John Purcell

I'm willing to try anything! I am most comfortable with British and Irish accents - especially Scottish, and posh and professorial English dialects. My Alfred Hitchcock impersonation is spot on. I am comfortable with southern and midwestern U.S. accents, as well as Boston (my hometown), New York, and rural northern New England (Down East). I can be a child and an old man (or woman), a hillbilly and a hippy. Lately I've been working on those wonderful newsreel voices from the 30's and 40's.

I have done a number of freelance industrial spots. I spend a great deal of time recording my own music and vocal material. I had a year-long stint on WZBC (Boston) performing experimental radio madness on a show called "The Cafe of Shame" (Back episodes available for FREE on the itunes store!) Currently I spend tons of time creating my own brand of music and vocal art. I was trained for voice over at a production house in Chicago, called "Sound Advice". After cutting a demo, I switched to graphic design, helping voice-over talent create CDs, postcards, and other promotional material for their careers. I also spent three years working as an in-house production assistant for the Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, all the while creating soundscapes, writing, music, and other modes of sonic expression. I am an advanced user of Logic Pro 9, which runs off an intel macbook. I use a Yeti USB microphone (made by Blue), an Axiom Midi keyboard, and a pair of HD 280 Pro Senheiser headphones. I am a very agreeable chap. I am flexible and polite, and I really just want to have fun and do a good job, no matter what I'm doing.