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ABOUT Me
A brief history of Edwyn Tiong
As a Malaysian-born Chinese who moved to Australia then to New Zealand then back to Australia again (and currently resides in Adelaide, South Australia), Edwyn Tiong possesses a uniquely accented voice that can be best described as "American with a hint of everything". Edwyn has been voice acting for years on the internet, and if you were a frequent browser of Newgrounds in the mid-00s, you would probably have heard him in almost every single game and animation on there. These days, he's been lending his talent to a variety of video games, including quite a few point-and-click adventure games! He's awfully tickled by that, as he grew up playing those and used to voice every character out loud to himself, because that was how you got voice acting in video games back then. Wow, he's old.
Edwyn can easily switch his acting from charmingly suave professional, to comically buffoonish grandpa, to Russian gangster thug and back again in a flash. Specialising in creating unique and memorable characters, he can switch from being the calm, coolly distant type, to the silly and weird comic relief, to the viciously ferocious uncaged monster and back again. This versatility has seen him star in hundreds of web animations and video games over the course of twenty years. He also has a calming, intelligent and confident voice that's well suited for audiobooks, educational and instructional videos, commercials and business presentations.
In addition to voice acting, Edwyn is also an experienced sound mixing editor: having produced a variety of audioplays, audiobooks and voiceover demos that shine from his sense of aural artistry. He has also worked as a punch up writer on a variety of productions, and is one of the lead writers behind the hit video game Freedom Planet 2.
RESUME
HIGHLIGHTS OF A VARIED CAREER
Tangle Tower (SFB Games) Detective Grimoire
Freedom Planet 2 (Galaxytrail) The Royal Magister
Relic Hunters Rebels (Rogue Snail) Ace
Unavowed (Wadjet Eye Games) Ligamental / Kevin Huang / Officer Diego / Eternox bouncer
Casette Beasts (Bytten Studio) Judas Knight
Ghost Giant (Zoink Games) Corey Pica
Dust: An Elysian Tail (Humble Hearts / Xbox Game Studios) Fuse
Edge of Eternity (Midgar Studio) Ysoris Amauricius Firebrandt
Summer Daze at Hero-U (Transolar Games) Sitari
Clam Man 2: Headliner (marafrass) Clayton
Harold Halibut (slow bros.) Cyrus Soleil
My Time at Portia (Pathea Games / Team17 Digital Ltd) Tuss
ENA - Temptation Stairway (Joel G) Ulysses
Chinatown Detective Agency (General Interactive Co.) Narration
Unforeseen Incidents (Backwoods Entertainment) Morton / Cardero / Deepak Shakur
Sunset Paradise (Glitch Productions) Benedict Cumbersnatch
For an extended resume, please either consult my IMDB page or download my resume in PDF format
CLIENTS
NEED A VOICE ACTOR?
My rates for non-union work starts from US$350 per recording hour session (with a 2 hour minimum). I am open to working within the budgetary constraints of your production however, so contact me and we can negotiate a rate that is fair to everyone involved!
Professional Home Recording Studio
Microphone: Neumann TLM103 Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
Interface: Universal Audio Volt 276 Audio Interface
Preamp: UA 610-inspired preamp emulation (part of UA Volt 276 interface)
Compressor: UA 1176-inspired compressor emulation (part of UA Volt 276 interface)
DAW: Adobe Audition
Recording environment: CAD Audio Acousti-shield AS32, VB70-G Sound Blankets mounted on FlexTee stands enclosure
Remote connection options: Source Connect Standard, Discord, Zoom, Cleanfeed, Teamspeak, Skype
Wired ethernet connection: Yes
Connection speed DL/UL: 53.98Mbps DL / 19.03Mbps UL
TESTIMONIALS
Kind words from MY CLIENTS AND peers
“In the course of my career, I’ve met very few VO artists with the talent of Edwyn Tiong, his wonderfully unique voice and stunning characterizations have been the highlight of too many projects to count. He moves from character to character by utilizing all the little subtleties available in the voice actors toolkit. In short he is a master of his craft and he will bring all of that to the table in your project!”
“Edwyn Tiong has been working with our studio since the release of “Freedom Planet”, and he has been exceptional at performing his duties as a voice actor and writer. He has worked with a number of other game development studios in the past, and his vocal prowess and clever grasp of literary tropes has proven invaluable to the production of our latest project: “Freedom Planet 2”.”
“Edwyn Tiong was cast for a number of major and minor characters in both the first and second instalment of “The Journey Down” series, both of which were received warmly and hailed for the quality of their voice work, much thanks to the brilliant work of Edwyn Tiong. We are privileged to be able to continue to work with Edwyn on the third and final episode of “The Journey Down” series, and will undoubtedly hire him again on future productions as well.”
“I have been a fan of Edwyn Tiong’s voice work since his first appearance in animated and gaming content on Newgrounds, back in 2005; in the years since, Edwyn has become a highly sought after voice actor and production collaborator. Additionally, Edwyn worked with fellow voice actors to create the Newgrounds Voice Acting Club, bringing further attention to the voice acting role on Newgrounds and encouraging the addition of a voice acting credit in our authoring system.”
“When seeking a distinct sound and memorable performance, be it comedic or dramatic, I know that I can always turn to Edwyn to provide something that simply no one else can deliver. I often state that no individual I’ve met in our field can make more out of less, better than Edwyn Tiong.”
“The first project we worked on with Edwyn was “Detective Grimoire”. Upon hearing his audition, we immediately cast him in the lead role as Detective Grimoire himself. No other voice actor we’ve worked with can take a character from our script and notes and know exactly the direction to take the voice, making us more excited about the character and lines than we thought we could be.”
“Do you want your project to sound good? Of course you do. By now you’ve probably already listened to Edwyn’s work and you know he has a great voice. What you really want to know is, is he good to work with? And he is. He’s passionate about each individual project, and he takes the time necessary to give your characters the unique sound they deserve. If you want your project to sound good, you can hire anyone with a nice voice. If you want your project to sound GREAT, hire Edwyn.”