John Ferreri

Comic Italian, Serious Italian, Comic Irish, Classic "Noo Yawk," Indian.

Network: - CT Radio Network (60 - 120 second features, syndicated to 120 stations nationwide for several national sponsors(Hormel, Morningstar Farms, etc). Broadcast: - WBKK, Schenectady, NY (Spot/promo voicing, production, air work); - WCBS-AM, New York (Wrote/produced weekend feature segments); - WFAS, White Plains, NY (spots, news); - WLIR-FM, Garden City, NY (spots, air); - WVOX-AM/FM, New Rochelle, NY (spots, air). Non-Air: - Block Drug Co.(narration for presentations) - IBM (narration, voice acting) - Wang Laboratories (narration, off-camera spots) Able to project credible authority into a voice piece over a variety of subject areas. Especially useful for narration and business presentations: ... - Medical/technical/scientific (technical/computer background) ... - Sales/Marketing (sold high-ticket products, taught marketing) ... - Music (professional keyboard musician, sing bass) ... - Skiing/Boating (hobbies) BS in Communications/Journalism (Broadcast specialty) from NYU: ... - Trained in voice work at NYU "from the ground up" for four years, under everyone from Milton Cross (Voice of the Metropolitan Opera) to "Cousin Brucie" (Bruce Morrow - legendary NY DJ). ... - Similarly trained in audio and video production at NYU. Very "skilled ears," with a great sense of production values, pacing, and timing. ... - Learned to write for the ear, to write for the eye/ear combination (narration), and to project the intended meaning and emotion into words and inflections. Recording software: Sony Sound Forge (voice tracks); Sony Acid Music Studio (multi-track, music beds, FX, time/pitch tweaking),others. Recording Hardware: Tascam DR-07 portable digital recorder (up to 24-bit, 96kHz uncompressed studio quality)for "live on-location" capability. Mikes: Nady condenser, variety of dynamic mikes (depending on application/effect). Analog: Behringer stereo mixer, 2/4-track R2R, cassette Deliverable: Up to 320kbps CD Transparent; most popular (and several not-so-popular) formats: mp1/2/3, AIFF, wav, wma, mov, ogg, vox, etc., etc. Inquire for specifics. Very strong, experienced writer, able to produce a clean, polished piece against a deadline, voice it and produce it. Composer/musician: can provide original music beds, on-hold music, and jingles, either for "proof-of-concept" before client undertakes expense of full production, or as finished product. Also studied engineering, and spent many years in technical/computer field. Familiar/comfortable with most technical and scientific terms and techniques. Very familiar with the pharmaceutical industry; comfortable with medical terminology and usage.