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David
Goldberg
owner
David Goldberg is one of the most active voice-over producers in
the country. He began Edge Studio in 1988, and works with voice-talent
as both private instructor and producer.
With
musical production credits ranging from Mel Torme,
John Mayer, Deep Purple, and Jose Feliciano, David and his studio
were sought after in 1988. At the request of his professional voice-over
clients, he began offering voice-over training sessions in 1991,
and in 1992 developed and copyrighted the first version of the “Voice
Over Industry GuideBook” for aspiring voice talent.
With a passion for talking, Edge Studio transformed
in 2000 to exclusively produce voice over. Edge Studio now has three
locations and is internationally respected.
Voice-talent rely on David's perceptive ability to help them find
their full potential. They also benefit from his straight-forwardness,
detailed production, and acute ear. He has a true passion for helping.
He has produced and engineered for renowned clients
such as Cosmopolitan, Nickelodeon, AOL, Duracell, Disney, Gatorade,
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Special Olympics, Celebrity Cruise Lines,
Gillette, Fila, Pixar, Prudential, DaimlerChrysler, The United Nations,
Lucent Technology, GE Corporation, Pitney Bowes, IBM, The US Postal
Service, Scholastic, The U.S. Army, Microsoft, Earthlink, and many
others.
He has trained media personalities from National
Public Radio, Associated Press, ESPN, Discovery, Lifetime, and countless
radio stations including CBS and Bloomberg Radio.
Celebrity talent produced at Edge Studio include
Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Phil Donahue, Kate Jackson, Eartha Kitt,
Geoffrey Holder, Denise Austin, Lisa Loeb, over 35 Broadway leading
actors, over 40 leading television actors.
Today, Edge Studio is one of the most acclaimed voice-over facilities
in the country, offering production, casting, and career building.
Thousands of professional and aspiring voice talent have advanced
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Jean
Bianco
production manager
When you find how smoothly things run around here, thank
Jean.
Having worked in both advertising and financial sales in Corporate
America, Jean felt it was time for a change and was excited to
join our team. She loves working with people, as you will learn
from speaking with her. Jean also enjoys the energy of the voice
over industry.
When not busy, Jean still stays busy by reading, baking and enjoying
the outdoor weather. She is also heavily involved in renovating
her home, and spending time with her husband and two daughters
as well as her dog and cat. |
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Kim
Baer
accounts
Kim joins us with experience in marketing and account management.
She prides herself on taking good care of her customers and is very
excited to join the voice-over industry.
She
enjoys every moment with her two children, including driving them
to their many activities. In her spare time she enjoys walking her
Havanese puppy, gardening, reading and playing golf with her husband. |
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Dan
Carboni
career building manager
After pursuing a career in teaching, Dan decided to do something
radically different, and found his way to Edge Studio. Dan is
here to handle the calls and concerns of Edge's voiceover students.
He uses many of the skills he learned as a teacher to help inform
prospective students of all the resources Edge has to offer. He
also does his best to keep the Edge Studio website running smoothly.
Should you have any questions concerning voice over training at
Edge, ask for Dan when you call.
When
not manning the phones at Edge, Dan enjoys camping, hiking, and
playing softball.
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Kristin
Price
voice
talent, producer,
coach
Kristin hit the stage running in her first dance recital at the
age of four. She then spotted the audience and ran right back
off. Much to everyone’s surprise, she jumped back on a few
years later… and hasn’t left since.
In
addition to performing on stage in New York and regionally, Kristin
keeps busy recording commercial and narration voiceovers as well
as TV commercials. Clients include: Office Depot, PeoplePC, Rallye
Motors, the U.S. Army, and eDiets. She is proud to have recorded
a series of children’s audiobooks for MitSo Media which
received the highest award possible: a room full of pre-schoolers
sat absolutely still and listened!
Kristin has taught dance, musical theater and acting to kids,
teens and adults for the past seven years. She is a founding member
of the off-off-Broadway company HonkBark! Productions.
You can listen to Kristin's commercial demo here.
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Amy
Palant
Voice Talent, Singer, Coach
Amy Palant is a voiceover artist and singer who has spent thousands
of hours in front of the microphone.
She is a “homegrown” talent who began her voiceover
career at Edge Studio, where she studied with David Goldberg.
In addition to recording and performing in bands all over the
world, Amy has voiced numerous animated characters from features
and series such as “Sonic X,” “Shaman King,”
“Pokemon,” and “Magical DoReMi,” in which
she was the main character, Dorie Goodwyn. Her voice has been
featured on Nickelodeon, Fox TV, and the WB. She specializes in
children’s narration and has worked with Disney, Scholastic,
Weston Woods, Girl Scouts of America, and Acoustiguide. Amy is
also the voice of Tails on Nintendo’s and Sony’s “Sonic
X” video games. She is the voice of the YMCA radio commercials
and is the main vocalist on the children’s CD, “Funkey
Monkeys.”
