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j.m. wood
narrator
human authenticity in the artificial age
All rights reserved. Any use of this audio for synthetic/AI voice modeling, or LLM training purposes is strictly prohibited. And may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
All rights reserved. Any use of this audio for synthetic voice, AI voice modeling, or LLM training purposes is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate legal action. And may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
about
Hello and welcome! My name is John M. Wood, but my professional moniker is “j.m. wood,” due to there being several voice actors with a similar name. I am a well-trained and professional audiobook narrator and actor…and my folks think I’m a swell guy.
Here’s me in a nutshell:
- Training/coaching/workshops: Joel Froomkin (Acting for Audio 1); Sean Pratt, Ana Clements, Joe Hempel, Johnny Heller, Chris Ciulla, JoAnna Perrin, and many more. Always training, always improving.
- Acting background: Stage acting and audio
- Dialects/Accents: NE US, Southern US, West Texas, Twain-era Missouri, British RP, Scottish, Irish, French, German, Arabic/ME, +
- Preferred Genres: Thriller, mystery, LitRPG, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, historical fic, westerns, post-apocalypse, non-fiction
- Open to: Romance (esp. mafia, supernatural, and cozy), YA, religious material
- Not open to: (let’s discuss)
- Education: BA/MA German Lang and Lit, AA- Arabic, BA- Theology
- Professional background areas: Academia, military (Navy crypto-linguist), commercial pilot, corporate/business leadership
- Interests/hobbies: Bagpiping, bonsai, woodworking, gardening, athletics, sailing, handwriting, photography, watercolor painting, foreign languages, writing, theology/world religions, blacksmithing, and more.
- Fun Facts: I have crewed a Tall-Ship, done cattle drives, and watched more autopsies than one might guess (grandpa was a coroner).
- Studio specs: Reaper is fed by a Sennheiser Mk4 or MKH-416 mic via a Motu M2 interface.
- Professional Associations: PANA, APA, WoVO
recent credits
verified human
My personal position on A.I. / Synthetic Voice / Voice Modeling
I do not participate in any way in the area of synthetic or A.I. voice, because it’s phony, like sawdust in my sausage. I am passionate about authenticity. I care about the craft of acting, which is a way for humans to communicate to each other vital truths of the human condition. I think there is inherent value – value in and of itself – in human-crafted art. I make a product that you and I can be proud of. Would you take pride in plagiarism, if it got your book written? I find it astonishing that there are authors who spend their spirit writing words that they then are satisfied to have a machine recite, rather than a human perform. I’m not against machines; they have their place, but machines don’t have a soul and they have no business in areas where souls belong. Hire a human. Have the better and more ethical product.
