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John Drew

  • Response time56 minutes
  • Last online21 days ago

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Reviews (4)

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    John was fantastic to work with! He responded quickly to any communication or questions I had and even provided different versions of the voiceover without us asking him to do so to give us some flexibility/options. John is a pro's pro and I will definitely be using him again.
    Thanks so much, Matt. I'm pleased that my narrative work for you. It was a pleasure to work with you, and I hope we have the opportunity to work together again in the future.
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    Fast, professional, and highly skilled! And what a voice!
    Thanks so much, Ezekiel. Excellent direction. It was a pleasure to work with you.
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    John is amazing, very responsive, I would totally recommend working with him.

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About John

  • Member sinceJul 5, 2006
  • LocationAtlanta, GA, USA (GMT -4)
John Drew is a voice actor located in Atlanta, GA, USA. He has been actively working as a voice actor since 1968. He has worked for a diverse pool of clients and brands, such as American Airlines, Delta Airlines and Lufthansa. Listen to 31 voice over samples that showcase his best work. As a voice actor, whether narrating documentaries and corporate presentations, performing commercial voice-overs or character voices for animation and video games, my work is a simple, two-step process—find the beating heart of the script, then inhabit the words. Wherever there have been stories to tell, I've worked there, whether in person or from my voice booth, From my first serendipitous session on a soundstage in Paris, performing ADR for race car drivers in a documentary for Renault, to my more recent work in LA, New York, Florence, Rome, Stockholm, Tokyo, Zürich, Barcelona, and Berlin, I've become adept at my craft. Moreover, I've become adept at working with producer-directors to support their vision. There's little I haven't done as an on-camera and voice actor. I've performed in projects in virtually every medium including principal motion picture roles, radio and television commercials, documentaries, corporate identity presentations, training, eLearning, medical narratives, explainer videos, live events, movie trailers, electronic games, cartoon animation, telephone answering systems, and automated dialogue replacement. For seventeen years, I was an award-winning copywriter-producer-director in a small but exceptionally talented ad agency... and I still take on the occasional writing, producing, and directing assignment. I've also appeared in principal motion picture roles, including the Tom Hanks/Imagine Entertainment/HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon," which won eighteen Emmy Awards. I co-hosted the groundbreaking Home and Garden Television (HGTV) cooking show "All In Good Taste," and I've acted in professional theatre. In short, my career in advertising, marketing, production, and as a voice and on-camera actor means that I almost invariably "get it" when it comes to the creative process and the needs of producer-directors and their clients. That means I also know how to take direction. As a voting member of the World Voices Organization, I've been meticulously vetted as a voice actor who exemplifies the best practices, ethical standards, and professional expertise in the voice recording industry. I hold a standard subscription to SourceConnect—johndrew2—for directed voice sessions and, with full video capability in my voice booth, I can also connect to you via Skype, Zoom, Google Voice, and FaceTime. My primary agent says, "John is a truly believable voice talent capable of extraordinarily flexible delivery styles." For me, delivering an exceptional voice-over, narrative, or character voice is a commitment, the foundation for mutually beneficial, long-term relationships, and the basis for becoming a trusted resource. If you have a story to tell—doesn't everyone?—I'd be grateful for the opportunity to make a case for hiring me as your storyteller. Here are a few more descriptions of my voice from my agents: Authoritative, Strong, Confident Conversational Announcer Conversational Real Person Storyteller Cool, Hip, Attitude Folksy, Rough, Raspy Gravitas Friendly, Pleasant, Likable Honest, Direct, Sincere Humorous, Funny Smooth, Sophisticated Thoughtful, Introspective Warm, Sincere Detached, Matter-of-Fact Cowboy, Western, Southern Unique

