Iggy Kidd

My natural accent is Cascadian (northwest US), which is usually good for extremely liberal hippy types; but I'm also comfortable speaking in Eastern European and Russian accents (usually good for comedy or crime drama pieces); A French accent (I've actually performed this one in the radioplay ReDUX, episode 3 - Faust and the Phantom, where I performed as Albert Vaguet the french opera singer); Both Irish and Scottish accents (the distinction is lost on some people, but I feel that there's a big gap between the bright, frolicking Irish sound and the hard, grounded Scottish sound); Various South US accents (especially Carolinan, like Mr. Rogers); a South African accent (not too common, but it's very fun to do and definitely a unique sound); and a Japanese accent (a modeled one, I'm still studying the various dialects within Japan).

I've had a deep interest in animation my entire life and have always wanted to work in the field in some manner, but I could never really decide on where. While volunteering for the convention Everfree NorthWest here in Seattle in 2012, I had a conversation the charity auctioneer who happens to do voiceover work himself. This really opened my eyes to just how challenging and entertaining doing voice work really is. After that, I started going across the internet on various voice acting forums (most notably the Voice Acting Alliance), looking for any project I could to try my hand at. Over the years since, I've been in a number of amateur voice over productions (many sadly plagued by the production issues of any online project, never being completed) and honed and molded my skill as a result. I'm definitely not the best, by I know I'm getting closer every day that I do the thing I love. The majority of my formal acting education was in high school, where I took four semesters of drama class at two separate schools. One school's class focused on learning drama, with improv exercises and study, while the other focused completely on putting on a production (one of which I appeared in, Deadly Ernest as the part of Mr. Bumpus). I feel the two separate styles gave me a varied and well-rounded education on acting. Otherwise, I have been mostly self taught in speaking, acting and singing. I currently use: An MXL 990 condenser microphone with a shock mount(very powerful gain, great for voiceover), An Alesis MultiMix 4USB 4 Channel USB Mixer (Basic, but effective), An Onstage DS7100 B microphone stand, A prefabricated isolation box (done by a small crafts company, very effective noise treatment), A Nady MPF-6 Pop filter, and for software, Adobe Audition. I am a hip hop performer and producer (under the name DapperJack on youtube), definitely helps my sense of timing and enunciation. Singing-wise, I'm a tenor.