CJ Schneider - Real, warm, honest, feminine, upbeat, professional

Real, warm, honest, feminine, upbeat, professional

• CJ Schneider is registered with Voice123 since Feb 21, 2006.
• CJ Schneider started his/her voice over career in 2004.
• Currently CJ Schneider is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 3
• CJ Schneider was last active on Voice123 13 days ago

Voice Description

Carol (CJ) Schneider is a seasoned actor and voice over artist with over 20 years in the business.

One of her talents as a voice over actor is her versitility. Some clients hire her for her feminine, sensual reads, others for her upbeat and fun sense of humor, and still others for her warm and compassionate narrations.

Schneider's years of experience acting film and television as well as on Broadway and off lend grace and professionalism to her natural, human, voice-over style.

She is proficient in several accents including Standard British, Texan, Brooklynese and Midwestern American.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British
• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

New York, NY, New Jersey, Connecticut, RI, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American, Southern American, Texan, Brooklyn, Brooklynese, Bronx, New York, British, Londoner, Yorkshire, Norhtern English, Midwestern, Irish, French, Russian.
Schneider has a facility with new accents from her years as an actress.

My Voice Experience

Schneider has been a professional actress in New York City for over 20 years. She has worked on Broadway and Off Broadway, in Regional Theatre. Film and TV credits include: "Wall Street", "Jennifer Eight", "Blue Steel", "Jacob's Ladder", "Year Of the Gun", "Law and Order" and most recently, National Lampoon's "Snatched", among others. Independent films she has played in have gone onto Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival and Slam Dance.

Her professional voice over work ranges from commercials to industrials, to documentary narrations, to training videos, to Audio Books and Medical Narration.

She works with a Rhode or Audio Technica Mic, Grace Preamp, and M2 Box and can deliver her clients files in WAV, AIFF, Mp3 or CD overnight. She also has acess to ISDN and phone patch equiped studios in NYC.

"Professional. Personable. Reliable. Fun and Fast." Have been used to describe her.

CREDITS INCLUDE:

AUDIOBOOKS:
"Secret Legacy" - Audio Realms
"Aphrodite's Kiss" - Audio Realms
"Why We Want You To Be Rich"
by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki for Simon & Schuster Audio

ANIMATION:
"Padre Pio" - Mama - DuArt
DUBBING:
"Snatched" - various characters, also the on camera role of the Transgender Therapist- National Lampoon
COMMERCIALS:
Anti Smoking PSA
"Supervalue Supermarkets" Supermarket Radio
"Lapband" TV
"Digital Mammography" radio spot for Virginia Hospital
"Donation U" for Alliance for Organ Donation"
"CIT" Industrial
"Playschool" TV Commercial
"Sun Orthopaedics" Radio

Documentary:
Voice Narration for Lifetime Television's
"HELEN KELLER: A LIFE"

My Training

Interlochen Arts Academy graduate:
Young Artist Award.
New York University Undergraduate Drama: Paulette Goddard Remarque Fellow
RADA Summer School
As a voice over artist she trained with Peter Rofe of PDR Voice Over Inc.

Member: Actors Studio

My Studio Equipment

Pro-Tools 7.8 - M2 Box
Grace Design Pre-amp
Rode NT100 Condenser Mic
Audio Technica Mic

Additional Skills

Schneider was Associate Artistic Director of Actors Conservatory in NYC for five years.

In addition to managing the curriculum and hiring teachers, Schneider taught extensively. Voice and Speech as well as Script Interpretation and Scene Study were classes she offered on a regular basis.