Chad Askim

Voice Description

My voice is versatile for deep tone or professional voice work. I can learn accents fairly quick and love to have an assigned challenge. I can do wise and witty or serious and monotone. I have to say that I am very new to the biz and would attempt anything that comes my way. I am looking forward to the opportunity to make this a career.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, 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 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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Fairfield, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I grew up trying to imitate the cartoons that I watched. Mainly Transformers, G.I.Joe, and Looney tunes. Some Characters that I like to do are Starscream/Cobra Commander(My favorite), Optimus Prime, Megatron, Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Fogghorn Leghorn, and Yogi Bear. As I got older my attention and humor turned to Monty Python and english humor. My favorite two to impersonate are Eric Idle and John Cleese. The two have different vocal tonality, and one has a more proper english accent than the other. I also like to impersonate the voice of Whitesnake singer David Coverdale. I am very interested in commercial tone and vocal tonality. I like listening to car commercials and movie commercials. Those sound fun to do. In addition to prior listed voices I do I also like to impersonate late night characters like Craig Ferguson and David Letterman.

My Voice Experience

As I said earlier in the descriptive portion I am new to this so I have not yet been recorded. This is something that I have always wanted to try and have now gotten around to doing it. As a waiter and salesman I have been told many times that I have a great voice for radio.

My Training

I have always been fond of the job. It seems a great form of expression and has a good deal of freedom to experiment a little with what you can do with your basic god given tool, your voice! I have taken classes at American Conservatory Theatre and communtiy colleges. I also sing and play the guitar.

My Studio Equipment

I have a digital 8 track recorder that I use to make songs and can also use to record my voice. It has a built in mixer and can be linked up to my computer for downloading bits.

Additional Skills

I have had many different jobs. I have been a waiter, manager, data entry clerk, sales associate, construction worker, heating and air worker, warehouse worker, and a pizza guy. From this kind of experience I have a wealth of characters and idiosyncracies that come in handy when related to doing or creating unique voices. I like doing creative things. If I can make something up and have a good time working I will be totally committed to the endeavor.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards

Contact Information

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