Rick Sparks - Resonant baritone/Characterizations/Impersonations

Resonant baritone/Characterizations/Impersonations

• Rick Sparks is registered with Voice123 since Jun 20, 2005.
• Rick Sparks started his/her voice over career in 1993.
• Currently Rick Sparks is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 17

Voice Description

Resonant baritone, strong falsetto, character work & impersonations. American accents (Western, Midwest, Coastal), Australian, Greater Britain, Middle Eastern, etc.

"... aims to please. He listens to direction and acts on it. He's always professional, earnest and sincere. A real pleasure to work with!" -- Rhonda Peacock, Partner/Senior Editor, MWP Editorial

"It's always a pleasure working with you! - Denise DeRoche, MultiMediaPros Digital Studios

"Rick has been a true professional in the time that I've worked with him. I've worked with him on a number of projects, and have been very pleased with what I have received. His voice sounds great on everything that I've used. Above and beyond that, he has been easy to work with. He is personable, fun to talk to, and very courteous. Rick's turn-around time on my work has been unbelievable, able to get me my voice-overs in a VERY timely fashion. I would recommend Rick Sparks to anyone needing voice over work." -- Jason Hudy, Magician

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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 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

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Rick Sparks

My Voice Experience

Years of experience: 10-25 years

Rick is a three-time winner of the ABA "Goldie" Award for Radio Comedy & Production and has private studio time schedule most weekdays with weekend slots available as needed. Major file formats available (AIFF/WAV/MP3/etc) at resolutions up to 32 bit 48KHz. Credit card payments and direct transfers accepted through PayPal.

In October 2005 Rick Sparks transitioned from a 12+ year radio career - which included live announcing, news/sports reporting, celebrity interviews (including Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, the Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss, actor Leslie Neilsen, comedian Don Rickles, and many more), remote appearances, parody & character work, and radio & television commercials - to performing freelance voice-overs, acting/improv, live announcing, & audio production. He lives in Los Angeles, studies comedy and improv at the Westside Eclectic Theater in Santa Monica, and is also an ASCAP member instrumental music composer.

Recent voice clients include:

Duncan McIntosh Company, Irvine CA - Commercial Voice-Over, GoBoating Magazine

Studio 1080, Los Angeles CA - Narrator, Animal 101 Educational Shorts

Reach Media, Beijing China - Narrator (Watch the Online Promotional Video), Produced by MWP Editorial, Santa Monica CA

SilverStream Productions, Palo Alto CA - Narrator, Solar Energy Infomercial, Eshone Electric

Morningstar Entertainment, Burbank CA - Character Voice, "Black Elk" for The Learning Channel documentary, "Decoding the Past"

Motion City Films, Santa Monica CA - English dubbing for Chinese television pilot, "The Emperor's Daughter," two major characters and various suppporting characters ADR

Nassau Broadcasting, Trenton NJ - "Cash Cow" karaoke character, sixty :30 second character musical clips

EA Sports Florida - Defensive Coach Character, "NFL Head Coach" videogame

Kellogg-Rice, Florida - Male Character, "Flex Bon Paint" campaign

Skystorm Productions - Stage Announcer/Voice of God, "Model Search America - Las Vegas" (Dec 2005, April 2006, Aug 2006, Dec 2006, April 2007, Dec 2007)

MultiMediaPros Studios, Salem MASS. - Mad Scientist Character Voice, "Mini-Melts" corporate video

Awake Pictures - Introduction Narrator - "Topics in Brain Science" DVD

Affordable Audio Productions, Missouri - foreign language ADR, phone system recordings, online accounting training narration

MWP, Santa Monica, CA - Gas Station TV convenience store CCTV voice-overs

My Training

12+ years radio announcing (Classic & Current Rock and Hot A/C formats, sports, news, entertainment & interviews), broadcast commercials, and parody/character work. Television commercial voice-over, live events/appearances as host & general announcer, improv/stage comedy training at the Westside Eclectic Theater in Santa Monica (Jan 2008 to current).