Joseph Maas

Voice Description

Unique, mid-range to baritone, attention-getting, flexible, authoritative, warmly narrative, positively convincing, funny, directable, and otherwise not quite your typical "guy next door".

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• 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 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

Middletown, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

California (nearly-no-accent), Mid-western (slight drawl), Arkansas (south-but-not-so-down-south), Tennessee (country gentleman), also: detective (film noir style), ship commander, old-timer, lecherous old man, young mouse, mega-bot (robot), spirit of the forest, Aesop, Prometheus, Apollo, various other historic and mythological characters. (For more detail please see www.OneGeoVo.com - Demo - Characters Fiction, Characters Fantasy.)

My Voice Experience

Most of my work has been fully produced spots and dry VO tracks for promos, PSAs, radio station ID work, and voice-over work for documentaries.

My Training

Private voice coaching. Voice-over workshops. Seminars and tele-seminars. Intensive on-line and off-line study of acting technique and voice-over, and years of direct hands-on experience. Applicable college courses (UMKC): psychology, creative writing, philosophy, recording studio engineering.

My Studio Equipment

I work out of our state-of-the-art residential OneGeoVO studio. This gives me continuous and instant access for recording and production work. For all the details please see: www.OneGeoVO.com/studio

Microphone
Manley Reference microphone with a (rare) ultra low noise Mullard 10M NOS tube.
Sennheiser MKH 416 microphone.
Blue Microphones Dragonfly microphone.

Computer & Software
MacPro audio workstation running Motu DP7 with Izotope and United Audio professional mastering software.

Special Equipment
Apogee Rosetta 200 AD/DA.
Universal Audio LA-610 MkII preamp.
Focusrite ISA One preamp.
Manley Massive Passive EQ (UAD).
Pultec EQP-1A (UAD).
Pultec MEQ-5 (UAD).
Precision De-Esser (UAD).
Precision Leveler (UAD).
Room calibrated JBL Bi-amplified Studio Monitor System.
JK Audio Broadcast Host.
and much more... see - www.OneGeoVO.com/studio

Additional Skills

Special Skills:
Television & Radio Promos, Station Identification, Movie Trailers, Character Voices, History and Science Documentaries.

As a recording engineer; the ability to produce top quality recordings and broadcast ready masters from our own studio. When there is a need for full production work - I'm also a music composer and sound designer which can come in handy for original and unique background tracks, we can also employ cuts from our extensive, licensed and royalty free music library as well.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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