Nicholas Patrella

-Character voices (Various nerds from overweight basement dweller to skinny spazz-boy, faux-valley girl, frat boy, obnoxious drunk guy, pot head, melodious demon overlord)

-One night voice acting class taught by Robert J. Sciglimpaglia (2009 at Valhalla Community College at Valhalla, NY). -Free VO seminar taught by Melanie Ehrlich (July 2013). This class covered the basics of voice acting, such as different types of voice work and demos -VO Connect seminar with assistant agent for AboutFace Talent Agency Stevie Booth and Melanie Ehrlich -Eight week Beginner and Advanced VO class taught by Melanie Ehrlich. The class covered the different genres of VO work for each class, including commercial reads (one to four person), cold reads, video games, character voice work, audiobooks, and educational/ESL audio -VO Connect seminars with freelance-casting associate Ivan Martinovic, Darren Dunstan of 4K Licensing Media,Angela Mickey of Liz Lewis Casting,David Bellantoni of Melsky Casting, and Barbara Vlahides of John Marshal Media, all taught by Melanie Ehrlich -“Unique Voice”, taught by Randye Kaye of Edge Studio. This class covered marketing your voice, voice technique, pitch, and body language -Advanced Animation VO class, taught by Darren Dunstan via Actors Connection. The class covered ADR work and pre-lay animation voice over work -Masterclass for Voice-Overs in Videogames, taught by Jennifer Hale -Audio Production for voice-overs class, taught by Melanie Ehrlich and Michael A. Zekas. I learned about certain audio settings in order to get a clear, professional sounding voice over -Animation VO Intensive, taught by Ania O'Hare, casting director for Dreamworks -Accents for Actors, Audio Book, and Character Animation Voice Over class, all taught by Paul Liberti at Actors Connection -Dell XPS Studio 1555 laptop -AKG P220 Condenser microphone with pop filter -PreSonus AudioBox iOne -Blue Snowball microphone, just in case the other one is broken or refuses to work -Proficient in Audacity and Reaper for sound editing