I got my start at a very early age, I felt that I had good chops. My story starts when I was a kid in high school. I signed up for this speech class to learn how to give speeches. The kids in my class would ask me what are you doing here, "You are such a good speaker." I went on and studied speech and broadcasting in college. I got a ton of practical experience by signing up as a student newscaster for the local NPR radio and TV station that was attached to the college.
When I got out of college, I wanted to serve my country as a VISTA Volunteer. When I got out of VISTA, I looked for a job where I could continue my love of public speaking with my desire to continue to serve my country.
I found a job in the federal government where I had a chance to excel at speaking. I traveled all over the country doing training for all sorts of audiences, big and small. I even found myself underneath a tent doing training on a tennis court in Phoenix in the hot sun. It started out in the hotel's ballroom, but due to the size of my audience, we ended up outdoors due to a local capacity ordinance.
When the internet was just blossoming, I also saw the huge possibilities that the internet posed for communicating with people. This was way before ZOOM was even a thought in anyone's mind. Everybody in the office had a piece of software on their office laptop that could be used for Internet meetings. It was called Microsoft Live Meeting. Nobody ever used it. it was clunky and complicated. But a light went on in my head. I said why don't we use this software to reach the American people? I taught myself the software and became the producer, host, and interviewer. I ended up with a national audience for my webinars way before ZOOM or YouTube. Here's an example of my hosting skills: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E5BCY89maAOMJJMMhKGKZuyqwca2Dh77/view?usp=sharing
I retired from the government a couple of years ago, and now I am the host of a weekly one-hour internet program for a local agency that provides reading services to the blind and visually impaired. Bringing life to words for blind people is something I love doing. My way of giving back for all my blessings.
My Home Studio has a Shure SM 7B microphone, professional pop filter, Focusite interface, Rode Professional Studio arm, Dell Laptop, Adobe Audition, Audacity.
My VO interests include narration, commercials, political ads, audiobooks, PSAs, and Apps.
If you need me to record your project in a professional studio, my local pro studio is a wonderful studio right outside of Washington, DC., known as the Blue Room.
I'm based in the Washington, DC metro area.
My demo was recorded at the Blue Room Studio https://blueroommusicstudio.com/ in Bethesda Maryland, and mixed at the famous Bias Studio https://www.biasstudios.com/ in Springfield, VA. David Goldberg, the CEO and VO industry leader of the Edge Studio in NYC, has coached me.
Let me help you bring your project to great heights!
