Chip Hand - Versatile, convincing, fun, character specialist

Versatile, convincing, fun, character specialist

• Chip Hand is registered with Voice123 since Feb 06, 2008.
• Chip Hand started his/her voice over career in 1973.
• Currently Chip Hand is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Chip Hand was last active on Voice123 4 days ago

Voice Description

For over thirty years I have taught voice and speech to people of all ages, gender, and background, from beginner to pro. I have an extremely broad vocal range, and the ability to alter my vocal timbre and style for any vocal challenge. I do a host of dialects, including Mid-Atlantic, American, American southern, British, Irish, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Australian, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Italian, Swedish, and German. I also do impressions of singers, actors,and celebrities from the 1930's to today. I can do any kind of text from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• 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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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 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

Moorpark, Los Angeles, Santa Barbera, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I do a host of dialects, including Mid-Atlantic, American, American southern, British, Irish, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Australian, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Italian, Swedish, and German.

My Voice Experience

I'm an award winning vocalist who has taught speech and voice technique for over thirty years, and worked in tv, film, radio, stage, records, and animation. I've worked with artists from A&M, MCA, Motown, Capital, CBS, MGM, Warner Brothers, RCA, Sparrow, Word, Curb, and Concord. My students have sold millions of records and starred in tv, film, broadway, and nightclubs. I've done national and local commercials, on camera and/or voice-over, for Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Dentyne, Sure, Jack In The Box, Snicker's, Epson Guitars,Taco Bell, Mutual of Omaha, and many, many more. I'm also a professional writer, lyricist, composer, librettist, copywriter, and musician.

My Training

I began working as a professional demo singer when I was 15, won the Battle of the Bands, best male vocalist, at sixteen, signed with RCA records at seventeen, appeared on Lawrence Welk, Merv Griffin, The Tonight Show, Larry Kane, Room 222, Hollywood KCET Theater, and starred in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids for Hanna-Barbera. While at UCLA I won the Frank Sinatra Award for Best Male vocalist, and the Glaydys Turk Award for Best Male Vocalist.

I have a B.S. from UCLA in History and Political Science, with a minor in Psychology, and am currently completing my MFA at UCLA.
I studied lyric writing privately with Sammy Cahn, and voice with Seth Riggs. I taught a masters class with Seth Riggs at UCLA, and studied entertainment business with David Geffen at UCLA's Graduate School of Business. I studied musical composition privately with Dominic Frontiere. I was a staff composer for Mike Curb Productions, and Kenny Rogers Productions. I studied commercial acting with Maxine Anderson and voice over technique with Kat Lehman.

In addition, I've written for MGM, Tristar, Miramax, ABC, October Films, August Films, and others. In 1999 I wrote the libretto for the 9 and a half million dollar production of Ben-Hur, The Musical.

My Studio Equipment

Keyboards, Synths & Samplers:

Roland RD 700SX - Expanded
Roland RD 700 - Expanded
Roland E-86
Yamaha KX88
2- Roland JV10 - Expanded
Yamaha Motif Rack ES
3- Roland S-550

EFX Processors

4 - TC Helicon VoiceWorks Vocal Processors
Behringer 2200 Ultragain Tube Mic Pre
TC Electronics M-One XL Dual FX Processor

Mixing Consoles:

Mackie Onyx 1640 with Perkins EQ and Firewire
Mackie SR24-4 VLZ
Behringer Eurorack UB2442 FX Pro

Portable CD Recorders:

Roland CD - 2
Superscope PSD 300

Computers:

Customized 17" Mac G4 Laptop
Customized 17" MacBook Pro Laptop (runs both PC and Mac programs)

2 Custom Windows XP DAWs

Software:

2- Giga4 (huge instrument & SFX library)
Cubase 4
Final Cut Pro 4
Logic Pro 8
Logic Express 8
Soundtrack Pro 2
GarageBand '08
Reason
MacFive 2
Melodyne

Mics:

A wide variety of microphones from Neuman, AKG,
Shure, Sennheiser, and Blue, including:

Neuman U 87
Neuman 103
AKG C-414
AKG C 4000 B
Shure Beta 87a
Shure M58
Sennheiser MKH416
Blue Snowball USB

Monitors:

4 Event 8
2 Allesis Monitor One

Additional Skills

"If you want to learn something, teach it" -- that has been the central tenet of my life and has given me the opportunity to learn from thousands of diverse and fascinating individuals over the years. I am incurably curious, and when not reading or working I'm listening to recorded books and magazines of every genre while walking and juggling. It's a fun way to integrate physical and mental exercise.

A techno geek, I'm always experimenting with the latest software and recording gear, and can record everything from orchestral to hip-hop in my home studio. I've worked with ProTools, Cubase, Sonar, Reason, Logic, Digital Performer, etc., but for efficiency and ease of use Apple's Garage Band O8 is my current favorite. I can provide everything; music, copy, voice-over, pre & post production, with passion and enthusiasm because I love what I do.