Meg Jones

Voice Description

I am mostly hired for my "real" quality. I don't sound like a sultry ad voice--I'm your neighbor, your sister, one of the moms at the PTA.
Most of my work has been for educational videos and other programs for children. I have a friendly, approachable quality that plays as a "cool" and engaged teacher or parent in children's projects.
My dialect is neutral Northeastern American (I speak like a newscaster) with no regionalisms of any kind. However, I have an excellent ear and am well versed in many regionalisms which I can layer on if needed.
I am an improv comedian with that impulsive, quirky sensibility and humor. My voice imparts that there is always the potential for fun and humor.
I am an excellent cold reader with an extensive vocabulary and knowledge of a broad range of subjects. As a narrator I can easily grasp complex material and make it understandable and accessible to the lay person or professional alike.
I have been having fun with my voice since childhood and I feel truly lucky to be able to use it professionally.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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

• English - USA and Canada

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
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)
• Cartoon/Animation

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for SAG-AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

, Connecticut, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects: Upper-class British, Cockney, Scottish, Northern Irish, Australian, New Yorkers from the Bronx to Long Island, Upstate New York (Syracuse to Buffalo), New England--from Connecticut to Maine, flat mid-Western, Southerners--from Atlanta to Texas to Virginia.

Impersonations/Characterizations: The Dumb Blonde (Judy Holliday), The Patrician Matriarch (Katherine Hepburn), The Tough Brooklyn Broad, The Delicate Southern Belle, The Cutesy Little Girl, The Midwestern Mom

My Voice Experience

Radio
Dracula at Yale Announcer Long Wharf Radio Theater
A Woman Named Miep Nazi Woman Schubert Radio Theater
WYBC Yale Radio 3D Radio Show Barnum Productions
Shop & Save Radio Host Fairfield County News Radio

Voice Overs
Perry MacMillan Arctic Musuem at Bowdoin podcast tour Tiny Radio Theater/Yves Feder prod.
Math for Children Narrator Stone House Productions
(12 vol. Educational video series)(Roy McDonald, director)
Plant Life for Children Narrator/Dahlia Stone House Productions
(5 vol. educational video series)(John McCally, director)
Lucent Technologies industrial narration The Keating Concept (Sales training audiotape)(C.W. Rogers, director)
Power Learning - 3 vol. CDROM Narrator Words, Inc.
Skills for Better Living - 3 vol. CDROM Narrator Words, Inc.
American Book Classics - CDROM short story Words, Inc.
Caboodle Interactive narrations Words, Inc.
(4 issues CD-ROM magazine)

Film
Local Warming
Bobby Dogs Judge Harwell Brooklawn Productions, Inc.
The Barbershop League Sandy Baker Brooklawn Productions, Inc.
I Killed Talk Radio radio host(VO) Rogue Features, Rob Sherwin dir.
Television Commercials: client list available on request

My Training

BA, University of Rochester - English major, Theater minor
National Theater Institute, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Connecticut School of Broadcasting

My Studio Equipment

Sonar LE 4.0.1 for recording/editing/mastering
run on Windows 7
Samson C01U studio condenser microphone

Additional Skills

As a theater and film performer I have strong acting skills. I am also a director and producer so I can see how my part in a production fits within a greater whole.
As an improv performer I have a facility with characters and situations that lends itself to background color or characterizations that can crop up during a session.
And my skills as a writer have come in handy when a script has failed us in the recording booth--even when the script wasn't mine.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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