Mel Erwin

Voice Description

Are you looking for a confident, edgy, attention-grabbing voice with a touch of rasp to keep your listeners interested?

What about a friendly, conversational, upbeat voice that is everyday man believable and able to guide your clients through a process?

Maybe you need something simple, yet emotion-invoking, powerful, smooth, and captivating to your audience so your message gets delivered profoundly?

Mel is a professional Voice Actor who makes finding the perfect voice, no matter what you’re looking for, an easy experience for your team and memorable experience for your audience!

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - USA and Canada

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)
• Cartoon/Animation

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for SAG-AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British

My Voice Experience

The YouTube Awards Show, The National Make Every Vote Matter Campaign, Steak Escape Sandwich Company, The University of Alaska, SmartLab Industries, OC Guitar Works, Centro Platform, www.melerwin.com

My Training

Completed 6 week Voice Over I course with Del Mar Media Arts; An orientation to the skills of voice over acting using a combination of lectures and hands on experience. Course focuses on radio commercials, narration, and animation/character voices, as well as industrial work, demo production, and marketing. Class culminates with SAG/AFTRA agent visit. (6 weeks, 18 hours)

Completed 6 week Voice Over II course with Del Mar Media Arts which was a continuing study of voice over using more advanced material. Material chosen specifically to the needs of each student. Class culminates with a field trip to a commercial recording studio where students read before a current voice-caster/producer. (6 weeks, 12 hours)

Completed 6 week Voice Over III course with Del Mar Media Arts where students are taught skills necessary to perform the work of a spokesperson in industrial and trade-show work. Students learn to become proficient on the TelePrompTer and the wireless ear prompter. Last class is visited by an SAG agent who specializes in spokes projects. (6 weeks, 12 hours)

Completed 6 week Voice Over IV course with Del Mar Media Arts where students learn skills to perform vocal work in radio theater and books-on-tape, which are very similar in nature. The regional dialects of New York, American Southern, American North Eastern, and British are developed. Class culminates with a field trip to a major recording studio to do a looping session for foreign cartoons and films. (6 weeks, 12 hours)

Completed 6 week Voice Over V course with Del Mar Media Arts described as intensive advanced work on animation voices. Students learn to create and sustain original characters. Classes visited by current animation artists. (6 weeks, 12 hours)

Completed 6 week Spokesperson course with Del Mar Media Arts
Completed 6 week Narration and Audio Book course with Del Mar Media Arts
Completed 6 week Dialect and Animation course with Del Mar Media Arts

My Studio Equipment

Rode N-T1 Microphone
Macbook Pro
Pro Tools
Audiobox

Additional Skills

5+ Years hosting live events and standup comedy

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

Contact Information

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