Voice Description

Genuine and heartfelt delivery of your message. The warm, fuzzy and nurturing mother or school teacher. The businesslike and in-charge corporate executive. The classy consumer.

Quick turnaround.

All formats, all modes of delivery.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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
• 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

• 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 have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I have Source Connect 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 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

Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Las Vegas, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Patricia Shanks

My Voice Experience

Hear and see Patricia on programs for the annual A.L.I.S. Conference, American Honda, Orly Beauty Products, Rockwell, Federal Express, PacifiCare, Acura, United Airlines and Yamaha Music Software ...

Medical, financial, real estate, arts, aerospace, healthcare, automotive, animal care, retail department store and numerous other types of corporate voiceovers, industrial voiceovers, educational voiceovers, training videos and CDs.

Documentary narration, Internet, telephone interactive (IVR), software programs, phone system messages and commercials, radio drama.

Television news segment host and producer (producer of weekly arts & entertainment TV news segment).

Radio announcer and host

My Training

Acting Training:
Charles Conrad Studio, Los Angeles
Steve Eastin Studio, Los Angeles
South Coast Repertory, Orange County

Voice Training/Coaching: (singing - classical)
Naomi Farr (currently), Natalie Limonick, Nina Hinson, Lila Stuart, Marion Cooper, Dietrich Erbelding, Suzetta Glenn, Gabrielle Robbins, Esther Andreas, Charles Ross-Perlee, others. Master classes with Giorgio Tozzi, Blanche Thebom and Jess Thomas.

My Studio Equipment

Electro Voice RE-27 ND microphone, Neumann TLM 103, Mackie and Yamaha consoles, audio processing equipment by DBX and Behringer. PCs and MACS. Adobe Audition. Apple Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro. Two TB audio storage. High speed Internet.

Additional Skills

teleprompter

voice trainer - singing and speaking (memb. NATS, VASTA, MTAC)

professional singer (AGMA - American Guild of Musical Artists, former chorister for Opera Pacific, Los Angeles Music Center Opera Association, Los Angeles Master Chorale ...)

pianist

choral conductor

concert percussionist

newspaper columnist (former Arts & Entertainment columnist for two editions of the Los Angeles Daily News)

writer - all types of scripts, marketing and public relations (samples and résumé available on request)

Ability to sing in Italian, German, French, Spanish and phonetic Hebrew, Russian

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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