About Jay
Created by jaybeacham on 31 Jan 2008 | Tagged as:
I created this site(jaybeacham.com) so that you, the voice seeker, could see and hear what I have to offer in the way of voice over-narration work in German and English (and translating), acting and singing. I am affiliated with Voice123.com and Voices.com and ExploreTalent, where you can see a profile and hear some samples of my voice work.
Why a voice site?
When I was sixteen I went to work at a radio station as an announcer (KDXU St.George, Utah). I’d studied there with the owner and announcers for about two years before that. The Owner Mrs. Wink (Winkleman) liked my voice and she liked to get young men started in radio, though most went on to other pursuits later in life.
I attended one year of college, then spent two years as an LDS missionary in Austria after two months of an intensive German course at Brigham Young University. While there, I narrated for a recorded slide presentation. When I returned, having spent my time in Austria speaking German, I finished at my local Jr. College (Dixie) where I produced a weekly radio news show of the happenings at the college which aired on KDXU.
Then I went on to Brigham Young University where part of my studies were in German and communications. I did plays and musicals for fun.
The pictures below are from a production of a theater in the round musical called “Prophet”. Student written and produced. It was a lot of fun. It was based on the life of the American Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr.
(I’m Third from the right.) (I’m Center front in dark shirt, light vest.)
Another student directed play was “The Silent Alarm” written by George Kaufman.
(Read about it at: http://jaybeacham.com/2016/03/30/my-role-as-first-fireman-in-the-still-alarm/ )
And I was in the chorus of two casts of “Madame Butterfly”. I also sang the part of one of the kings in Amahl and the Night Visitors with the Opera Workshop.
Then I spent several years doing all sorts of things, including directing a musical roadshow, and raising four children. In the early eighties, I did some studio voice over work and TV ads and adapted two books into radio dramatizations. I also taught German at night.
My interest always in radio and acting, I produced radio plays and did monologue and play acting.
One such thing was the Trail of the Prophets where I and others would be stationed along a trail and portray prophets of old as if they were here speaking to people today.
See an example at: https://youtu.be/S9av0tI8-vE
I always thought I’d get back into radio when the kids were grown and I got older. So 10 years ago I started doing websites and acting, and recording and making videos, even worked on a German tele-course).
Many people (like Hart Wixom, Outdoors writer for the Daily Spectrum newspaper, and teenager Alesha Jensen), like my voice, so I thought why not.
Thus the site. The others pages are things I’ve done elsewhere before.
So if you need an excellent voice over, a narration or some acting done, listen to my demos at Voice123( a link is provided under the blogroll on the home page ” Hear me do Voice Overs“.) Hear more at: http://voice123.com/jaybeacham and
When you like what you you hear then contact me through them or directly at beachamj82@yahoo.com or by phone at 435-628-7809.
For my photography, see the “Images of the Past ” page .
For music items and video creations of mine see the products page.
I have a farm and have products to sell so I created a link to a page for those items.
Farm Products (Al-Gin Agricultural)
These can be found on Craigslist most of the time.
I have other products too, check those out.
Be sure to check out my other sites. The links are on the right side of my home page under Blogroll. Several are about me: My Voice, Jay Beacham, Lincoln’s Ghost, How not to build a house. Or about what I do: Hear me singing, Poetry, Images of the Past.
Some of what i’ve done voice wise in movies, TV, radio, etc.
Radio announcer 1966-1969
Voice over work 1970-present
1970 narration in English slide presentation done in Austria.
Actor, singer, voice talent.
Voice overs, narrations, audio books, etc.
Voice over work in German and English.
Record songs I sing in German, English and 12 other languages.
See photos and voices linked at https://jaybeacham.com/
More photos at http://jaybeacham.webstarts.com/
Hear voice work at:
https://voice123.com/jaybeacham
http://jaybeacham.voice123.com
https://www.voices.com/people/jaybeacham#demos
https://soundcloud.com/user-528363945/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/jay-beacham
https://www.exploretalent.com/jaybeacham1
Portray Santa Claus yearly.
http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/r/c09d8a6de
TV:
commercials and station promos.
Commercial as actor:
As Abraham Lincoln
as a Stevedore
commercial no longer available
As 16th President:
at the 50 second mark and 1:06 and 1:20
Theater:
1972-73 Madame Butterfly-Chorus
Amahl and Night Visitors-a king
1984 American Messiah-Apostle John
1997 Pioneer Portraits – Wilford Woodruff
1998 Flag Day four parts:
https://vimeo.com/235693311 a singing part
2000 I was Called to Dixie – cast member and narrator
a singing part
2000 Living Nativity-shepherd-priest-narrator-MCee-father-man on road by fire-radio ad voice
2001 one part from Trail of the Prophets, an on going project done from the early 1980s to the present:
This clip as Nephi son of Helaman:
2006 Opera “Amahl and Night Visitors”-shepherd
2004 -present-St. George Live-Brigham Young/Jacob Hamblin
2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 Lincoln’s Ghost at the Pioneer Opera House in St. George Utah
2009 in 5 parts on You Tube:
https://youtu.be/3O_gmvp2eZk Narrator and Lincoln’s Ghost
Promo for Lincoln’s Ghost:
(year, title, role)
Films:
2014 in opening scene of “Mythica: a Quest for Heros” official trailer as temple elder.
