Chris Mezzolesta - Believable. Conversational. Corporate. Friendly.

Believable. Conversational. Corporate. Friendly.

• Chris Mezzolesta is registered with Voice123 since Jul 18, 2006.
• Chris Mezzolesta started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Chris Mezzolesta is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 10

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Voice Description

Many styles and characters are available, though my signature voice is a conversational, friendly, accessible and helpful guy who you can trust to get your message across. If you need more of a demonstrative read, I can ratchet it up to auto dealer fever pitch or deliver data matter-of-factly without becoming monotonous or boring. A bunch of different character voices are also available, courtesy of my years in radio comedy. You can always count on my friendly guy-next-door voices to deliver your message and have it stay with the listener.

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SaVoa

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN 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
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Wilmington, eastern NC, North Carolina, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Non-specific American English, various regional dialects including New York, Southern, Texas [including a Sam Elliott-type read]. Various UK and Australian English are also available.

My Voice Experience

21 years professional voiceover experience. Numerous ADDY awards including Best in Show local and Silver/Gold regional.

Proud member #07010 of SaVoa - Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists. Accredited and certified to provide professional voice over services.

Recent clients include First Energy, Microsoft, Philips, TD Ameritrade, UBS, Kaopectate, Volusion, Pat Catan's & Crafts 2000, others.

Past clients include Dairy Mart, Ohio Lottery, WOFL & WOGX FOX-TV Florida, Thomson, Dunlop Tires, East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Bell Yellow Pages, University Hospitals, Ohio Tourism Board, more.

My Training

Voice training with Maria Farina/George Sipl.

Bachelor of Music degree, wide range of music performances including jazz, theater, variety. Backup musician for Wynton Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Rosemary Clooney, Shari Lewis, Jerry Vale, Bowzer, Steve Allen, Rich Little, many many more.

Jazz and comedy DJ on college FM station, also voice actor & co-producer of radio comedy series. Trained in "traditional" razor & tape audio production as well as multitrack recording & mixing, and modern computer recording.

My Studio Equipment

Custom built soundbooth
Telos Zephyr Xstream ISDN codec
Neumann TLM-103, Audio-Technica AT 4040, Oktava MK012 & EV RE-20 microphones
Mackie Onyx, MOTU 896 and M-Audio Firewire Solo audio interfaces
Grace 101 mic preamp
KRK Rokit 8 active monitors
SE Reflexion Filter room ambience filter
Sony Sound Forge and Steinberg Cubase recording software
Skype for live session monitoring & direction

Additional Skills

Vocals, electric & acoustic bass, electric & acoustic guitar, keyboards, music arranging, audio recording & production.

Co-founder of comedy rock band Power Salad, which had the #1 most requested song on the nationally-syndicated "The Dr. Demento Show" for 2008.