My extensive training started with my now friend and mentor Don Morrow, the voice of “Titanic” and many other well-known titles. I also trained in private sessions with award winning Actress/Voiceover Artist & Author of “Secrets of Voiceover Success,” Joan Baker. The training continued with a variety of seasoned and accomplished Actors and Voiceover Artists at Edge Studios in New York City supervised by David Goldberg the President/Owner of Edge Studios. I attended a coaching class held by Katherine Ryan of Don Buchwald & Associates and I have also worked with Johnna Gottleib of JO GO Consulting in New York City and Jessica Kiljowski of Sam Chwat’s NY Speech Improvement, “the speech therapists to the Stars.”
I have rehearsed and performed thousands of scripts with genre ranging from Movie trailers, promo's, biographies, sports promo's, news promo's, narratives, commercials, video game trailers/voices and radio imaging. Don, Joan, Katherine and my other Coaches passed on the secrets of disecting scripts, finding the right character and acting behind the microphone.
I have worked with such Clients as The San Antonio Spurs, Writer/Director Thomas Dickens, Producer of Trailer Voice Rob Vandenberg at Sonokinetic, Joe D'Angora of SIV Creative & The New England Mint, The Continental Wrestling Federation, George Strait’s Cowboy Cut Collection, Wrangler Jeans, BMW, Jake Erinrichke’s Broadway play “A Jew Grows In Brooklyn”, Pepsi Beverages Company, Televerse Media for a new series Wildfire, The University of North Carolina, Francis Marion University, Famous Fashion Photographer Claudio Basso, Jackpine Productions for “Pigman The Series”, Go Go Luckey Entertainment, Silk Tricky website, Tom Ashley Of ‘This Day In Productions.
I have read biography's and training videos for leading Companies in Pakistan, Finland and The good ole USA. I was chosen to voice a DVD project for Animed Health Inc. as a animated character roll for a series of informational DVD's.
Christopher Brown a legend in production monitors the OTR recording enviornment and Mike Demming of Studio 45 & Charter Oak Acoustic Devices monitors the studio's equipment and settings. The studio utilizes some of the best equipment in the industry. Vocal tracks are recorded in a sound isolation booth treated with Auralex, Real Traps and ATS Acoustics traps. The primary microphone is Charter Oak Acoustics SA538 and a variety of Sennheiser shotgun microphones. They are powered by Great River & Eureka's solid state high quality mic-pre amps. Other equipment in the audio chain include Behringer, Drawmer and the amazing Charter Oak Acoustics SCL1. The recordings are tracked using Pro-Tools and then formatted to each Clients specifications.
I believe in paying it forward. My strongest value is my compassion for helping others. I donate a portion of all my Voiceover earnings to the following charities, The ASPCA, St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital, Ability Beyond Disability, The Elton John Foundation, Joel Osteen Ministries, MDA Muscular Dystrophy Association, PETA, HSUS The Humane Society of the United States, The United Way, The Make A Wish Foundation, The Doris Day Animal League, MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, ADA American Diabetes Association, Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, St. Malachy’s - The Actors Chapel in NYC and St. Anthony’s Maronite Church. Every time you hire me to work, contributions are being made to help support health, spirituality and happiness.
TRAINING & CONTINUING EDUCATION
Private sessions with legendary Voiceover Actor Don Morrow
Private sessions with award winning Actress/Voiceover Artist Joan Baker
Weekly sessions with Katherine Ryan of Don Buchwald & Associates NYC
Private sessions with a variety of accomplished Actors & Voiceover Artists at Edge Studios NYC
A variety of seminars and Voiceover classes
Johnna Gottleib Voiceover Business Coach
Speech Therapy with Jessica Kijowski & Sam Chwat of NY Speech Improvement.
Professional voice coach & special chorus.
Continuing education with Voices for All.
Voice seminars & auditions with The Network NYC
Studio and editing sessions with legendary Producer Christopher Brown.
SOME REFERENCES:
The San Antonio Spurs/JC Cody @ The PM Group
Joe D'Angora SIV Creative / The New England Mint
Pepsi Bottling Group/Matt Hirsheimer
Alien Grey Zone-X/Thomas R. Dickens Director
Trailer Voice/Sonokinetic Rob Vandenberg
Televerse Media/Wildfire
Wrangler Jeans
Jackpine Productions/Pigman The Series
CREO Productions
Silk Tricky
Go Go Luckey Productions
Edge Studios/David Goldberg
Two By Four Productions/Greg Ice
Fashion Photographer Claudio Basso NYC
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) UNC/OJ Mcghee
Francis Marion University South Carolina/Kathy Andrews
BMW of Watertown
Divorce Care/Sam Hodges
I95 The Home of Rock & Roll
Y105 FM
ESPN Radio
Jake Erinrichke's Broadway Play "A Jew Grows In Brooklyn"
Complete Nutrition Omaha Nebraska/Scott Rosa
Boost
Peoples Radio Thailand/Danny Fobian
Lam Morrison House of Rock
La Dolce Vita
This Day In Productions NYC/Tom Ashley
Media Concept NYC/Abbrar Cheema
The Sitara Group Pakistan
Sound Supreme Finland/Petri Lapintie & Janne Saksa
Animed Health Inc./Zaida Devaney & Gloria Vidal
Turisas Rock Band
Written Off Casting
Altitude Studios/Corey Holtzberg
Universal Health Services Inc.
5 High Productions/Rich Flores
BANKWALKER INC./Rett Evans
Earthly Delights Day Spa
Red Lynx Video Games/Antti Venussoto
EDUCATION:
UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas
WCSU Western Connecticut State University
Isolated recording booth
Acoustic sound treatment
Sennheiser MKH 416
Sennheiser MKH 60
Charter Oak Acoustics SA538
SE Electronics 2200 A
SE sound guards and Vac pop filters
Great River Solid State
Eureka Solid State
Drawmer
Behringer
Charter Oak Acoustics SCL1
Macintosh Based
Pro-Tools
Multiple Glyph external drives
Secure FTP site for retrieval of Client files
ISDN available via Telos Zephyr
CURRENTLY SEEKING:
Management & Agent Representation
in New York City & Chicago