Amy
divides her time between voiceover and her child psychotherapy
practice in Manhattan and enjoys being the only adult at auditions
filled with actual
authentic children.
You
can listen to Amy's character demo here.
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Mike
Harrison
producer, voice talent, engineer
A "one-in-all" who we're thrilled to have with
us.
Developing a passion for radio in his early teens, Mike almost
simultaneously became fascinated with the art of voiceover. In
less than a decade, he was a local radio air talent and Production
Director and, just a year or two beyond, joined a corporate communications
firm, where he provided narrations and produced the audio tracks
for many prominent corporate clients on a daily basis.
Further down the road, Mike co-founded a small advertising agency
geared for radio, as Copywriter, Producer and Voice Talent. For
over five years his voice and production was heard scores of times
weekly, on all of the pop and rock stations in New York City,
in the popular ‘Club Calendar’ nightclub spots.
Since then, as Production Director for several radio stations,
clients and voice-talent alike have benefited from Mike's wonderful
abilities. He has not only directed many other voice-artists,
but has produced and provided straight reads and character voices
for thousands of broadcast and non-broadcast projects.
Today, between his home studio at the New Jersey shore and commuting
into New York and Philadelphia for sessions, Mike is one of the
narrators on ‘The Daily Apple,’ seen weekdays on Retirement
Living Television. He provides the male voice on AT&T's BusinessDirect®
website, and continues to voice projects for a long list of other
Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer,
and Lucent Technologies.
You can listen to Mike's commercial demo here.
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Joan
Franzino
voice talent, producer, coach
Joan
Franzino
voice talent, producer, coach
"Mr.
Franzino, Joanie talks too much in class."...a common phrase
said by school teachers. And now...aren't we glad? Joan directs
both experienced talent in production sessions and aspiring talent
breaking into the industry.
Joan
Franzino started her career in acting and voice-over in 1994 at
a tiny radio station in Westport, Connecticut. Her first real
voice-over was a national TV spot for Consumer Reports Magazine
in 1995. Her credits now include Sharp, Finesse Shampoo, Dove
Soap, Diet Pepsi, Nabisco, Nyquil, Progresso, Motorola, Cohen's
Fashion Optical, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Hearst Magazines, lots
of car dealerships, hospitals…and loads more. Though her
smooth, clear, upbeat sound is what clients like most of all,
they also become addicted to her characters! She’s been
"Cosmo the Dog" for Imaginarium Toy Stores, "Mother
Goose" for Hasbro’s Mother Goose Sings Nursery Rhyme
Songs Game (2003), and other kooky voices on local and national
airwaves. Check out more of her voices on JoanFranzino.com.
Joan
is a master of the at-home studio, as she’s done 60% of
her voice work from it since 1997.
And
lastly, she’s performed comedy improv in New York City,
does on-camera news and commercial work, is big on family, has
a fat cat named Spanky, and a brand new baby boy named Kingsley
who she loves to death.
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can listen to Joan's narration demo here. |
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Kerry
Miller
producer, coach
Since 1993, Kerry has been
working as an audio & video producer for web based training.
Her primary focus has been producing and editing audio, and she
spends much of her time in the studio directing narrators. Kerry
has also worked as a video editor on both AVID and Final Cut Pro
systems.
Some
of the many web based productions she’s worked on include
projects for Chevron, GSK, Regions Bank, and the American Red Cross.
When Edge Studio needed a well-versed, well-experienced producer/coach
in Washington DC, Kerry was the perfect person.
Her work has taken her all over the US, but she makes her home in
the Washington, D.C. area. She has a BA in Communications from Hofstra
University, where she also minored in Dance. She has been studying
dance her entire life, focusing now on Irish Set Dancing, Sean-nos,
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Eric
Rath
producer, voice talent, coach
Eric began his voice over
career in the mid 1980s at the number one radio station on the West
Coast, Power 106. “I had been working exclusively on camera
and had never done a voice over, but the production manager at 106
asked me to read some local spots and I was hooked. I’ll never
forget the nervous excitement of that experience!”
In
1989, Eric moved to NYC where he worked on-air for 1010 Wins, WQXR,
Channel 7 Eyewitness News (from the helicopter), News 2, and Fox
5. “The stations wanted someone who could report breaking
news while sounding like a ‘regular guy’ which helped
me make the transition into narration and commercial voice over
work.”
Voice over credits: Law & Order, BMW, Sony Classical Benihana,
VH-1, Merrill Lynch, Fiat, Konica, National Geographic, Charles
Schwab, Samsung, Global Safety, Driver’s Safety, Federated,
Merrill Lynch, K-Mart, Fordham University, JP Morgan Chase.
