Dave Rankin

Brit English, Aussie, Surfer Dude California, Red Neck Southern US,Texan, New York and New Jersey.

I have been a studio session singer and voice over talent for over 30 years and am a former member of the New Christy Minstrels. I have experience in industrial theatre with sung and spoken word as well as experience with radio commercial voice production and voice work with graduate level educational institutions in the form of podcasts and educational media for online classes. My audio journey has also included voice work and production for a national on-hold messaging service. I recently engineered an animation project which includes Sein Astin, Tim Curry and Russell Peters in which I portrayed a "surfer dude" frog. Presently, I am the senior editor for 24/7 Comedy Radio, a national radio comedy network, where I produce over 100 pieces of content per week for broadcast in the US and Canada. Clients have included: Dr. Pepper, Mary Kay Cosmetics, John Deere, Radio Shack and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Party. Austin College B.A. in Applied Music Dallas Seminary Master's in Education MacBook Pro running Logic Pro and Pro Tools via an M-Audio Fastrack Pro interface with the ability to deliver digital stereo audio in multiple formats and bit rates. Monitors include Mackie HR824 High Resolution studio monitors as well as a variety of condenser and dynamic mics including Nuemann AKG and Shure. My audio software suite includes a copy of Izotope RX advanced as well as the entire Apple Loops Library. I have taught broadcast radio at the graduate level as well as produced hundreds of projects for national clients on time and within budget. I write and produce music which is available at iTunes.