mark nelson

Languages and Accents: English (but in many accents): London, North West, Midlands, Northern, Scottish, American East Coast, American Southern States, Australian, French accent,Spanish accent, Russian accent, Eastern European (other) accent, Indian accent (these are accents not the actual languages!) Impersonations: including Marge Simpson, Paul McCartney, Russell Crowe, Jonathan Ross, Tony Blair, Popeye, Prince Charles, HM the Queen (albeit cartoon-esque) Characters: Radio DJs, old ladies, old men, posh men, gangster types both American & british), camp men, my own cartoon characters (squeaky, stupid, funny, evil)

Over ten years’ experience of providing voices on a semi-professional level for a variety of projects. TV work: My voice was recently featured in the 'Virgin Trains - 'Big Train' Television advertisement shown on terrestrial and cable television (2007). Radio work: BBC Radio broadcasts narration, voice-over for translation and voices for trailers [BBC World Service; BBC Radio 5, and London Live) (2000-2007); Website work: Provided narrator voice for GoSouthGo’s website presenting business tutorials on tendering for the Olympics 2012 bids. Computer Gaming: Recently provided the voice of Popeye for a new fruit machine game (July 2008). Various voices for sporting computer games (2002-present). I have also provided a plethora of voice characterisations for self-produced comedy shows broadcast as podcasts and shortly available on I-Tunes. [included in my demo]. BA First Class Hons in Media Technology (at London College of Music & Media, Thames Valley University, London) 1999 BBC Sound Operations course (Studio Manager with the BBC 2000-present) BBC Presentation course (2005) Producer, Presenter ('Breakfast Show' and 'Mike Trousers Comedy Show') and Sound Engineer for 'TUBE Radio' student radio station at Thames Valley University, London(1997-1999) Produced my own comedy shows for radio (as podcasts) and my own comedy spoof movies involving cuddly toys including 'Teddy Potty' (spoof on Harry Potter) and the 'Bear Witch Project' (spoof on Blair Witch Project). Guitarist and songwriter and singer for 20 years, currently performing regularly with own rock band (SuperSmiler) in and around London. Cubase VST 5.1 sequencing software Rode NT 1 microphone Cool Edit Pro editing software Wavelab editing software Alesis M1 active monitoring speakers Self built music PC Soon looking to upgrade to Pro Tools and an Apple Mac My experience and skills as a voice artist and particularly as a comedy performer and musician mean I appreciate the importance of intonation, timing and pacing and can adapt these to the needs of each project I undertake. I am a well accomplished sound technician (with skills in digital editing) so I am capable of creating and manipulating sound to the highest quality. I am a very creative person who enjoys a challenge and as a 'finisher' I always endeavour to provide the best service to a client.