped with a Blue Snowball mic (Condenser, Pressure Gradient w/USB digital output; omnidirectional or cardioid; position 1-3: 40-18kHz; 44.1 kHz/16 bit) and Audacity.

Able to upload to ftp site, send files via e-mail or via snail mail. Files delivered as WAV, MP3 or AIFF; conversion to other file types on request.

Additional Skills

I am a voice actor based in NYC, as well as a voice coach and producer at Edge Studio NYC. I'm also an award-winning performer with a background in theatre, who performs in an ongoing seasonal cabaret in NYC.

Additionally, I've worked privately as a voice, speech and dialect coach for over 20 years - in Chicago, San Francisco and New York - coaching actors in stage, film and voiceover, as well as working privately with students on speech improvement and accent reduction.