Skills and services offered

    • Language
      English - Other
      English - USA and Canada
      English - British
      English - Caribbean
      English - Latin American
      English - Irish
      Bengali
    • Voice gender & age
      Male senior
      Male adult
    • Creative services offeredNone
    • Jobs for these unions signatories
      SAG-AFTRA(US)
    • Recording and delivery options
      Digital delivery
      Source Connect
      On-site recording
        • Location
          Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Additional vocal abilities
      Please have a listen to my Character Voices demo and my Cowboy Storyteller demo. I perform a number of Southern and Western dialects as well as British (I attended school in England), and ethnic voices. I've impersonated the following personalities: Arnold Schwarzenegger Morgan Freeman James Earl Jones Liam Neeson Geoffrey Holder Ross Perot James Mason Forrest Gump Sylvester Stallone Walter Cronkite
    • Experience, training, and equipment
      A PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS AIRLINES / TRAVEL American Airlines Delta Airlines Lufthansa United Airlines AUTOMOTIVE Acura of Serramonte (San Francisco) Hella TechTeam (Germany) Mercedes Benz (Germany) Nimnicht Chevrolet (Florida) Renault (France) BANKING / FINANCIAL SERVICES Betterment Investing City Bank, West Texas Federal Reserve Bank Prudential Financial Raymond James Financial TSYS CABLE NETWORK PROMOTION Bone Collector (Outdoor Channel) C News (Trinidad and Tobago) Discovery Channel Dish Network Home & Garden Television Major League Baseball on Fox Outdoor Channel COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Emory University University of Alabama University of North Florida University of Oregon ENERGY Conoco Phillips Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Tri-State Electric (Colorado) MEDICAL / HOSPITALS Gila Regional Medical Center Hughston Clinic (Georgia) Marshfield Clinic (Wisconsin) Mayo Clinic The Med (Memphis) NATURE / ENVIRONMENT / NON-PROFIT Defenders of Wildlife Florida Department of Natural Resources Georgia Forestry Commission Grand Canyon Trust Honor Flight Golden Isles Honor Flight St. Louis Texas A&M Forest Service Tompkins Conservation Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve MANUFACTURE / COMMUNICATIONS AT&T BCM Illuminazione (Italy) Bradstock (Italy) CSX Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits Edgewise Eight Brewing General Electric Honeywell Kennecott Copper Knauf Insulation Kurz (Germany) Milliken & Company Minolta Monsanto Quentic (Germany) Sunbeam Union Carbide Westinghouse Whirlpool William Carter Company ZirkonZahn (South Tyrol, Italy) GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Huntsville Police Department (Alabama) NASA NOAA US Army US Coast Guard US Fish & Wildlife Service US Forest Service US National Park Service US Treasury Department OUTDOOR SPORTS / HUNTING Bad Boy Buggies Bear/Jennings Archery Benelli Shotguns Blazer High-Performance Boats Hard Core Brands Horton Crossbows Hunter Marine Hunter Safety Systems Johnson/Evinrude Realtree Thompson/Center Arms Traditions Firearms RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT Apple Music NASCAR PGA Tour Six Flags – Georgia, Texas, Mid-America TPA (Tennis Professionals Association) Walt Disney World WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) RETAIL Home Depot Home Shopping Network RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY Olive Garden Restaurants Smashin’ Crab Seafood, San Antonio ON-CAMERA SPOKESPERSON (Partial Listing) Georgia Forestry Commission Home Shopping Network OfficeMax CSX (numerous) Olive Garden Restaurants Kimberly-Clark Publix Supermarkets Sunbeam Walt Disney World U.S. Treasury Department MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION Jekyll Island - Werner Mueller - Q Media From the Earth to the Moon - Frank, LM Engineer - HBO/Imagine All In Good Taste - Co-Host - HGTV Michael Waddell's Bone Collector - Signature Voice - Outdoor Channel I have extensive experience as an on-camera spokesman and am acutely proficient with a wireless ear prompter. While I am SAG/AFTRA eligible, with multiple Taft-Hartley exemptions, I've elected to remain non-union to provide maximum flexibility to producers and to avail myself of a wider array of opportunities. TRAINING Motion Picture Acting Technique — Shay Griffin — Chez Studio, Atlanta Motion Picture Acting Technique — Mel Johnson — Universal Studios, Orlando Motion Picture Acting Technique — Greg Fincannon — Acting Studio, Orlando Acting in Film — Ken Grant — KVG Studios, Orlando Drama — Florida State College, Jacksonville Creative Workshop — Tampa With more than 40 years of experience performing professional voice talent, I began my career as a radio announcer at age 17. I spent two years in school in England where I studied and began to imitate British accents. I adapted