RICK WELLS, A QUALITY VOICE AND EXPERIENCED
PROFESSIONAL BEHIND THE MIC.
Get to know Rick Wells
When you’re looking for that warm, reassuring and engaging voice for your next project Rick Wells is the choice for you. A professional from your first meeting to final delivery. Rick provides a strong up-close and personal performance that is appealing to commercial clients as well as corporate and educational professionals.
Broadcasting, Acting, Stand-up, Writing for Television, Directing and Producing have been the stepping stones to his Voice Over career. Longer than the average journey. A circuitous route where Rick took the opportunity to weave his VO talents into his various career choices.
Professional Work Experience:
- Sports Anchor and reporter/producer
- University Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington
- Sports Producer, Reporter, On – air Talent, KIRO television, Seattle, Washington
- Owner Rick Wells Productions – Seattle, Washington – Writer, Producer, Director, VO and Theater Talent and director.
- Wrote the first sitcom for BTV in Beijing China
- Favorite Job: Working at Mt. Rainier for the summer between high school and College. Started as a Linen boy
carrying sheets etc. up and down 5-story resort hotel 8,000 feet above sea-level. I was given the opportunity to help
guide guests to ice caves that had opened up over the summer. Finish with an employee climb to the summit of
Mt. Rainier. MC’d employee talent shows and Voiced announcements for guests. There’s a coming of age film in there somewhere.
My first experience with Voice Over was delivering the weekend sports on WKOW-TV in Madison Wisconsin. Yes, that’s W-KOW in the Dairyland state. But I digress.
I wrote the script and delivered it straight to the camera. Inflection and pronunciation and enunciation were not a priority. Survival was. The next morning my neighbor, a Parisian lady who had just moved to the US came running downstairs… “Oh Richard, that was you last night on TV? Correct?” I said, “ya.” “I knew it,” she said. “I know your voice every time I hear it. I don’t have to see you. You’re marvelous. I love to listen to you. I can tell it’s you every time. “Magnifique”. Not bad for my first review. And so it began.
Clients:
Include Microsoft, NBC, ABC, CBS, Beijing TV, Exploration Cruises – I looked like Gopher on Love Boat, Westin Hotels with NYC production of Stomp, A Documentary on Artificial legs and feet in Hanoi Vietnam. Writer for first situation comedy for Beijing TV. The Computer Family.
Stand-up Comedy:
National touring comedian For Night Clubs, University and television in the US, Canada and England.
Outside Hobbies:
Golf, competitive waterskiing, fly-fishing, writing humorous poetry under the moniker Rhymin Rick Wells for radio and television stations, and remodeling homes (Our own. My wife is an interior designer and artist. I have no choice.)
Coached a nationally traveling girls Fastpitch team. Sudden Impact.
Words I live by:
“Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.”
Felix Frankfurter, US Supreme Court Judge.
“The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.”
US Army Special Services
“Good is the enemy of Great.”
Jonathan Ive, Software engineer and developer, Apple Inc.
Education:
Elementary, Junior High and High School (honor role) – Tacoma Washington. Two years in 3rd grade. Un-diagnosed Dyslexia. Couldn’t read and I was headed to Voice Over. I got better.
Central Washington State College – Ellensburg Washington. BA in Speech and Theater with a minor in Special Education. Just couldn’t shake that second year in 3rd grade.
Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Masters Thesis was on Wide World of Sports.
What the heck does he sound like?
Rick’s voice has been described as your best friend on the other end of the phone when you need to hear understanding, confidence and assured friendship. It just makes me feel good and that I’m in good hands. There’s a story there in his voice and I can’t wait to hear more.
Warm with a serious energy and he uses a pause as well as anyone. There’s a texture to his voice that says he’s a man full of life’s experiences and worth listening to. I trust him.
RHYMIN RICK
Rhymin Rick was born by accident during a morning country radio show in Seattle Washington. I was touring the US performing Standup comedy so the local Seattle station staff knew me. The station was having a contest to win tickets for an upcoming Garth Brooks concert. The station wanted artwork, original jokes, photos etc. pertaining to Garth Brooks. The only catch was it had to center around the live BBQ going on at the station. They called it the Great Garth Brooks Weenie Roast. People submitted all kinds of things: like paintings, really bad jokes, sculptures and one person even submitted a full portrait of Garth created out of Weenies.
I called into the show and said they weren’t giving Garth the respect he deserved and that I had written a poem in his honor. The name of the poem is Ode to the Weenie. The host immediately got on mic and said I was presenting a poem. His introduction was “Here’s Ode to the Weenie by Rhymin Rick Wells”.
The poem went over so well the program director called me the next day. He asked me if I wrote the poem and if so, could I do 2 or 3 per week. I said, “sure”. He offered me a $100 a poem.
Thus, Rhymin Rick Wells was born. Happy Birthday Rhymin.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ...
“Dude! You killed it yourself. You sound like your 28 years old, all that energy in your voice and of course subtle nuance leaving the listener wondering…” What’s next Rick!?” I’d listen to him through a whole book! I’m serious, it’s a great reel, you did a fine job. Get it out there buddy, it’s gonna sell”
“Rick Wells is a consummate storyteller who consistently turns fun…into “Funtastic!” His pedigree of broadcast, media production and stand-up comedy ensures your project will be professional and creative. With a work hard, play hard agenda, Rick brings an energy of perfection to the booth!”
“Daaaammmnnnn. That’s the best stuff I’ve ever heard from you. That comfortable, empathetic, warm, familiar type of sound is your sweet spot. Nicely done. I know who to hire for my talent. ”
“Congratulations! This is good work, Rick!
My favorites were the Nike and ‘Stories’ spots. Specifically, notable lines are ‘and the silence of every heart.’ ‘Even the word singles, means two people.” I realized that my affinity for your work is especially for the quiet, wisdom-driven moments. If you’ve a wheelhouse, from what I’ve heard before and now, that’s it.”
“Very cool! I think you sound great. I mean, I would listen to you and I can’t say that for most narrators.”
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