Michelle Deco - Energy, Animated, Sultry, Versatile, Professional

Energy, Animated, Sultry, Versatile, Professional

• Michelle Deco is registered with Voice123 since Dec 20, 2010.
• Michelle Deco started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Michelle Deco is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 14
• Michelle Deco was last active on Voice123 5 days ago

Voice Description

Bright and energetic for commercials; warm, smooth, and deep for documentaries and narrations; excellent tone, diction, and pacing; 3.5 octave range; excited and animated for character play

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

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

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects: American Southern, British (standard), Valspeak, Russian (standard), Australian

Impersonations: Princess Peach, Marvin the Martian, Cookie Monster, Kate Monster, female Mario

Characterizations: Nasal, sweet child, pulled-back throat, powerful vibrato, glottal, croaking, deep manly tone, high pitch, over the top, calm and gentle, motherly, evil witch, evil young child, dork/geek, awkward, dark/brooding

My Voice Experience

"RuneScape" Nurse, Jagex Game Studios (popular online MMORPG)

"Rock Bottom" Designer Girl, Baller Industries (for Microsoft XBOX Live)

"Hello Copter" Announcer, Sarcastic Hedgehog LTD. (for iPhone, iPad, and Android)

"Shattered Heaven: Sins of the Soul" Christina, Azure Productions (available on Amazon.com)

"Nuclear Unicorn Force" Chris, In Excelsis Studios (upcoming, for PC)

"American Anthem" Jenna, Amazon Studios (in development)

"Undergraduate Research Opportunities" Narrator, UC Merced (link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXyz91st_hk)

"Hidden" Narrator, Museum of Tolerance, 2007 (currently playing at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA)

My Training

Leah Frederick, Tony Oliver, Kevin Delaney: Voice Acting

Karen Morrow: Musical Theatre

Elena Sharkova: Vocal Technique

J.K. Hilbert: Vocal Technique

Dr. Joshua Habermann: Classical Voice

Joel D. Pressman: Classical Voice

Dr. Kevin St. Clair: Advanced Voice

Herb Hall: Scene Study, Drama

Josh Butchart: Improvisation

My Studio Equipment

Home studio, no background noise.

Software: Audacity, Adobe Audition

Microphone: Blue Snowball Microphone with pop filter

Additional Skills

Michelle will be graduating from the University of California, Merced in May with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in theatre and vocal arts. She is currently the soprano section leader for the UC Merced Chorale as well as the lead National Anthem singer for home sports games. She has been singing since the age of 5 and has toured the country extensively with award-winning choirs, and specializes in Broadway, sacred, secular, operatic, and alternative rock music.

In addition, Michelle is a musical theatre performer, having appeared in high-profile shows such as "Children of Eden" (Aysha/Soloist), "The Music Man" (Mrs. Paroo), and "Company" (Marta), for which she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In August 2012 Michelle will be attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for her masters degree in student affairs. She has also worked as a tour guide for her college as well as a teacher for K-5 students, and has excellent communication, diction, and social skills.