them so well that I was frequently asked what part of England I was from. I studied public speaking and drama in high school and continued to study drama in college. After four years in the Navy, I traveled throughout Europe, eventually living in Paris, where I performed English-language voice talent and ADR (automated dialog replacement) for the French automaker Renault. After returning to the U.S., I worked in radio and television as a voice and on-camera talent for ten years. Later, as a film actor, corporate spokesman and television host, I studied voice and on-camera performance techniques with several nationally recognized teachers and at KVG Studios in Florida. For those interested in the technical... First, I am a regular subscriber to SourceConnect for real-time, two-way voice recording capability. My SourceConnect handle is johndrew2. STUDIO SETUP Microphone: AKG C12 Clone This C12 is a meticulously handcrafted, exact replica of a mid-1950s AKG C12. The microphone was built for me by an extraordinarily talented electronics and audio engineer, Lee Dyess, using the original AKG schematic with the finest components available, including 1% resistors, modern electrolytic capacitors, a new-old-stock 6072 tube, an American-made, gold-sputtered, dual-diaphragm capsule, and an original AMI T14 transformer. This beautifully crafted C12 clone provides that old-school tube condenser sound in the tradition of legendary Neumanns and Telefunkens. It’s a big, warm sound but nevertheless precise and virtually flat with a clear and solid bottom end and a distinct high-end sparkle without being sibilant. Backup Microphone: Sennheiser MKH-416 My second backup microphone is a vintage Sennheiser MKH-416. While originally intended for use by the motion picture industry in recording voice audio on location, the MKH-416 is an extraordinary mic for up close, deep, gravely movie trailer deliveries. 2nd Backup Microphone: Warm Audio WA-251 I have a thing for 251 microphones. I've recorded through U-47s, U-67s, U-87s. TLM-103s, and many other fine condenser microphones, but the original AKG C12 has always been my favorite. While the Warm Audio version of the C12 is a clone, it is available to me if my Lee Dyess C12 clone is ever being serviced. If I purchase another condenser, it will be an Audio Ribera R251, produced in Italy and used by vocalists like Andrea Bocelli. The Telefunken ela M 251 was produced by AKG between 1960 and 1965. In my opintion, Audio Ribera produces the most accurate clone of this classic. PrismSound Lyra II AD/DA Converter and Microphone Preamplifier The Lyra II uses the same converters as the legendary PrismSound Orpheus, Titan, and Atlas models, which can be found in the world’s finest recording facilities. With near-identical bench-test measurements to the Orpheus, Titan, and Atlas, the Lyra II is likely the absolute best two-channel recording interface on the market, capable of artifact-free resolutions as high as 24-bit/192 kHz. With a preamp section that has been compared to the legendary John Hardy, Grace, and the BAE microphone preamps, the sound is free of coloration. In short, it’s simply perfect. Mac Mini Server Computer and Reaper Tracking and Editing Software My primary computer is a Mac Mini Server with two one-TB solid-state hard drives and 16 GB of outboard storage. I’m running Reaper64 tracking and editing software with plugins by Softube, Waves, and other audio software designers, including iZotope RX7, which is used in the motion picture industry to achieve pristine voice tracks. Remote control of the recording software from my voice booth is accomplished with a PreSonus Fader Port. Beautifully Custom-Crafted Isolation Booth It doesn’t matter that a voice talent has a $19,000 microphone and a $2,500 AD/DA converter. If the acoustical environment isn’t dead silent and almost anechoic, the resulting audio recording will have coloration, room resonance, and ambient sounds that degrade the audio track. My double-walled voice booth was modeled after several commercially available isolation structures with many significant improvements. The walls, floor, and ceiling of my voice booth are over seven inches thick! They consist of five layers of sound reflection and absorption materials, each with differing properties. No component was left to chance — half-inch layers of tempered window glass, Roxul Safe & Sound inner wall insulation, solid core wood door with acoustic seals, sonically-isolated power and signal connections, isolated ventilation system, noiseless LED lighting, wall and ceiling-mounted microphone boom, computer monitor and video camera. No expense was spared in constructing the booth. Located outside aviation flight paths and away from most commercial and emergency traffic in a residential neighborhood, and at nearly 1,000 pounds standalone weight, the booth is, as they say, “dead as a doornail.” When I record, all you hear is my voice.