Peter Gladwin

Voice Description

A pleasant, articulate voice talent with good enunciation and a warm resonance.
The ability to be impartial and authoritative, off-beat and funny, warm and sexy, sharp and villainous, lofty and emotive.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - British
• English - South African

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

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
• 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 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

East London, South Africa

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

South African neutral standard Queens English, Ex-pat English slight accent that intrigues.

My Voice Experience

I have never dressed up in a chicken suit.
I do not think I'm Jesus Christ.
I am easy going and a real pleasure to work with.
I Will work for free! (just kidding) no really, if you are a recognized charity doing good works talk to me.
I am very well versed in all aspects of radio announcing, writing scripts, voicing them, producing them. I currently lecture N.C. Versatile Broadcasting for a local Uni.
I got the bug at aged 11 and become a house D.J. for family and friends, this led to my first professional gig at age 19 i.e. I finally got paid.
I then free -lanced in clubs and pubs for 30 years,before retiring last year.
Not that I stopped enjoying the music, but humping gear around at age 50 rapidly lost its appeal.
I have M.C.ed every kind of product launch, in-store promotion, fashion show you can think of.
I have had extensive experience as a drive time presenter on local radio as well as having my own talk show.
I have commentated for various sporting events (some of which I know very little about. How ever no one has complained as yet.) :The buffalo regatta (a 100 year old international rowing event) Moto-x, Drag racing, road running, International swim meets,Veterans hockey tournaments, School cricket.
Have recorded for call-on-hold.(now I can get irritated with myself when I call those companies, and wish to speak to a real live person)
Have scripted and voiced for T.V. documentaries.
Conceptualize, script, voice and produce adverts for many recognized local, regional and National radio stations.
Have scripted, voiced and produced an audio travelogue as podcasts.
I am single (I have an ex-wife and a lot of ex-possessions) so I am able to travel anywhere at anytime, if the money is right.

My Training

When I started in this business (around the time man discovered fire) there were no courses being offered anywhere.
Fortunately my club work brought me into contact with many radio jocks, and I was able to visit with them and learn from them, while I made the tea, and fetched the copy from the telex machine. I eventually helped start up an outside broadcasting unit called Beach music radio, and we did many large and small events in our city. Keeping it as close to "real" radio as possible.Playing music, with adverts, jingles, station I.D's (which we produced ourselves)
I eventually pestered my way into a part time slot on BRFM,
our local radio station,where I co-presented a show called that will be the day, which I researched and produced.
This led to my being given my own slot, called restaurant round up.
I then joined a group of like minded people and helped set up our local Christian Community radio Link FM.
I then started a radio service in our largest mall, and built up a very lucrative business over several years.
After selling it, I returned to the club and pub business for one more last hurrah, and then packed it in to teach broadcasting at my local uni, where I am still happily ensconced today.
During this time I was also very busy writing, voicing and producing adverts for Big wave productions, Jubilee productions, as well as Audio sport and Radvidio
The End.

My Studio Equipment

mic : Shure sm58
Head phones : AKG
Desk: Mackie 1202 vlz pro
P.C. : windows xp running Adobe Audition as well as cool edit.
No ISDN
e-mail and FTP

Additional Skills

To understand that the pictures are always better on radio.
The ability to think on my feet.
To be able to think outside the box.
To be able to conceptualize from a clients brief and write effective copy.
I also have extensive sales and marketing experience, and fully understand that this is the Entertainment-business.
Whilst it is very important to have personality, it is equally important not to forget the product.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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