Wendy Kay White

Voice Description

I have a warm, friendly, natural voice that works well for commercials, narrations, announcements and educational voiceover projects. I can give you an experienced, confident read for corporate work, as well as a charming older lady for the senior market, and funny old-lady character voices. I can make it edgier when the project calls for it. I am a smooth reader for longer projects, such as audiobooks.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

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
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• 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 copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I can be the lady-next-door, friendly or snooty, well-read or air-headed. Mainly, I'm Midwestern, but can handle a bit of U.S. Southern, Spanish or British diction as well.
I can also do a senior lady voice, naturalistic, funny, sweet, cranky or eccentric.

My Voice Experience

Television: "What were you thinking?" Medicare ads (2011) for Manatt Media; Angel Tree holiday campaign for prison Outreach Ministry and Familynet cable network.

Corporate video and training narrations: Abbott Laboratories, Proctor & Gamble, Merck & Co., Stihl Tools

Radio ads: Mercer Health Home Care, Cheyenne Vision Clinic, Pediatric Center of Round Rock TX, Gentemann Manor III senior living development for JES Holdings, Brightview Baldwin Park, Austin Care at Home, Cotton Real Estate.

Character voice for I-play/Oberon Media interactive computer game.

Mrs.(Santa) Claus character voice for RH Brands Solow phone promotion

Central Nebraska Department of Tourism: voice for web video

ADT home security: voicemail message

Story reader (Mermuggle), audio editor and podcast producer for Audiofictions, a feature of Mugglenet.

Old-time radio performances, Elgin, IL

I am based in Chicago and can quickly reach any studio in the Chicago-Milwaukee-Indianapolis region.

My Training

I have been trained in voice-over techniques by Jeff Lupetin at The Acting Studio in Chicago, Jenny Avery at Bosco Productions in Chicago, Sherri Berger, and Denny Farrell, a long-time radio voice and voice-over artist in the the Chicago area. I also have been coached by Gabrielle Nistico at VoiceHunter, and attended three days of voice-over workshops at the Voice 2010 conference in Los Angeles.

I studied audio recording through Harper College in Palatine, IL with recording engineer John Towner.

Before entering the voice-over world, I worked for 28 years as a copy editor and photo editor at a large Chicago newspaper. I also did some website editing there.

I am a long-time member, section leader and board member for the Chicago Master Singers, a large classical chorus.

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in news-editorial journalism from Northern Illinois University, with a minor in Spanish.

My Studio Equipment

I have a simple home studio which utilizes a Mojave MA 200 tube condenser microphone, a Shure SM7B dynamic mic, MXL V88 and AKG C1000S condenser microphones, an Avalon M5 preamp, an M-Audio Fast Track Ultra audio interface and Pro Tools recording and editing software. Home-audio expert Dan Lenard helped me fine-tune my audio setup and the acoustics in my recording space. I also have Phone Patch.

Additional Skills

I have a strong work ethic and respect for professionalism and deadlines that comes from my extensive experience working for a major daily newspaper. I take my work seriously, but also like to have fun with it.

I play guitar reasonably well, and numerous other musical instruments a little.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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