Pete Russell

Character voicing including singing in character, accents for Boston, New York, Southern, British

Pete spent a dozen years working in a premiere San Francisco professional comedy club. There he honed excellent diction and strength of character, with liveliness and vitality in his voice. Pete has spoken onstage and in radio, plus voicing video / Internet content and professional voice-mail systems. Pete studied voice at the San Francisco City College Broadcasting department. He has studied copywriting for advertising, marketing and content with AWAI. He studied singing voice at the Blue Bear School of Music (San Francisco) and with the San Francisco Light Opera. As a songwriter / composer, Pete studied music theory and composition. EQUIPMENT: Condenser mics: AKG P420 (x2), AKG C1000 Dynamic mic: Shure SM57 Pro audio FX plugins - approx 100 (EQ, compressor / gate, reverb, modulation FX nd much more) Pro instrument sample libraries from EastWest Studios - soundtrack, pop / rock, orchestral, ethnic, world voices and more Pro synthesizers from Synthmaster & Waves - EDM, vintage and more DBX 166XL compressor (2-channel) Rane SP-15 5-band studio parametric EQ Yamaha 12x2 USB mixer Lexicon reverb DigiTech RP250 multi-FX Alesis Midiverb III multi-FX Digital hard disc recording (PC based) Music Composer ~ I will score your project a well as provide voice over. I compose original music in many styles ~ with complete recording facility including digital recording, samplers, synthesizers, pro audio mics & signal chain. Professional business writer ~ including marketing copy and voice scripts. I can prepare and enhance copy, and also have good improvisation skills. I am an excellent singer/songwriter/recording engineer, and have produced numerous song recordings. I've written a full-length novel and short stories.