Rick Knighten - Authoritative, mature, warm, tough, believable

Authoritative, mature, warm, tough, believable

• Rick Knighten is registered with Voice123 since May 19, 2006.
• Rick Knighten started his/her voice over career in .
• Currently Rick Knighten is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

Voice Description

My voice, although mature in it's normal state, has a very broad range. It can be deep and warm for narrations; energetic, exciting, fun or sexy for commercials; believable, authoritative, smooth and professional for presentations; Tough or husky for trailers. People have told me I possess a gift for mimicry. I can do accents that include Australian, British, Italian, Russian, folksy Southern U.S., Cajun and dozens of cartoon voices.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• 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
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Podcasts
• Songs

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Rick Knighten

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

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Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

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My Voice Experience

For over 27 years I've worked in radio and television broadcasting and production which eventually branched out to include all the areas listed above. I started out using the old reel to reel machines before digital audio became commonplace. I honed my editing skills with a splicing block and razor blade back when audio producers were "reel" men. (How sweet computers are!) My productions have been used to sell products and services over the air, in video presentations at Bass Pro Shops, voicemail recordings and Arabian horse promotions on the Internet.

My Training

I've lost track of how much money I spent on attending NAB conventions across the U.S. over the years. Even though there was a wealth of training and information on broadcast programming at those conventions I couldn't keep myself out of the voiceover production seminars. I learned that working in a non-visual medium really put my "Theater of the Mind" abilities to the test. I studied music at Louisiana Tech university and was a violinist in the Ruston Civic Symphony Orchestra. This led me to a love of musical composition which is still a part of my voice over busines since many of my productions contain my original musical compositions. Community theater and outdoor drama did its part to help me cultivate my voice acting skills.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

Want something truly original? I compose original musical works using Propellerheads Reason and Image Line's FL Studio (my favorite). I can do all sorts of songs and jingles including hard hitting productions for car dealers, soft and elegant, industrial, etherial or whatever. But my specialty is children's songs. I am the producer for "Teams of Tomorrow", a multi-level basketball handling and dribbling skills curriculum for children. It consists of a series of CD's that actually use my voice to teach the skills to the children.