Melissa Exelberth

Voice Description

I'm a bilingual full-time voice actor with a sound that is warm, textured, luxurious, layered, friendly, wry at times, expressive, real, conversational and .... something more. Upscale commercial clients love the warmth and elegance of my tone which ranges from caring and intimate to enjoying the open road. My voice ranges from mid to the deeper end of the scale - especially for documentary narration - and for corporate narration my sound is that of the professional, an approachable, personable expert.

Did I mention I'm bilingual? Yes, native English, fluent Spanish and many clients love that I can voice their scripts in both languages! And I'm totally at ease with complex language, be it medical and technical terminology or ancient Aztec names.

Animation work is an entirely different animal - and yes, I do those too! I've played the parts of young boys and girls, their parents, grandparents AND pets all in the same script and my villains can send a chill down your spine.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American
• Spanish - Latin American Neutral
• Spanish - Mexican

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 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)

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

My Home Base

New York City Metro Area, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Languages: Standard North American English, Latin American Spanish

Accents: Southern US, New York, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Italian, French, British, Spanish, Mexican

Young boy, young girl,baby, old woman, old man, middle aged woman, world weary king, witch, wizard, evil creatures, mythical creatures, goblin, elf, siren, ogre, alien, snake, dog, cat, mobster, tough street attitude, robot, modern day human computer voice, vamp, middle age male characters, senior male characters, reporter, journalist, anchor, business, noir, mouse

My Voice Experience

I work in many genres of voiceover from commercials to long-form narrations to animation - telling the story you need told.

Many clients seek me out for my language skills not only for bilingual English / Spanish projects but for work involving complex medical narration and technical narration.

A sampling of my work includes:

BMW
American Federation of Teachers
TruTV
Pristiq
Oxycontin
Scholastic Books
Dell
Disney
Canon
Clorox
Abbot Laboratories
E-learning courses and Podcasts for Wiley
Educational works for Pearson Education.
Web Animations - Sam & Lucky, The Willow Creek Twins

You may also have heard me on the radio in the New York City and other major markets and on nationally syndicated shows such as "Newsweek on Air" and "The Lionel Show". As a frequent business anchor for the "Wall Street Journal" and "Dow Jones" networks and co-host of "Newsweek on Air" I know how to bring intelligence and credibility to information based programming.


Services include: TV and radio commercials, PSA's, Long-form Narration, Documentary Narration, Medical Narration, Technical Narration, Corporate / Industrial Narration, E-learining, Podcasts, Animation, Charactes, Website audio, Web Series, Presentations, Audiobooks, Muti-cast Audiobooks and Stories, Promos, Radio Imaging, CD Rom, Video Game Characters, Avatars, IVR, On Hold Messaging, Flash Presentations. Translation services.

My Training

I've studied with the best!

Commercials - Marice Tobias, Bill Holmes, Vicki Meisner
Promos/Trailers - Marice Tobias, Joyce Castellanos, Lainie Cooke
Narration - Marice Tobias
Audiobook Narration - Grover Gardner
Animation - Pat Fraley, Bob Bergen,Richard Horvitz, Pamela Lewis, Rebecca Honig
Medical Narration, Copy Interpretation & ESL workshops
Improv 101 & 201 - UCB

My Studio Equipment

ISDN - Telos Zephyr Xstream- so I can work remotely in real time with any producer or director anywhere in the world.
Phone Patch
Shure KSM27
AKG Perception 120
Mackie Onyx 820i
E-mu 1212m
Broadband FIOS
Carillon audio comuputer
Sound Forge Pro 10

Additional Skills

As a frequent business anchor for the Wall Street Journal, and co-host of Newsweek on Air I bring intelligence and credibility to information based programming. I also worked for many years in film and TV production and post-production on feature films and TV series... which enables me to see the big picture as regards your project.

Radio has improved my timing, my production background enables me to get a complete perspective on your job and being bilingual gives me an agility with language that lets words like carboxymethylcellulose roll off my tongue, while narrating a medical script, just as easily as names like Huitzilopochtli, when I'm telling a story of ancient Mexico. I grew up in New York but have lived in many countries so while I speak with no accent I can bring back both an international English accent and a New York accent before you can say "The Bronx."

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• 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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