Ari Ross - Conversational, Characters, Promos, Trailers, Fun!

Conversational, Characters, Promos, Trailers, Fun!

• Ari Ross is registered with Voice123 since Apr 05, 2004.
• Ari Ross started his/her voice over career in 1988.
• Currently Ari Ross is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 131
• Ari Ross has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

There is not much that this talent cannot do, yet, the three chief categories are:

- CONVERSATIONAL -- In a word: Uber REAL (okay, that's technically two words).

If you want your script read like there IS no script this is the guy.

[NOTE: If requested, provide bullet points and have your project partially (or fully) improvised]

Guy-next-door, the friend telling you about... etc. More "key words" would include: wry, hip, friendly, relaxed, intimate, husband next door, buddy, easy, over-the-fence, natural, casual.

- TRAILER-PROMOS -- This would *include* the booming, deep "Don La Fontaine" trailer read with all the hills/valleys, ("in a world", etc, etc.)

- CHARACTERS -- From warm & fuzzy fun characters to evil monsters with an attitude, to the crusty old Brooklyn deli owner, Ari does characters with PASSION!

SIDE NOTE: Ari's SAM ELLIOT (western/cowboy) is as close to PERFECT as you're gonna find - may even be worth writin' a script around (ask for audition)

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services

My Home Base

Dallas, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

-- USA Neutral
-- California (pretty much US standard)
-- Surfer/Skater"Dude"
-- Chicano/Low ri-der (ALA Cheech Marin of "Cheech and Chong")
-- Brooklyn/New York (real/light or heavy/character
-- British (Character - can perform it real yet may not fool a Brit)
-- Texas/Southern - light casual southern (i.e. Dallas, Texas) all the way to "Sam Elliot".

-- Conversational
-- Hip
-- Wry
-- John Facenda (NFL Football announcer)
-- Don La Fontaine (Movie Trailer voice)

Looking for impressions?

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Barney (Simpsons, Mayberry's deputy & Dinosaur)
Bill Clinton
Christopher Walken
Clint Eastwood
Cookie monster
Don Pardo
Droopy the dog
Ed Wynn
Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton)
Ed Sullivan
George Washington...(Ok... so no one knew what he sounded like....)
Goofy
Homer Simpson
Jack Benny
Jack Webb
Jay Leno
John Facenda (NFL Football announcer)
John Kerry
Jimmy Stewart
Joe Pesci
Jonathan Harris (Dr Smith)
Kate Hepburn
Kermit the frog
Louis Armstrong (speak & sing)
Marge Simpson
Marlon Brando
Mickey Mouse
Nicolas Cage
Peter Lorre
Popeye
Quentin Tarantino
Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman)
Roger Rabbit
Ronald Reagan
Ross Perot
Russell Crowe {“LA Confidential”}
Sam Elliot (Close to SPOT ON)
Steve Buscemi
Steve Carrell
Sylvester Stallone
And many others...

Feel free to send a paragraph of text for an audition.

My Voice Experience

Experience:

Aloha Airlines
American Express
Apple Computer
CSI:NY in Second Life
Four Seasons Hotels
General Motors
Hitachi
Honda
Hot Pockets
IBM
Panasonic
Pontiac
Sony
Suzuki
Teledyne Waterpik
TGI Friday's
Tonight Show W/Jay Leno
Toshiba
Toyota
Universal Pictures
Washington Mutual Bank
Verizon
7-11 Stores
& Mucho More

Excellent experience working from own studio -- MP3, WAV, AIFF and ISDN capabilities.

Ari can also work locally or travel (Valid US passport).

Experience includes conversational as well as authentic deep announce for:

Corporate Narration
Commercials
Movie trailers
Promos
Messages-on-hold
Straight Announce (with touch of friendly reality).
Radio & TV imaging
Humorous bites (various)
Toys

His characters and impressions can be serious, wry, hip, crazy, silly or just plain strange wild and wierd!

On-camera experience includes Film & TV, television commercials and Man-on-the-Street interviews (mostly given bullet point and improvised).

In a nutshell, friendly, real guy to a wry dry sarcastic dude to high energy excitement / excited guy to deep driving movie trailer promos to training films to approachable nice guy to goofy silly to thoughtful caring powerful characters.

My Training

-Marice Tobias
-Kalmenson & Kalmenson
-Louise Chamis
-Glo Jenkins
-Jerry Houston
-Bob MaGruder

Communication training (for real, honest conversationality)

Improv training

School of ... Life!

My Studio Equipment

-Sennheiser 416 Mic
-Neumann TLM-103
-(Other mics)
-EA - M600 shock mount
-ISDN box (Zephyr)
-Mackie ONYX pro-mixer
-Presonus Preamp
-Sound Forge
-Da voice:-)

Additional Skills

-On Camera Talent
-Improv
-Electronics background
-Segway
-Comedy

Ari's (shameless) keywords have been described in terms such as:

Real conversational Impressions Voice matching - non-announcer announcer - Man on the street - Hosting - friendly - Fontaine Movie Trailers - film on-camera acting - Deep Promos Voice over work - voiceovers - acting - Dennis Leary - dry - greetings - voice mail - phone greetings - sarcastic reads - funny - silly - trailer - corporate - narration - wacky -witty - big - humorous - humor - comedy -weird - comedic - comedian - stand-up - impressions - monotone - friendly - Second Life - Firefly Fan!!