Joe Ramaikas - Gen-X, Hip, Cool, Sarcastic, Guy Next Door

Gen-X, Hip, Cool, Sarcastic, Guy Next Door

• Joe Ramaikas is registered with Voice123 since Feb 20, 2007.
• Joe Ramaikas started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Joe Ramaikas is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

My voice has been variously described as youthful, sexy, energetic, soothing and "nice". A good friend once suggested I should do a butter commercial, whatever that might mean, while another's 70+ year-old mother told him I had the sexiest phone voice she'd ever heard. Several others have compared my voice to Tom Hanks' in his/my more manic moments...

I'm also fond and capable of trying character voices and various regional accents...

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult 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
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Maplewood, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Joe Ramaikas

My Voice Experience

My appreciation of music pushed me in the direction of broadcasting and radio. Acquiring my FCC broadcaster's license through a local high school-affiliated program, I served as a regular on-air personality for WXBA (88.1, Long Island) for several years during the early to mid-90's.
In 1999 I became the jack-of-all-trades Business Manager for Girlie Action Media, an independent NYC PR firm for the music industry. One of my tasks was to oversee the phone/voicemail system. As a result I became the "Voice of Girlie Action" and my employers regularly received positive feedback on my recordings for the voicemail system...

My Training

FCC Radio Broadcaster's license...
Communications and broadcasting were emphasized in college...
Marla Kirban was my VO coach...

My Studio Equipment

None currently...

Additional Skills

My son enjoys the way I read him his bedtime stories, incorporating character voices as well as straight reads. When a person's or character's voice catches my attention I have a pretty good knack at mimicking it. I can also carry a tune should the need arise...