Melina Paez - Character Specialist, Dialect, Comedic, Impression

Character Specialist, Dialect, Comedic, Impression

• Melina Paez is registered with Voice123 since Jul 14, 2010.
• Melina Paez started his/her voice over career in 1994.
• Currently Melina Paez is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Youthful, playful for animation and audiobooks.

I can do comedic, bad dialects as well with a solid amount of energy. I know some Spanish, too, and can do the funny Telemundo-like inflections.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British
• 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

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

None

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

None

My Home Base

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British, French, Brooklyn. Able to pick up common dialects with a little practice.

Impressions: Olive Oyl, Darth Vader, Yoda, crowing rooster, chicken, cat/kitten/purring meowing.

My Voice Experience

Five years of deejaying. I often came up with various voices because I was so bored with my normal one. Additionally, I've trained and performed at Second City (Chicago).

On stage, I've played angry elves, a hoity-toity French student, an alcoholic NY waitress, a girl from Spain, a fat lady in a circus sideshow (being I'm rail thin, this was especially funny -- it all had to be done by voice, implied weight through improv and a fake turkey leg), etc. Whatever wacky character there was, I was up for it.

My Training

89.1fm WIDR, Kalamazoo, MI - WMU. 1994-1998 - DJ/Engineer
Second City (Chicago - Conservatory Program, Improv)
Players Workshop of Second City (Chicago, levels 1-4)
Manhattan Comedy School (NYC, Stand-Up, Linda Smith, booker for Carolines)

My Studio Equipment

Currently, I have a Macbook with the built-in speaker (which is what I used for my demo, combined with GarageBand) and a headset but studios are plenty in NY.

Additional Skills

I'm a quick learner, versatile and easy to work with.

As of 7/14, I have a job booked with a 3D animator who loved my robot alien voice and said it was perfect. He couldn't believe that all the voices on my demo were me and yes, they were done WITHOUT added voice effects.