Erick Rod

-Spanish: Mexican, Castillian, Carribean and Spanish speaking foreigner speaking English (e.g. Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem--but without the good looks) -English: My everyday speaking voice is with the 'Midwestern Accent.' That said I can only also provide Urban, East coast blue collar, Southern down-home sweetness, Southern hillbilly-redneck, British, Irish, Indian and Eastern European accents.

I became passionate about voice over in school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I took part in numerous e-learning voice-over projects for the foreign language department. I had a great time portraying different characters but ultimately what really fueled my interest in V.O. was the unparalleled feeling I experienced when I would get behind the mic and let go of all inhibitions. Currently, I'm in my second year of training with my wonderful coaches, Kara Edwards and Ernesto De Villa-Bejjani from Edge Studio. My Spanish Commercial Demo is currently in the works and I look forward to furthering my education with Edge as I continue to gain experience out in the V.O. world! A narration and animation demo are in my sights! I have a complete home studio for audio recording and editing. Additionally, I use an Audio Technica 2050 microphone with a focusrite scarlett solo audio interface. At the moment I am using Reaper as my digital audio workstation.