TV, film, and stage credits: Guiding Light, Law & Order ‘Criminal
Intent’, All My Children, El Salvador (John Fletcher), 42nd
Street (Julian Marsh), The Price (Walter), ‘Slingshot’
with David Arquettte, The Profit (Cannes Film Festival),The Lucky
One (Tribeca Film Festival), The Fourth Floor (with William Hurt),
Pokemon (voice of Lugia).
With demand for his expertise, Eric began teaching on-camera and
voice over classes in the summer of 2000…and he loves it!
You can listen to Eric's promo demo here.
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Bruce
Bayley Johnson
producer, coach
Among
many national voice over campaigns, Bruce's most memorable voice
over is, perhaps, as the signature voice of Lever 2000 ("For
all your 2000 parts.").
Bruce is the voice of Mayor Jeff on Disney's "P.B. and J. Otter,"
Mr. Swirly and many others on Disney's "Doug," and "Doug’s
First Movie," as well as Mr. Spudinski (the couch potato) on
Disney's "Jo Jo's Circus."
He has narrated children’s videos for the likes of Random
House, Weston Woods, PBS, and Scholastic.
Also a Clio-winning copywriter and experienced audio producer, and
Bruce maintains a state-of-the-art voice over home studio.
You can listen to Bruce's commercial demo here.
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Randye
Kaye
voice talent, producer, coach
Randye Kaye began her voice-over career as a way to keep acting
while pregnant with her first child – and has been working
behind the microphone ever since. Her credits include commercials
(Kyocera printers, Betteridge Jewelers, Ecce Panis Bread, Dove
products), Promos (ESPN, Newborn Channel), audiobooks (fiction,
non-fiction and children’s) phone systems (Priceline.com,
Executone, Dooney & Bourke), websites, and narrations (medical,
industrial, educational). She worked on-air in Connecticut radio
(WEZN) for over 15 years, divided between afternoon and morning
drive times, and her body clock is now permanently broken. She
currently can be heard as part-time newscaster and classical music
host on NPR local affiliates WSHU-FM and AM.
Randye is also an actress and singer, and works frequently on
stage, and in film/TV in New York and Connecticut. She has taught
acting, improvisation and media awareness to both children and
adults, and frequently serves as emcee/auctioneer for various
charities across the state. She lives with her boyfriend in Trumbull,
CT where her son and daughter visit often to raid the fridge and
use the washer and dryer.
You
can listen to Randye's demo here.
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Ian
P. Gilchrist
engineer, producer
Ian
began his career in post production houses, where he engineered
voice overs and recorded sound effects for commercials, television
shows, video games, corporate events, and feature films. An accomplished
multi-instrumentalist, he also composed music for voice over productions.
He honed his skills working with clients such as Dick Van Dyke,
The Discovery Channel, Clear Channel Radio, NBC, Con Edison, Coors
Brewing Company, FAA, Joey Molland (Badfinger), and Producers
Group Studios.
Ian strictly utilizes the most current audio technology available.
But ancient equipment from centuries ago (or is that only about
10 years ago?) still hold a place in his heart, as shown in this
picture's background. |
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Jake
Ninan
engineer
Jake is an audio engineer with experience in recording
music, voiceovers, and audio post production. His weapon of choice is
ProTools, but he will adapt to any recording situation and "make
it happen".
Jake started his engineering career at the Hit Factory in New York.
During that time, he worked on major label music releases with some
of the biggest names in the industry, including Celine Dion, Wyclef
Jean, Nas, and Limp Bizkit. The experience allowed him to learn the
breadth of analog and digital recording techniques on a wide variety
of gear, as well as interact with an eclectic mix of artists, producers
and engineers.
Jake also teaches audio engineering at a Manhattan audio trade school,
where his real-life experience helps train future audio professionals.
When not spending time with his wife and son, Jake plays drums in the
hard rock band, Clyde.
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Jason
Kamps
graphic artist - specializing in voice over graphics: CD and website
design
Jason
has been creating since he was a kid. Fortunately, the kid has never
left Jason.
Designing since 1984 for clients such as Fila, Tommy Hilfiger, AT&T,
IBM, Procter & Gamble, Jockey, Cera Products, and Converse, Jason
was the perfect person for us to bring onboard to design marketing materials,
such as CDs, website, business supplies, etc., for voice-over talent.
Many
years and designs later, we continue to be astonished by his creativity.
His design company Woof Designs not only provides logos and corporate
identities, but is delving into furniture and clothing design with a
bicycle flair.
As an avid cyclist, Woof Designs is also a proud sponsor and designer
of the Lateral Stress Velo/Kelly Racing Team, Johns Hopkins & The
University of Maryland Cycling Teams, as well as BikeJam, a national
cycling event.
Along
with his wife and "Bowty The Cat", Jason resides in the Baltimore
area.
You can email Jason directly at jkamps@woofdesigns.com |
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