meet james bilodeau
Whether you need help with studio electronics, mixing, editing or mastering music, podcasts, radio shows, radio imaging, voice-over, parody song production and performance, video post-production and sound design or classical, jazz or choral vocal arrangements, he offers precision audio production, soup to nuts.
James Bilodeau is a voice actor and audio professional living and working in the greater New York Metropolitan area. He holds a Bachelor of Music in music production from The Hartt School in West Hartford, CT. He has been singing ever since his early childhood, now much better than then.
He has been a full-time employee of satellite radio behemoth Sirius XM for over 17 years, offering all these services throughout his tenure.
SiriusXM Imaging
by James Bilodeau
Voiced and produced by James Bilodeau
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James Bilodeau
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James Bilodeau
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James Bilodeau
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James Bilodeau
Vocal Performances / Record Production
As a multi-talented vocal performer, James is experienced in commercial, announcer and character voice acting, as well as solo and ensemble singing as a bass-baritone. His bachelor of music degree was focused on vocal performance including small and large choral ensemble performances, opera scenes, touring ensembles, and opera ensembles. His recording experience varies from solo vocal recordings to ensemble recording, most of which he recorded, edited, mixed and mastered himself. Find notable examples of his work, below.
Jonathan Reid Gealt “Gravity / Run To You” (bass)
C4 Ensemble
Recording, Production, Editing and Mixing
Composer: Jonathan Reid Gealt
Albums: Here For You, Whatever I Want It To Be
Tapestry
Rebecca Correia “Soul Of Me”
Video Sync / Editing
Loren Allred “Never Enough”
Notable Long Form Projects
Juilliard needed help preparing and compiling video and audio throughout the planning, recording and post-production phases of this incredible project. Ives’ Variations on America challenges the notion that this famous tune should remain revered.
Juilliard asked for audio help and some minor video prep to take on this massive project. Over 80 musicians delivered over 150 video files that all needed to be assessed, placed, edited, synced and mixed.
Loren asked for help in post production of this video that needed both audio and video work. Almost 27 million views!
The Last Mile Radio, Sirius XM
Gracie Award, New York Festivals Gold & Bronze
The Last Mile Radio is an 8 episode documentary series featuring the stories of incarcerated people finding new hope in technology education.
www.tlmradio.org
Without A Mirror, Unreel Films
15 minute documentary short featuring a blind woman learning to dance.
A Flash Of Light: The Setsuko Thurlow Story, Sirius XM
3-part bio documentary featuring Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. A Flash Of Light tells the story of that moment, and how it inspired her life of anti-nuclear activism.
War On Trial: The Benjamin Ferencz Story - Sirius XM
2-part bio documentary of Benjamin Ferencz, an Eastern European immigrant who joined the armed forces in WW2, and then went on to become the US trial lawyer who persecuted the SS at Nuremberg. All of which inspired him to develop the International Criminal Court, holding warmongers accountable for crimes against humanity.
A Day In The Sun - Sirius XM
5 episode bus tour of Florida featuring Royal Caribbean billionaire and former Mayor of Miami Beach, Philip Levine. Starting in Miami with key lime pie and Cuban food and culture, to hunting pythons in the everglades, to sponge harvesting in Tarpon Springs, Cigar Rolling in Ybor City, the orange groves of central Florida, to St Petersburg and across to the Tupelo Honey harvesters of the panhandle. - New York Festivals Gold winner.
Building Lakewood - Sirius XM
A 3 part bio-doc on the Osteen family and the creation of their Houston-based, but internationally recognized Lakewood Church. From his father’s humble beginnings as a local Texas pastor through their meteoric rise to world-wide religious influence, “Building Lakewood” features content from over 20 interviews of family, friends and government leaders across 3 generations.
Concerts of Change, Sirius XM
A six part docu-series hosted by Bob Crawford, historian and bassist of the Avett Brothers. Concerts of Change tells the story of how musicians took on humanitarian efforts. Starting with George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh through No Nukes, Apartheid, Band Aid, Live Aid, Amnesty International and the One Campaign. Featuring Bono, Bob Geldof, George W Bush, Chris Connelly, Mark Goodman and many more.
Vital Signs - Sirius XM & NYU Langone Health
https://vital-signs.simplecast.com/episodes
2022 Gold Medal winner of the NY Festivals Health and Wellness Podcast category, Vital Signs tells the personal stories of NYU’s incredible doctors and nurses. A transplant surgeon tells the story of needing a heart transplant, a breast surgeon is diagnosed with breast cancer, and many other incredibly personal and touching stories showing the human side of practicing medicine.
Colin Britt, a brilliant composer, conductor, singer, music director and close friend set Psalm 137:1-6 in the first few days of the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down. Recorded by volunteers in their homes, I was happy to provide my voice as well as my production skills to make this piece sound as good as it deserves to. March 2020.
Randi Zuckerberg and her team needed some help with the audio side of this parody, so I happily lent my skills. The mix, vocal production and a bit of guitar filled out the sound of this zany video!
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