A Voice Pro student goes for it in the recording booth
As someone with very few interesting traits – and a variety of profoundly boring ones* – I am fortunate to have made the acquaintance of a variety of very engaging folks. It occurs to me I should write about them more, so I’m going to try doing some more profiles on the site. Hence, this.
Back before my knee ass-ploded, I enjoyed a brief career as a mediocre recreational Ultimate Frisbee player. Despite being rather ineffective as a defensive mid-fielder, my days in the heady world of barely competitive frisbee did yield some new friendships. One of them was with Melissa Altro, who, in addition to being an all-around cool person, is also a professional voice actor. And, as she informed me a few weeks ago, is now running her own business aimed at helping aspiring voice actors break into the business. This all sounds pretty neat, so I thought I’d chat to her about it.
By way of an introduction, give us the 100 word Melissa Altro bio.
I’ve been using my voice to animate cartoon characters for over 15 years. I’m originally from Montreal, and since 1995 I’ve played ‘Muffy’ on the 4-Time-Emmy-Award winning program Arthur. Read the rest of this entry »
