Robert Gardiner

Non-regional English, though I can add European and American accents a bit when called upon; working out of Korea, I follow the Jim Henson approach to character voices when doing animation, and my 'little boy' voice gets a lot of play here.

Since 2007, I have been working primarily in the ESL edutainment industry in Korea, voicing educational content for young learners, some video/TV animation dubbing, song and chant, narration, and a variety of TV/video, internet and radio commercials. For some of Korea's biggest educational content and publishing companies like Woongjin, Moonjin Media, EPublic, Unibooks, Hansol, Froebel, I have written, composed and/or produced, not to mention narrated, acted, sung or chanted content. I have narrated stories and educational materials for Cambridge and Oxford University Press. I am a TV actor and animation voice on Korea's EBS, Skylife and many video programs produced by some of the above mentioned companies. While not my main gig, I have also done a variety of radio, TV and internet commercials for TGI Fridays, Cafe Bene, Apple iPhone, LG Refrigerators, a Korean Provincial tourism promotion (speaking over Psy), and, most recently, a 2014 World Cup Soccer promotion commercial, to name a few. Out of my own studio I have written and produced songs and chants for a few children's TV and video programs, including shows on EBS and Skylife. I have no official training though I have been recording since the mid-nineties, producing educational musical content and music, as well as becoming an official 'voice actor' since 2007. I have learned, through practice and constant application, the voices I need to do the work I do in Korea. I, currently, average about 3-4 studio hours a day. PC with Windows 7 Protools 9 HD Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 interface with an AKG 414 mic guitar, bass and midi I am a musician/singer/songwriter with over 20 years of studio recording experience, more than 15 of which I have been recording out of my own house. I have produced hundreds of songs, chants, short and long musicals for children, musical spots, stories. I am a teacher, actor, writer and producer with 20 years in Korea: I write and edit educational content, from books and curriculum, to songs, chants, plays and musicals, TV and video scripts. In my experience, time is of the essence, so I am used to deadlines and producing under pressure.