Stu Needel

CHARACTERS/Impersonations: Muppets! inc. Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Kermit, Elmo, et. al, Louie Armstrong, Mid-Atlantic variations (Baltimore, Philadelphia, etc.), Deep voiced characters/impersonations (Lurch, Cookie Monster, Louie Armstrong, "dumb guy" and redneck personas with deep gutteral voices) "Jewishy" sounding (i.e. English sprinkled with Yiddish idioms) with any dialect I can do. New York/New Jersey charicatures. Think Rocky meets Andrew Dice-Clay! Babies, kids, and toddlers

Vast amounts of speaking, MC'ing, announcing, narration, and voiceover work. Professional Musician and Singer - Playing drums, percussion, and singing since I was a young child. Life has been a stage since I was able to walk across one. Professional Speaker and Trainer - 30 years in both traditional and online delivery of training, workshops, seminars, and other programs. Voice Work, Announcer, Narrator, and Reader - 40 years of wide variety of all types of voice over work. Commercials, narration, announcer, DJ, documentaries, introducer, and others. Stay tuned for even more clarification of all of which I speak. Thanks for considering me for your projects. I'm not satisfied unless you're elated! AA Degree, Data Processing, Catonsville Community College (now Community College Baltimore County, Catonsville) Advanced Certificate in Recording Engineering Studies, Omega School of Recording Engineering Voiceover Bootcamp, Great Voice Company, 3-day intensive workshop on voiceovers and industry presented by Susan Berkley, voiceover legend Reiki 2nd Degree Practitioner, Spirit Dance Healing Center Est and Graduate Seminars National Speakers Association (NSA) Conventions, Meetings, and other programs I have access to a wide variety of mics and recording equipment between my own portable collection of recording and ENG gear and several studios I use in the area. I use Audacity, Gold Wave, and Pro Tools LE for recording on my own and Pro Tools HD at studios. I have broadband available from both my home office/studio as well as on mobile basis, so that's never an issue. Have ComCast Broadband at home/studio and a Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 hotspot to allow my own and others equipment to have access at any location we happen to be. Phone patches, ISDN (if necessary), Source Connect, muslc & sound effects libraries, and special effects all available from any of the studios that I use. As a theater sound designer, I can even create original and custom special and sound effects. That's a long time speciality and passion of mine. I have SO many different educational and experiential facets that all contribute to my capabilities in voice work, recording, and production. Too many to mention here. For now, I'll mention what I think are my highlights and greatest strength: -Great, very versatile voice -Committed partner to whatever your project is, large or small -Extensive background in voiceover, MC, announcing, acting, and narration, and other voice specialties -Extensive audio/video production background -Audio expert -Excellent, published writer and editor -Producer of many different multimedia formats and programs -Fun-loving, funny, and interactive speaker. Can add humor and comedy to almost ANY topic or program.