Christopher Maikish

Voice Description

My commercial sound ranges from geeky, serious David Hyde Pierce to warm, hip Jon Hamm.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) 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

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American Stage, New York (native), American Southeast, British RP.

Conversational in German and Italian (not native).

My Voice Experience

GAP Inc. interactive industrials and educational English language CD-ROMs for Lateral Communications (SF).

One awful video game called Chaos Wars when I was a green goose that has a cult following (Google it!)

Noteworthy on-camera credits: Desperate Housewives (ABC), commercials for Toyota, SONY Playstation, and Fruit of the Loom.

My Training

I have over a decade of professional actor training, as well as over 15 years training as a vocalist in opera, musical theatre, choral music, standards, rock and pop.

I have been coaching voiceover technique in the past two years with Tish Hicks of LA's V.O. Dojo.

Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
Northwestern University (magna cum laude)

Improv (Studio ACT, Impro), Meisner Technique (SF Meisner School), Techniques in Naturalism (Berkeley Rep), On Camera Scene Study (Patrick Pankhurst), Shakespeare Scene Study (Studio ACT), On Camera Auditions (Margie Haber Studio), Stage Combat (Berkeley Rep).

I attend voiceover, voice, and actor-related seminars/workshops at The SAG Foundation, AFTRA, and Actors Equity.

My Studio Equipment

HOME STUDIO
-Rode Podcaster with Shock Mount and mic stand
-Music Stand
-Padded/carpeted Sound Booth separate from computers and all non-microphone electronics.
-iMac and MacBookPro
-1TB External Hard Drive

OTHER
I live in LA, within easy access of some of the best recording studios around. If a project might require such, we can discuss.

Additional Skills

I work freelance currently in interactive advertising/marketing as a Digital Strategist and Account Manager. The position involves strategy and problemsolving all through the lens of a client's brand and both immediate and long term business goals. It's also about weaving in vital narratives that create an emotional hook for their audience. Furthermore, I work with designers every day to help edit visual design and copy write as well.

I think this range of skills and daily process is an absolute asset in the voiceover world, where we are asked to size up a piece of copy and deliver a product that is informed by all of the pieces I mention above.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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