About me | Jacenwiley

My VO Journey

I have always loved video games, anime and animation. I have been a game tester for 2K games and studied to be an Illustrator at BYU Idaho, but during my time at school something felt off. I didn't have a passion for the work. I enjoyed creating and understanding concepts, but Illustration never really clicked.

When I was in middle school I enjoyed being in plays such as Annie and Grease, but when my family moved down to Arizona I lost interest in acting. I didn't get back into it till I started playing Dungeons and Dragons in college.

Dungeons and Dragons reintroduced how much fun acting was. When I was a dungeons master, I went all out with trying different voices and I just really got into it.

When I left school I came home to Vegas I started working at MGM Grand to try and figure out what I wanted to do as a career. While I was working at MGM I Planet Hollywood hosted an anime convention. I have been to this Con before with a friend, and enjoyed it especially because some of the wacky panels. This time all the panels that interested me were those about voice acting.

Erica Lindbeck hosted one of these panels and talked about the voice over industry. Inspired by what I had heard I looked around to try and find a place where I could learn how to act and more specifically voice act. In my search I found the Voice Actors Studio, and they had classes for getting into voice over. After a year of classes and coaching, I had more fun acting and taking direction then I ever did with drawing or testing video games. I was able to get my demo cut and have now been a voice actor for a year I'm a voice actor and I couldn't be happier. The experiences I have had and the people I have met have been amazing.

Audio Engineering

After a couple of years working as a voice actor I felt like I was spending a lot of time learning how to use a DAW, from Audacity, and Adobe's Audition to Reaper. I have done mic shoot outs at Dog and Pony studios in Las Vegas, and was talking to the Head Engineer, John McClain, and he talked how he does internships for audio engineering.I thought to myself that learning how to be a audio engineer could help me in the long run, from being able to mix my

auditions and recordings quicker and efficient, but I also saw it as a good way to network and work in the industry full time. I first reached out to Dog and Pony, but then COVID-19 hit and life got put on hold. It lead me to start looking into schools that teach audio engineering. I discovered the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS) when I was looking for schools. What made it Stand out to me was the fact that my family moved down to Arizona and everything CRAS was teaching was something that I wanted to learn. The knowledge, the experience and the people I have met there were absolutely amazing, and they have armed me with the tools and skills I needed to succeed.

What Made Me, Me.

I have lived all over the United States. I Was born in Utah and have lived in Kentucky, Arizona, Oregon and am currently residing in Nevada. Through all of my moving I was able to try out new and different experiences. Being born in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days I was raised with a different standard and belief then most of my peers, and it has shaped me into who I am today.

Pairing that with all of the moving I have done has let me meet many different people with different beliefs and standards then my own. It has made me understand that everyone is unique and that everyone deserves to be loved and treated

with respect no matter who they are or what their belief is. I say all of this because I wouldn't be who I am without my life experiences and the Gospel in my life. Because of it I was fortunate to be able to serve a Church mission to Sendai Japan. I wasn't able to serve for the full 2 years like most, but the time I spent there I cherish and, it gave me a profound respect and love for the Japanese culture. Honor, family and respect are the traits I hold dear and try to exemplify in my life.