Liquid Desert Part 1
2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57-ge2TRUw
part Jacob Hamblin
see acting role photos and voice – links at:
http://jaybeacham.webstarts.com/index.html?r=20101009233818
http://www.jaybeacham.ws/imagesofpast
http://www.jaybeacham.ws/Acting_Roles
http://jaybeacham.com/acting-roles/
(year, title, role)
Commercials:
The US Immigration And Naturalization Project as a Stevedore
2015 narrator introducing new products to the marketplace:
https://lnkd.in/eFUms3j
https://lnkd.in/evFgFKa
As 16th President:
at the 50 second mark and 1:06 and 1:20
Since 2012 Santa Jay (Santa Claus) in the St. George, Utah area every December. The Singing Santa” here with a sample: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/r/c09d8a6de
Maybe I can help you with your voice and acting needs.
Give me a try.
Baltic Casting Profile:
69 year old farmer, actor, singer, construction worker, writer
Ivins, UT, USA
Voice talent
Hick & dumb characters Russian, Scandinavian immigrants sort of Southern Utah (a variation of southern USA and western). I am an actor. If you visit St. George, Utah in the summer, take a St. George Live tour. You may see me in action and think that I am really Indian Peacemaker Jacob Hamblin or western colonizer Brigham Young. Have performed at the St. George Pioneer Opera House as The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln.. View me on You Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Titandusk for the 2009 Lincoln’s Ghost show with promo and five episodes. or as Jacob Hamblin, or the promo for “How not to build a house” which I host. The first two episodes can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHF-verxa3GqtHqlzOogTAg?view_as=public Other films: You’ve Been Warned https://youtu.be/vX9lkfKdDm4 , Liquid Desert https://youtu.be/g57-ge2TRU, or Mythica, a Quest for Heros https://youtu.be/bg_t3y3zoMQ , Santa Claus as Santa Jay
I was a radio announcer from 1966 to 1969, have narrated slide presentations in Europe(Austria) and the United States(in English), have done TV and radio ads over the years, some acting (radio dramatizations as writer and voice). Now I mostly do one man shows about pioneer characters:Abe Lincoln-see my Lincoln’s Ghost performance of Feb. 12, 2009 at the St. George, Utah Pioneer Opera House on You Tube- But I have been in two casts of Madame Butterfly as a chorus member and in two casts of Amahl and the night visitors, once as a King and once as a shepherd. In the American Messiah and in many other small church and community and school and student productions since childhood. 2004 to present act in St. George Live, an interactive tour, as Jacob Hamblin and Brigham Young, Mormon pioneers. Movies: 2011 “Liquid Desert” as peacemaker Jacob Hamblin. https://youtu.be/g57-ge2TRUw 2013 Mythica 1-A Quest for Heroes as Temple Elder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_t3y3zoMQ YouTube Channel with tip videos, How Not To Build A House series, and more: https://www.youtube.com/user/leobennachoben1/videos Independent films @ https://www.youtube.com/user/Titandusk/videos You’ve Been Warned, Twas The Night, Lincoln’s Ghost promos and 2009 Show in 5 parts, I sing in groups and as a soloist(“So low”-bass):National Anthem at boxing match, Easter Sunrise services, with the Master Singers of St.George,Utah and other choral groups and choirs including the Jean Marshall Band, church services and funerals) Have also been a singer and song writer (having collaborated with Oregon Willie of Mesquite, Nev.on a song. Have been narrator for plays and dramatizations for church and community affairs in and around St. George, Utah. Have been a play director in Oregon and a choral director for a children’s group in southern Utah. And I have MC ed many functions. I assisted the instructor as producer of a college radio news magazine in 1971-72 at Dixie Jr. College in St. George,Utah. Most recent as host of the Science Quest Radio Series. Hear a sample at: https://www.exploretalent.com/jaybeacham1#voiceover Hear more voice samples at: https://www.voices.com/people/jaybeacham June 2015 narration: Make It Easy Toothpaste Dispenser and Caddy https://www.gofundme.com/z2u43w Gozunder Toilet seat Riser https://lnkd.in/evFgFKa More demos at: https://soundcloud.com/jay-beacham/tracks see a commercial (at 50 seconds, 1 min to 1:12 & 1:20) https://vimeo.com/170193000 Where I again portray A. Lincoln. Radio station work. Personal coaching from Ellen C. Winkleman and KDXU staff In the 1960s. Voice and diction at Dixie Jr. college. and Just doing voice over jobs. I have my own but the sound studio downtown is very convenient. I sing and act but refrain from dancing. Do not do additions unless allowed 24 hrs. to make my proposal.
