Dan Pona - guy next door, deep,pleasant,warm,commanding,tough

guy next door, deep,pleasant,warm,commanding,tough

• Dan Pona is registered with Voice123 since Dec 11, 2007.
• Dan Pona started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Dan Pona is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

warm and deep for narrations; pleasant, fun, friendly and likeable for commercials; authoritative and commanding for presentations; dramatic and intense for promos, clear and fluent for telephony.

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
• 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

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

NJ, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Italian, spanish, Irish, British, German, New York (Brooklyn, Queens), New Jersey (northern NJ), southern US, New England.

My Voice Experience

My experience includes commercial spots for Allstate Insurance, Amstel Light, Jack Daniels, BMW. Documentary narration for National Geographic, Discovery. Promo work for ESPN, radio stations, Disney Kids. Telephone advertising for Chelsea Brewery, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Political promos and television and radio spots for the Republican National Committee. I am also a professional stage and film actor.

My Training

B.A, in Theater Arts and Speech - Rutgers University; Master of Arts, Corporate and Organizational Communication - Farleigh Dickenson University. Voice over training - Edge Studios, NYC; Words and Music - NJ. Acting Classes - Robert Funaro Acting Workshop, Gene Frankel Studio, HB Studio, Sheila Page. Besides voice over work, I have appeared in theatrical films, Television ("Monk), and have numerous stage appearences regionally and off and off-off-Broadway.

My Studio Equipment

I do own my own equipment, and I have recording capability. I use an Audio-Technica AT 4040 mic, and Digidesign Pro-Tools with the capability of recording in MP3, AIFF and WAVE formats. I can burn to CD or email voice recordings. I can do some simple editing and production work on pieces.

Additional Skills

Along with my acting and voice talent abilities, I have performed professionally with rock bands as a lead singer and drummer, and have also spent many years in business at the corporate level. I have worked as a professional project manager for a major information technology company. I have delivered speeches and conducted corporate seminars to hundreds of people in venues all over the country. I have also spent many years coaching the sports of football and baseball at the youth and high school levels and was a talented athlete in my youth as well. I am very comfortable performing and speaking in front of people and performing in various venues. I am a professional actor and also have a great deal of experience as a professional stage manager and stage technician.