Voice Description

HI! MY NAME IS CASEY "KAIZER" NICHOLS. I WORK AS A COMMERCIAL/PROMO/IMAGING PRODUCER AND V.O. TALENT IN THE RADIO INDUSTRY. I'M A 30 YEAR OLD MALE & MY VOICE CAN PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING MALE YOU WANT IT TO. I SPECIALIZE IN MANY DIFFERENT STYLES WHICH RANGE FROM THE AVERAGE JOE/GUY NEXT DOOR TO AN EDGEY YOUNG 18-34 ADULT MALE ALTERNATIVE HI ENERGY/IMPACT STYLE (THINK "EXTREME"), TO AN OLD-FASHION 20-30'S RADIO ANNOUNCER. I ALSO DO CHARACTERS & ACCENTS AND OFTEN FIND MYSELF DOING MULTIPLE VOICE PARTS IN THE SAME SPOT.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• 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
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

SANTA CRUZ, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

AMERICAN: ALL REGIONS... SLOW CALI-SURFER, ALL 5 BURROUGHS OF NEW YORK, JERSEY, EAST COAST PIZAN (ITALIAN AMERICAN), APPALACHIAN HILLBILLY, WHITE TRASH, FINE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, OSHKASH WISCONSIN DON'T CHA KNOW..., CANADIAN, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY (EX. GEORGE BUSH), MOUNTAIN HERMIT.

MEXICAN AMERICAN: FROM MIGRANT TO PACHUCO GANGSTER TO AFFLUENT.

EURO: SCOTTISH(GLASWEGIAN CONNERY, EDINBUROUGH TRAINSPOTTING), ENGLISH (COCKNEY TO ROYAL), IRISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, TRANSYLVANIAN.

My Voice Experience

I CURRENTLY PRODUCE & VOICE COMMERCIALS FOR 8 RADIO STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA (KPIG AM/FM SAN FRANCISCO/MONTEREY, KHIP MONTEREY, KCDU MONTEREY, KKHK MONTEREY,KBOQ MONTEREY, KQPT CHICO, KFMF CHICO . I AM CURRENTLY THE STATION VOICE AND IMAGING PRODUCER OF KQPT & KCDU. I AM ALSO AN ON-AIR DJ AND I PRODUCE A WEEKLY SYNDICATED MUSIC SHOW. IN ADDITION I DO CHARACTER AND IMAGING VOICEOVER WORK FOR GOLD PLATED TOASTER PRODUCTIONS SYNDICATED RADIO PROGRAM "THE B-TEAM WITH BYRON & CRISSY". I ALSO RECENTLY CO-STARRED AND NARRARATED IN A PILOT FOR THE TRAVEL CHANNEL FOR STANDING BEAR PRODUCTIONS.

My Training

I HAVE A B.A. IN THEATRE ARTS/FILM FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ AND ALSO I AM HEAVILY SCHOOLED IN AUDIO ENGINEERING AND WORKED AS AN INTERN & AS AN ASSISTANT AUDIO ENGINEER DOING AUDIO POST PRODUCTION IN LOS ANGELES IN THE FILM/TV INDUSTRY. I ALSO HAVE DONE MANY PROJECTS FROM DEMOS TO FULL ALBUMS PRODUCING MUSIC.

I AM TRAINED IN ACTING FOR THEATRE & FILM/TV, I DO IMPROV, I AM A MULTI INSTRUMENT MUSICIAN & SONGWRITER.

My Studio Equipment

I AM ALL ABOUT SIMPLICITY THESE DAYS! NO MORE OUTBOARD GEAR AT HOME FOR ME. ESPECIALLY WHEN DAW'S THESE DAYS ARE NOW STANDARD.

FOR V.O. I USE THE FOLLOWING IN MY HOME STUDIO.

MICS: RE20, RODE NT1A, TLM 120

I/O: LINE 6 UX2 TRICKED OUT WITH EMULATORS FOR NEVE 1073'S, API'S, UA.. ETC.

COMPUTERS: WIN- HP DUAL CORE EXT. 2X 3.0GHZ/4GB RAM DUAL RAID 500GB BACKUPS. MAC- 12" iBOOK G4 2GB RAM

I AM A PROTOOLS GUY WHEN IT COME TO MUSIC PRODUCTION BUT BECAUSE OF IT'S DIVERSITY, COST, QUALTY AND WORKFLOW I PREFER TO USE NUENDO (STEINBERG) AT HOME. I GOT LOTS OF GREAT PLUGINS.

MONITORS: PAIR 6" LIMITED EDITION KRKS

K.I.S.S.

Additional Skills

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Payment Methods Accepted

• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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