Hey, what's up everyone?
My name is Jordan & I'm from Southwest Michigan.
I was always intrigued by voice acting because I'm not comfortable in front of a camera but I've always sort of played around with voices & thought I could maybe be comfortable doing that!
So about a year or so ago, maybe a bit more, I decided I'd try to emulate Jerome Valeska's Voice from Gotham. Not expecting at all to even come close...but to my ears anyway...I nailed it almost immediately. So I got very excited, got braver & thought what about Heath's Joker? Again expecting utter failure, & again nailing it without even practicing it. Several of the recording you hear on my demo reels (Interrogation scene, hospital scene, Madness Monologue & possibly the Honor speech too; were all recorded that first night I discovered I could actually do the voices & the interrogation & hospital scenes were in one take. The interrogation scene was one take all the way through on my very first attempt.
Still, it took another 6-8 months & a huge push from my family & a friend to put them on YouTube. Now I had no videos on YouTube & no followers so people don't see it often because I'm a nobody on there. But everybody that comes across my channel & takes the time to like or dislike or comment, they always give it a like & if they comment, they tell me how awesome it is & usually subscribe. I have one dislike from a guy who didn't agree with my opinion so he went to my page & disliked every video. People, right? Lol.
With that being said. That journey led me here a few days ago. And I'm no longer so nervous to the point that I can't deliver a line the way I'm capable of delivering it. I still get nervous, there are rookies like me here but also people who are NOT rookies, & that can be very intimidating. But I will have fun here, it's what I'm here to do. If you check out my demos & have the time, please do send me some feedback, good or bad. That's what really gives me more confidence & fuel to keep doing this. The compliments mean so much to me, it's hard to articulate into words. When people love what I'm doing, I REALLY love what I'm doing & feel like I am here because I can belong. I'm not just wasting my time or being delusional. Haha
But if you made it this far; thank you for checking out my profile. Thank you for reading this to the end. Thank you for checking out my demos if you do. I look forward to meeting some awesome, like minded people. I've already met a couple & had a casting guy tell me how perfect he thought my Joker voice was. That's priceless. That's why I'm not looking for paying jobs. If I get paid cool. But I'm not concerned about making money here, even though I don't work due to a disability from PTSD. This is like a therapy so why do I need to look for money for using my voice to make my day a little brighter?
Take care everybody, and remember....
Smile Like You Mean It!
