James Hammel

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My voice has been used on a major radio show in Washington. It has been featured in as many as a dozen ads such as wellness retreats, health teleseminars, a best selling women's beauty book, and a host of natural products. Companies include: Informed Beauty KKNW Radio Sunshine Botanicals Solar Eclipse Sunscreen Sunshine Botanicals Beauty Bar Core Natural's Salba NuNaturals Total Transformation Programs Total Transformation TelePrograms Essential Formula's Probiotics The truth About beauty (best selling health book for women) Many of these included my own original music and all were recorded and mixed in my broadcast quality studio using Pro Tools 8. SKILL DEVELOPMENT VOICE-OVER C0ACHING The Great Voice Company, coached by Susan Berkley, President. Ultimate Success Voice-Over Program, Susan Berkley's Boot Camp ACTING TECHNIQUE Kimberly Vaughn Performance Studio (KVPS); Music Performance Technique, Song Interpretation, and Private Coach. Allaine Alldaffer, Casting Director – Playwrights Horizons: Musical Performance Workshop (KVPS). Bill Russell, Director, Lyricist/Librettist - Sideshow, (Tony Award Nomination). (KVPS Master Class). Jeanine Tesori, Composer, Thoroughly Modern Millie (KVPS Master Class). Paul Bogaev, Musical Director, Aida, Chicago (movie) (KVPS Master Class). Arnold J. Mungioli, Mungioli Theatricals, Inc., (KVPS Acting For Singers). Charles Strouse, Composer, Annie, Applause, Bye Bye Birdie, (KVPS Master Class) The School For Film And Television (The Three of Us): Acting: Becky London, Improv I & II, Mary Ann Conk and Judith Searcy, Commercial Class: Bill Johnson and Ruth Nerken. Larry Crabtree, Choreographer, Dance and Movement, Kingsley Studios. VOICE Dr. Bill Reed, Bill Reed Voice Studios: Singing Technique. PERFORMANCE SOLOIST Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter (jazz standards, pop, originals, rock/R&B) performing throughout New York City area. performances include: The Metropolitan Room. The US Open Tennis Championships, The Bitter End, CBGB's, Satalla and many private events. Billboard Top 500 Pop Song 2005 ("Anything, Any Day, Anytime"). To learn more about James' music please visit AUDIO PRODUCTION AND SOUND ENGINEERING Completed courses in Digidesign's Pro Tools 8 at and Critical Listening Attended Berklee School of Music. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Marketing, University of Bridgeport. Tuck Executive Program, Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Concentration in Jazz Guitar under Sal Salvador: Sal Salvador Jazz Ensemble. SKILLS Public Speaking, professional guitarist (jazz and jazz standards, improvisation, pop, rock, R&B, fusion). Pro Tools LE 9 with hundreds of plugins Digidesign 003 Rack Audio Interface Apple Mac Book Pro 17,(2) 2.5ghz, 4 gig RAM Apple 30" Cinema Display Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors 8 Firewire hardrives, 2 SATA drives Neumann U87 microphone (w/trap and stands) Shure Beta 57 dynamic mic Neumann KMS 105 mic Millennia SST Analog/Solid-state Pre-amp Lexicon PCM-80/81 Analog Reverb Lexicon MPX-1 Multiple Effects Processor (for guitar effect, etc) AKG K271 Headphones RA-100 Reference Amp Power Conditioners Sound closet and foam squares Adobe Soundbooth Scores library and several other sound libraries. Personal sound library of original music For portable/remote recording: Digidesign Mbox2 Firewire interface running Pro Tools 8.03 off 17" Apple Mac Book Pro For music, including jingles: (2) concert series Taylor guitars (steel string) Gibson Es345 blues/rock guitar Gibson L5CES jazz guitar Carlo Grecco 12 string guitar Manuel Rodriguez classical nylon-string guitar Digidesign Axiom 49 MIDI controller I love doing voice-over and I relate to each client's needs uniquely...once the script message requirements are understood, it usually revolves around time and budget, or both. We are a full-service provider. This means we audition, record, mix, add music or effects (if needed) and deliver a finished, ready to play track. We can also act as editor and audio engineer on any project; and we're right in Manhattan! We make ourselves available 24 hours a day and 7 days per week. We ask for a little advance planning when working the weekend and holidays. Our goal is to create the message that drives each clients brand forward. I am a former CEO and have run five different companies. As a former marketing pro, I truly appreciate building a brand and the need for "the sound" to be committed and effective in getting listeners and viewers to respond. You want a voice-talent that appreciates this and gets your project done right. I have additional skills and knowledge in financial services such as banking and investments, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, natural health and wellness, technology and the not-for-profit sector. I also use Adobe CS4 to design, build and manage web sites and regularly post audio content on these sites. To learn more about James as a voice-over talent please visit his website at