Tara Gadomski

Voice Description

I have an intelligent but playful natural voice. For documentary narrations, my voice is strong and confident, yet warm. With industrials or corporate video, I am professionally enthusiastic. On commercial copy, my voice is joyful and eager. For news broadcast, my voice is strong and enthusiastic, with a slightly cynical undertone.

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
• Portuguese - Brazilian

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, informercials, 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

• British Equity

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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 translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Accents/Dialects
Standard US, British RP, Brazilian, Northern Irish

My Voice Experience

For several years, I was known by one BBC presenter as, "Hillary Clinton." Seriously, this presenter didn't know my name...she could only remember that I had voiced-over excerpts of Hillary Clinton's memoir, "Living History," for BBC World Service Radio news. So this presenter simply decided to call me Hillary.

While my voice does not sound at all like Hillary Clinton's (nor for that matter, like Madonna's nor Rachel Corrie's nor Eleanor Roosevelt's) I did play all these roles at some point for BBC World Service News. While working for the BBC in London, I was often asked to record excerpts of books and plays for producers to use in their newscasts when covering a story. So when Senator Clinton's widely-anticipated tome was released, and when the BBC couldn't book Hillary to read it herself, they booked me.

Now that I am living in New York, I still do work for the BBC as a freelance feature reporter. I regularly record segments from fascinating locations. For example, I recently did a feature story about New York sanitation workers and got to ride along a route with two fantastic people, picking up trash. It was one of my favorite gigs ever.

Along with my BBC work, I have narrated some great projects, like "Wild Pennsylvania." It's a beautiful documentary about, well, you guessed it, the wild places of Pennsylvania. It was an official selection of the Black Bear Film Festival in Milford, PA. I had to learn many things to narrate this film, including the complicated pronunciations of several plant species! I have also hosted/narrated industrial videos, including one that shows Pfizer's vision of the future of healthcare. The producers asked me to make my voice slightly robotic-sounding for the piece. It turned out well. Now, when I want to freak out my husband, I start talking like that around the house.

My Training

ACTING AND VOICE TRAINING:

Acting, Academy Drama School, London (earned LAMDA Associate Diploma of Acting)

Additional training with:
-The Actor's Centre, London
-Cathy Cogle, private voice teacher from Royal Academy of Music, London
-Stella Adler Studio, New York

Education:

BA, International Affairs, The George Washington University

MA Studies, Broadcast Journalism, New York University

Certificate of Superior Language Studio, Universidade Classica de Lisboa (Portugal)

I also went to high school at FAPES, a private school in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

My Studio Equipment

I have a sound-proof room for recording.

I use a beyerdynamic MCE 58 microphone straight into my computer. I also have a portable Marantz to record on location, anywhere.

I regularly edit my own material for the BBC, using Adobe Audition. I can mix up to 8 tracks (including music) and can add Adobe filters and effects.

I can e-mail or ftp any standard audio file (.wav, mp3, etc.) Of course, I can also snail mail a CD.

Additional Skills

I am a genuinely friendly and kind person.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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