Patrick Drazen - Serious, Classical Music DJ Type, Character

Serious, Classical Music DJ Type, Character

• Patrick Drazen is registered with Voice123 since May 29, 2007.
• Patrick Drazen started his/her voice over career in .
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• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Former Announcer for NPR Affiliate: Classical Music Announcer (authoritative, knowledgeable, friendly); Jazz Announcer (laid-back but still knowledgeable); University Degrees in Speech--performances include James Joyce, Walt Whitman, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack Kerouac, James Thurber (various characters); High school acting roles included Friar Laurence in "Romeo & Juliet", Renfield in "Dracula", Otis Skinner in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay"; public speaking (see Classical Music Announcer)

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• Japanese

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Patrick Drazen

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

Unknown - Click here to ask Patrick Drazen

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Patrick Drazen

My Voice Experience

In high school I started amateur acting along with my interest in radio; radio took over when I got to college, until I was Music Director at WSIU-FM in Carbondale, IL--a post I held for 14 years, appearing 17 hours per week on air from 1976 to 1991. I moved to Chicago in 1991, and mostly focused on public speaking (lectures, readings from my book on Japanese cartoons).

My Training

Acting classes and amateur dramatics at Morton West High School, Berwyn, 1966-1970; Bachelor's in Speech from Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, IL--1974; Master's in Speech from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1975; Music Director at WSIU 1976 to 1991 (being on-air 17 hours/week, including production of radio drama version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"); lectures on Japanese animation in Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco and at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.