Peter Grobe - versatile, soft-sell, medical/technical, character

versatile, soft-sell, medical/technical, character

• Peter Grobe is registered with Voice123 since Jul 27, 2009.
• Peter Grobe started his/her voice over career in 1962.
• Currently Peter Grobe is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 43
• Peter Grobe has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Warm & fuzzy, sincere for commercials like banks & high end products. Intelligent & authoritative for narrations: medical/technical specialist. Guy next door. Weird & wacky characters, accents and dialects. Soft-sell sexy and seductive to hard-sell fast-talking raucous and most everything in between. Able to play multiple characters in same script or audio books.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female
• Senior Male

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
• 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

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

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 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

South Salem, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

European, French, British, Jewish, Nebbish, New York, Jersey, Brooklyn, Gangster, Tough Guy, Flaming Gay, Old Granny or Gramps, Robotic or Mechanical, Cartoon characters, Dummy, Over-the-top exaggerated News Maven.

My Voice Experience

Dad was "The Voice of The New York Times" on WQXR Radio. I started in local radio at age 18 and did it all from news, to anchor, to rock-jock, to easy listening host/personality while working my way through college (pre-med at The University of Rochester). After graduation, forgoing med school, had number one rated evening show on 50KW clear channel WHAM Radio Rochester, NY while simultaneously holding the number three slot in the market on progressive rock (totally automated) sister station WHFM. Started doing narrations for Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Bausch & Lomb along with literally hundreds of radio and TV commercials for all kinds of clients.

Moved to New York in the mid '70s to freelance doing narrations and commercials. Voice of The American Lung Association for seven years. Acted on Soaps : Another World, As The World Turns, Somerset & Days of Our Lives. Acted in on camera roles in corporate industrial films for Boehringer Ingleheim, Astra Drug, Pitney Bowes, AT&T and IBM among others. Also worked on-air radio for WPAT, WQXR, WVIP, WFAS as per diem relief announcer.

My Training

BA degree (pre-med) in Psych and Drama at University of Rochester.

My Studio Equipment

Assorted mics including AKG, Neumann, Technics and sE. I use Audacity, Cakewalk Sonar Producer, JK Audio Broadcast Host, Gearbox hardware and software interface on my Vista quad core 64 bit computer.

Additional Skills

Proficient in almost all sports including Tennis, Golf, Skiing, Baseball, Shooting. Former Junior National Archery Champion. Many years coaching Little League, Snow Skiing and Ice Hockey. Professional photographer and teacher.