Mark Reed

I can do all kinds of voices. I can imitate some voices, but have not made it my focus to become great at any one. I can do Sean Connery. I pick up dialects quickly. I don't have any one specific voice perfected, as I am mostly improvisational in my behavior and only do it for fun. I can have the energy and the wackiness of Robin Williams.

I have no voice-over experience. I was the Master of Ceremonies for a High School presentation because the High School choir director was enamored with my voice, despite my being a jazz trumpet player and not in chorus. I have had so many people tell me that I should be on the radio that I am now attempting to do so. By current trade I am a Senior Software Engineer. It's difficult to conceive moving from such a lucrative career. However, I believe I would enjoy voice work, working in the media industry, or radio broadcasting much more. I have an MES in CS from Loyola College of MD. I started my college career as a Music Performance major at Penn State. I switched to CS due to the fruitful job market. I have a Shure SM-58 that I plug into an X-Station 25 to interface with Pro Logic Express and Garage Band. I have used audio file editing software for years. I have used Acid, Goldwave, Audiowave, to name a few. I have been involved as an assistant Sound Engineer on a professional blues record. The setup involved recording an album in the artist's living room, using directional mics to eliminate bleed between the instrument tracks. The mics were powered by tube pre-amps that ran into a reel-to-reel to allow for natural, analog clipping, before being run into Pro Logic. I am driven to this industry by the number of people (many of them strangers) that have consistently stated that I should be "on the radio". And while I am a well-educated, experienced Computer Scientist, I am a performer at heart.