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Welcome to another "overnight success" story - 30 years in the making.
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- I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
- Voice Actor
- HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
- Hi. I've been doing VO work in one form or another for a long time. Here's the distilled history:
1977 - Graduated high school early, enrolled in college, studied acting in Hollywood and graduated Don Martin School of Communications. Appeared on the original "Gong Show" doing celebrity impressions.
1978 - Age: 18 - Began broadcast career doing PM Drive in Monterey, CA.
1979 - Joined AFTRA as the only full-time teenaged air personality in Los Angeles.
1982 - Hired by NBC radio division for San Francisco PM Drive slot, spending six years there.
1983 - Signed with Brebner Agency - began doing VO commercially.
1988 - Left SFO after GE sold the entire NBC radio division.
1989 - Formed Jeff McNeal Productions - developed own VO client roster.
1990 - Moved to San Diego, dabbled in radio, continued VO.
1991 - Signed with Artist Management Agency in San Diego.
1997 - Officially retired from broadcast entertainment, continued VO.
2003 - Studied with Don Morrow; Signed by Solid Talent in L.A; Joined SAG.
2004 - Chosen by NBC flagship KNBC TV as their signature promo voice.
Began 3-year term as the exclusive radio/TV commercial voice of the San Diego Padres baseball club.
2005 - Renewed contract with KNBC for two more years; Invited to join the Wintner Artist Management roster.
2006 - Added a dozen additional TV stations for news imaging and promos.
2007 - Entered into 3rd consecutive contract with KNBC for a new 6-year term.
2008 - Continuing to add TV stations for imaging, including WMBF and WJAR. Staying active with trailers and promos.
2009 - Added WECT TV and WNCN TV to my imaging roster, selected as the signature voice of AT&T U-Verse on an ongoing basis.
2010 - Entering 7th year as the signature promo voice of KNBC TV, Los Angeles, voiced dozens of regional tags for State Farm agents nationwide, selected as new regional voice of Kentucky Fried Chicken, recorded theatrical trailers for various independent films, voiced pilot episode of "Burn Season" from the creators of "Deadliest Catch".
Types of VO I've done (so far) include:
theatrical trailers, national radio & TV commercials; infomercials; video game characters; network promos; broadcast personality; celebrity interviews; automation voice tracks; VR systems; on hold marketing; feature film VO cameos; animation feature-length films; instructional videos and various other types of industrial VO, film documantary, web site audio, TV imaging; radio imaging; DVD special content; celebrity impressions; voice matching; etc. My voice has appeared on network promos for CBS, NBC, NFL Network, Turner Classic Movies, National Geographic, Discovery Channel.
- RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
- Regional commercial voice of KFC
Featured "voice" in Curious George 2: Monkey On The Run
Signature voice of AT&T U-Verse TV
TruTV Network promos (vids below)
Old Spice Internet & national TV campaign - "Old Spice Swagger"
Added WECT, Wilmington NC to TV imaging roster.
Beacon & Bridge Markets - Michigan regional radio :30's
Norman Lear Collection on DVD - national TV :60
Post Cereal/Night At The Museum campaign - national TV (see vid below)
Autozone :30 & :15 national TV & Internet spots (see vid below)
Easy Water :30 national TV spot
Mathis Brothers Furniture TV :30's
See www.JeffMcNeal.com for more completed projects and credits.
- LANGUAGES
- English.
- VOICE DESCRIPTION
- Nicely seasoned (dry rub). Medium-rare. Never over cooked, though occasionally under booked. Best accompanied by a nice Temecula Valley Merlot. Versatile. My early years in personality-driven radio focusing on theater of the mind helped develep my ability to get into character and act with my voice, whether as a celebrity impression or as an original character. Susan Blu told me that I was "the best sounding elephant" she'd ever worked with. And apparently, she's worked with several. I'll bet she says that to all the circus animals.
- DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
- British, Irish, Russian (marginal), Australian, South African, French, German, South American, Asian Elephant
- VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
- Senior Male, Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male
- AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
- ISDN, FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
- EQUIPMENT
- A bunch of really neat stuff that photographs really well in low light conditions.
- WEBSITE
- http://www.JeffMcNeal.com
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The sound of the Pearlman TM-1 really is magic. I never heard anything like it before. This mic is valve or FET transistor output
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It is a great pleasure talking with you.
Just like you I also record my voice for TV commercials and radios in Brazil.
I am a curious. Which microphone do you use? Is this a FET Vintage microphone?
I have a FAME-47 made in Germany but does not reach the same performance.
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Hope you've been well. Talk to you soon,
Larry
Be well,
Bob Souer
I know you’ve been a member of Voiceover Universe for some time, but I wanted to introduce one of our groups to you.
I hope you'll check out and join a group called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. You’ll find some very interesting ideas and concepts there! And we would appreciate your input. Click here for the link: MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT!
Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!
Best to ya!
dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
www.DanHurst.com
I wish you a fullfilling holiday season and just want to thank you for being so cool to me and amazing...the birds...the karavoke..ahhhh..dont let it end...please...now just do some beach boys and i will be...well...happy..then some bee geeze..but dont EVER do any in sync or backstage boys or whatever..stay TRUE..to the classics..:)
Peace my man !
Erick
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