Hello to all on the board, Chris Mezzolesta typing in from Wilmington NC on the hot n steamy southeast coast...
I'm a 17-year
VO who got into it sorta by accident, in 1990 a local Cleveland (where I lived til last year) ad producer called the music & entertainment company I co-founded looking for a rapper, and my partner said they had a musician on staff who also did character voices...thus was born my
VO career - moved from that to lots of singing spots back in the day when local indies played 8:00 movies, any goofy characters, even a bunch of straight stuff. I was the voice for 2 of the Central Fla FOX stations (35 in Orlando and 51 in Ocala) from 1995 to 2000, Dairy Mart thru the Midwest in 98-99, and basically a lot of sundry local & regional stuff. Lots of fun, and being a recording & production freak, hanging around state-of-the-art recording studios was hardly the worst place I could be!!!
I am also a housedad, a professional musician of 25 years (all-occasion bands, jazz groups & orchestras) and the performing member of comedy rock band POWER SALAD (
www.powersalad.com or
www.myspace.com/powersalad ) We have been on the "
Dr Demento Show" many times including last year's #3 song, the surreal and bizarre "
My Cat Is Afraid of the Vacuum Cleaner". Video of my previous band in Cleveland can be seen at
http://www.specialproductions.net/sp...ial_blend.html (I have been edited out of any lead vocal spots but am still there in the videos, I wrote the band and vocal arrangements and did the audio recording of the band).
I am sure I came off sounding very sour on the "other" forum, but I felt I had a genuine beef, as evidently did others, judging from agreement messages I received regarding my posts. I am looking forward to a fun and pleasant time on this board with no rancor.
now Let's Work!!
Chris Mezzolesta
chrismezzolesta.voices.com
www.commercialvoices.com/platinum/CMezzolesta/