Hick & dumb characters Russian, Scandinavian immigrants sort of Southern Utah (a variation of southern USA and western). I am an actor. If you visit St. George, Utah in the summer, take a St. George Live tour. You may see me in action and think that I am really Indian Peacemaker Jacob Hamblin or western colonizer Brigham Young. Or you can see and hear me at the St. George Pioneer Opera House as The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln every February 12th. Or view me on You Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Titandusk for the 2009 Lincoln’s Ghost show with promo and five episodes. Or in Crumple, a short film, or as Jacob Hamblin, or the promo for “How not to build a house” which I host. The first two episodes can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHF-verxa3GqtHqlzOogTAg?view_as=public Other films: You’ve Been Warned https://youtu.be/vX9lkfKdDm4 Liquid Desert http://singingasong.net/ Mythica, a Quest for Heros https://youtu.be/bg_t3y3zoMQ Santa Claus as Santa Jay
I sing and have made recordings in 14 languages.
A testimonial from a satisfied customer:
Jay Beacham has one of the best voices in America. That’s a bold statement if you don’t love the sound of a father, grandfather, Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln, a deep base and baritone country singer, a peaceful and relaxing conversation on the radio during a long drive or between songs while going about your day, that feels like old fashioned home cooking in the oven or Thanksgiving meal or beside a crackling home chimney fire place sipping hot cocoa and marshmallows cozy under the blanket with soft lights blinking on the evergreen tree. That’s how it feels when Jay Beacham speaks and why I had him introduce one of my New York Broadway singer friends in one of our marketing ads, nobody else could’ve done it right. Unfortunately in one of my favorite Hollywood movies they killed Jay’s character in the first 10 minutes but not until after he had saved the life of one of the princesses and main character. And that’s how Jay has been his entire life, the unsung hero, who sings his own songs and the hundreds of fans who’ve had the God given grace to be able to hear them have lavished Jay with all the love and praise that he should’ve received at the Emmy’s and Oscar’s. He has actively sold his brother’s paintings of their natural surrounds of Grand Canyon style desert scenery right in the heart of Zion’s Park which is a fitting name for the decent folks who live in that most gloriously unique western style frontier of America’s truly wild west countryside. If old style southern talking and drawl ever melted the hearts of the ladies and lit the fire of any lonely man, if ever it was popular or right for such a voice to be put in the lime light and mainstream of famedom like so many living legends before him why not now? Why not a voice that captures all that essence yet is a little more Midwest, maybe even almost East Coast while fully embracing the Southwestern brew we’ve all be yearning for to make a comeback, because Elvis is surely alive, but until he makes some new songs we’ve got Jay. My greatest dream in life was for Neil Diamond to perform again, make some new songs and perform them himself instead of selling them to all the Top artists on the planet, and finding Jay was like my dreams coming true. Wish he could make some more songs. But even if all he ever does is talk on the radio, or on my ads, it takes me back to the good old days of mother’s home cooking and family holidays by the fireside sipping hot cocoa and marshmallows. I can’t imagine a dry eye in the entire audience even if it was the largest Colosseum in the world or every TV and cell phone on the planet, if somebody gave him a script worthy of his voice and let it penetrate the universe, it would revolutionize humanity and the planet, forever. He won’t be around forever, we need to take full advantage, he’s there on his farm just building cabins, singing for the ladies on some little known online social network, breaking hearts one per day, and that voice can be yours because Hollywood and the Music industry wouldn’t know talent if it hit them like a barn hits a drunken teenager swinging off the rafters into the hay bales and mistakes the moon for the ground and goes where only his dreams can take him and lands on earth instead. Perhaps it’s the fate of humanity to always miss the mark, to never realize its full potential, and pass up every good opportunity, except for Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, those one or two who by whatever twist miraculously found that diamond that nobody else recognized and became the most famous companies and men and women on the planet who we all dream we could be like and yet Jay is right here in our hands and we have this moment to make the right choice or be just one of the regular humans on this planet, normal, forgettable. Jay will make you unforgettable if you know how to market him so that he markets you!
That’s what I’m doing, and hopefully I’ll get him first before anybody else! If you’re looking to use Jay, then that means the race is on! May the best company win!
-Ben Arnold (ChatFellow CEO) 1/21/2019
see other role photos at: http://www.jaybeacham.ws/Acting_Roles
and more at: http://jaybeacham.com/about/
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