Eric Alvarez

Voice Description

Baritone-tenor voice.
Distinctive style between tenor and bass.
Comfortable conversational sound.
Warm aural quality for any length of narration.
Voice is powerful for exciting commercials.
Diction and enunciation are impeccable.
30 Years of reading broadcast news copy.
Easily read heavily technical or complicated scripts.
Read well with other actors.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age 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

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
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

West Sacramento, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

My Voice Experience

30 years experience.
Disc jockey, talk show host, news broadcaster.
Voiced hundreds of commercials and PSA's.

Broadcasting: CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS, KCBS-AM, KPIX-TV, KOVR-TV, KNTV-TV, KVIE-TV, KFBK-AM, KEX-AM, KMPH-TV, KMPH-FM, KBFX-TV, KCOY-TV, WZZM-TV, WMUS-FM, WSYX-FM, KDOC-TV, KEZY-AM, KORG-FM, KWIZ-AM, KBPK-FM, KCET-TV, KWRM-AM, KHNY-FM, KABC-AM, KLOS-FM

Clients (Partial List):
America's Heartland
Century 21 Real Estate
Calif. Dept. of Water Resources
U.S. Secret Service
Calif. Dept. of Transportation
Calif. Farm Bureau
City of San Francisco
Pharma, Youth Aids
Child Abuse Council
Calif. Lottery
Muskegon Summer Celebration
City of Garden Grove
City of Anaheim
City of Santa Ana
City of Seal Beach
City of Placentia
City of Fountain Valley
Sutter Health
D.A.R.E.
Comcast Cable
American Cable Systems

My Training

Formal education:
B.A. & A.A. Political Science

Vocal training:
Year of study with music diva Sara McFerrin (mother of singer Bobby McFerrin) in Orange County, CA.
Voice over coaching with Ray Nakamoto in Sacramento, CA.

30 years in broadcast news (Radio and TV)
5 years in public relations

Currently write television scripts for the PBS weekly program America's Heartland.

Currently write promotional materials (press releases, newsletters, etc.) for various California State agencies.

My Studio Equipment

Sound-proof home studio

Equipment includes:
Shure SM7B studio microphone
Mackie Pro FX8 mixing console
Hewlett Packard desktop computer
Toshiba laptop computer
Gateway desktop computer
Cool Edit audio mixing program

Access to:
Neumann microphones
ISDN lines

Listed on:
Linkedin
Facebook

Additional Skills

Professional work environment
Maintain deadlines
Quality customer service

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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Additional Information