Perry Anne (Perry) Norton

About Perry Anne (Perry)

Summary:
I wear two hats; as a VO veteran of 15 years, and as an audio editor. I've found that I genuinely love, and am very good at what I do, but editing puts me in a particular zone. Whether for VO, long-form narration or music, good editing brings order to story chaos, gives a podcast or ad message clarity, and just makes everything and everyone sound better. I'm so attuned that I can hear other people's edits and when I do, I know they haven't done it right. My VO chops are excellent as well but I see that AI will eventually do that job for me.

Background and Experience:
My mom worked in radio in the 50s in DC. In her footsteps, I began my audio career as an intern and then Associate Producer for NPR's Talk of the Nation/Science Friday (WNYC), while doing VO on the side. I moved on to be a Producer at USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel, and several dot.coms. I also took time to pursue music, had a band that played CBGBs and all the storied NYC clubs. Ensuing recording sessions gave me a keener ear still for mixing, editing and audio precision.

After 9/11, I moved to CA, and have made a living in VO full-time since 2004 (Discovery, Ameriprise, NatGeo among hundreds of clients). My husband and I built our own music studio with an analog Neve 5088 console.
We use Pro Tools HD and I'm an editing fanatic as our musical chops dissipate with age.

I now have podcast clients from NPR to newbies, who get the whole package with music mix, intro/sponsor VO, audio editing and noise cleanup (and tape sync if needed.)

In closing:
Please call 805-705-1442 or email [email protected] for info, or visit www.perrynorton.com for samples and client lists.