Linda Bard

From classy to sassy, this award-winning voice talent brings professional quality and sound to your project. ISDN ready. E-mail direct: linda (at) studiobard.com or visit www.firstchoicevoice.com

Linda's warmth and humor translate into a great 'slice-of-life' read. For narration scripts or audio book recordings, her pleasing voice pitch, articulation and quick interpretation skills create a credible rapport with your audience. National clients like Microsoft, Revlon, Visa, and McDonald's, appreciate her enthusiasm, directability and cold-reading skills.

Voice jobs are turned around with surprising speed and broadcast quality in her state of the art digital studio, complete with ISDN. With over 20 years of experience doing voiceover work, Linda saves you time in the studio and conveys your message with style!

Commercials with hard sell, soft sell or no sell.

Corporate imaging for when a man just won't do.

Difficult technical or medical training or e-learning scripts read with ease and believability.

Political or civic spots featuring a female slant flavored with authority.

Great narrator for documentaries and adult (fiction and non-fiction) and children's audiobooks.

Professional and personal voicemail and on-hold messages.

Podcasting.

Video games.

Characters: Upper crust Brit, Russian spy, harried housewife, seductive siren, starship commander.

Looking for a female Voice that's warm, professional, real, positive, natural, confident, knowledgeable, friendly, genuine, upbeat, upscale, believable, approachable, convincing, Mom, caring, fun, authoritative, strong, silky, sultry, elegant, energetic, dynamic, mature, dramatic, bold, sincere, playful, educated, inspiring, classy, warm, elegant, welcoming, authentic, smooth, secure, assured? Your search is over.

English·English (North American)

Midwestern, Neutral

Young Adult·Middle Age

Financial Core

Years of experience: 10-25 years

LATEST PROJECTS:
Villas Del Mar - Los Cabos, Mexico
Nyack Hospital
Hewlett Packard
Visa
American Cancer Society
Intel
Banfield Pet Hospital.

“I wouldn’t be exaggerating when I say it was wonderful and we were completely bowled over by your professionalism and skill.”
- Abbie Hurewitz, Rowen Warren, NYC

“We had a great experience with Linda. She has a wonderful voice and is very versatile. The turnaround was excellent and her knowledge of the current audio formats and technology was top-notch. Our client (3M) was thrilled with her performance. If you need a true professional Linda Bard will hit the mark every time.”
- Jim Neace, BrandStudio1, Los Angeles

"I really enjoy working with Linda. She's always upbeat, very professional,and easy to direct. Best of all, she's a great voice talent who does award-winning work! We have a CINE Golden Eagle Award to prove it!" - Odyssey Productions, Portland

"We screened more than 100 voices before finding Linda. Once we heard her warmth, professionalism and versatility, we knew that she would be the perfect choice to project our new corporate image in all media forms. Linda took direction well and delivered a perfectly-edited product right on time. Unless you are our competition, we highly recommend Linda Bard for any VO work."
- Caroline Boscher President,
US Numerics, Inc. Washington, DC


Additional skills:

Writer and producer of interpretive content for both adult and children's audio programs. Winner of the 2005 & 2006 NAI (National Association for Interpretation) Media Award for excellence.

Audio Books and Books on Tape·Business Presentations and Corporate Videos·Educational Videos and e-Learning·Movie Trailers·Music Composition and Music Production·Narration and Documentaries·Podcasts and Podcasting Voices·Radio Commercials·Radio Imaging and Station Identification·Telephone System Recordings, Voicemail and On-Hold·Television Commercials·Television Imaging and Station Identification·Video Game Voices, Computer Game Voices