Charlie Zwart

gravely voiced villian for cartoons, goofy type voice for cartoons, cartoon type spanish accent speaking english, dutch or germanic accent to english, weak-voiced old man, hard of hearing old man, enthusiastic game show host, upbeat game show announcer, dim-witted male teen, slow speaking dim-wit, radio announcer stereo-type, et. al.

College radio drama scriptwriting winner in 1994. Series specs for local mattress store, radio ads using Wilbur (old timer) and his wife Thelma in varied settings to encourage SERTA mattress use. Wrote and read variation on Little Red Riding Hood for automotive shop. Narration for Dentist office video for SULLIVAN SPLINT (TMJ device developed by local dentist) used in office to describe benefits of product to patients. Local PSA's for churches and non-profit organizations. Opens and closes for live Gospel radio shows. Executive producer for christian radio dramatics, including voices as needed in scripts of men, old men, cartoony characters, kings, store clerks, and children of elementary age. Cable TV spot for auto sales company. Narration of spot to entice viewer to visit their site. Replica old time radio spots for amusement park in Tn that opened a 50's era themed section. These were played interspersed with music from the era. Graduated Johnson Bible College, Knoxville TN 1997 degree in Bible/ Communications Trained in AM radio station as announcer during college days, moved up to music director after that. Trained in recording studio environment as part of college training, and ended up as executive producer of chidren's radio dramatics, where I polished up on voice over training. Trained in puppetry voices in 1981, using in live and pre-recorded forms throughout 1980's and 1990's. Taught music concert booking by Ron Blackwood,and worked field for a few years, and had been around musical performers during that time. While in college, had been trained in audio sweetening for post-production video work, A-B roll editing, script writing and video production techniques. TEAC 1/4 inch 4-track reel to reel recorder Shure SM-58 microphone Mackie 24-4 mixer 2 Tascam CD160MKII cd players TASCAM CDRW900SL recorder Behrenger USB mixer Extensive SFX library Have been a youth director for children and teens, so have been self schooled on voices that work for this market. Job experiences range from route sales for frozen foods to uniform rental. Also radio spot sales, print sales for tourist publications, electrician's helper, promotional product sales. Through all the advertising experiences, I've learned how to research an industry to find a fit with the product and/or service I am seeking to help. I've learned about the pet industry, restaurants and food services, automotive industries, contracting and construction, dairy-farming, custom motorcyles, school and building maintenance and many others.