Xiao Hu - Professional, versatile, deep, tdow.us

Professional, versatile, deep, tdow.us

• Xiao Hu is registered with Voice123 since Dec 06, 2006.
• Xiao Hu started his/her voice over career in 1997.
• Currently Xiao Hu is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 35
• Xiao Hu was last active on Voice123 3 days ago

Voice Description

Native Mandarin/Cantonese Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese & Tagalog speakers.
warm and deep, sexy, smooth and professional
have voiced for Marvel Ironman (animations), Discovery, Disney, Motorola, McAfee, Philips, AMC, IHS, etc. Even professional audio and video hard/software giant Avid comes to me for production of their product promos. www.tdow.us

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Female
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Female
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• Chinese - Cantonese
• Chinese - Mandarin
• Japanese
• Korean
• Vietnamese
• Tagalog

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, 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

None

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 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 translation 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

Alhambra/Beverly Hills, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Mandarin, Cantonese, Sichuan, Northeastern (Dongbei), North American English, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog

My Voice Experience

I speak many dialects and have a talent for acting different voices as needed. I see that as a talent as creative as acting and singing: you are born with it.
Although my main gig is narration and TV/radio commercials, I have also read poems and proses, presented bi-lingual reports and been the father of the Prince and the prince himself.

My Training

I was required to recite poems by my mom every day since elementary school. That was when I first realized how much voice can represent or distort literature. Although it can't really qualify as training, I did benefit tremendously from that early effort to try to interpret literature through my voice.
I got my training working as a radio host in China. I gradually learned to harness my voice talent to handle commercial projects as I had to adjust my speaking style and pay attention to nuances of languages when facing different interviewees.

My Studio Equipment

Neumann U-87, AKG C414, MOTU 828, DBX compressor/limiter, Avalon microphone preamp, Alesis microverb, Yamaha monitors, Sennheiser studio headphone, AKG K240 studio headphone, Core 2 Quad processing power, ProTools, Cubase, Nuendo, Sony Vegas Studio platinum, Reason 3, Komplete 4, Flash 8, Dreamweaver CS4, Waves mercury bundle, Waves GTR

Additional Skills

I own a couple professional recording studios and record projects here but will go to client's designated studios. I have the latest hardware and software to make sure the production quality is U.S. and Europe broadcast ready. I know how to get my voice to sound right for your particular project! I am also a composer and can take care of most scoring/jingle/background music needed for commercials, radio and TV programs, corporate instruction videos and presentations.