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Maria DeSapio

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I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N): Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE: Being a passionate Anime fan led me down the path to the voice over industry. I trained for two years in college then continued training with Voice Coaches whom I recently recorded my demo with. I'm a huge fan of all things Japanese, and I love sports, music, and LOST.

RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS: Nothing yet...but soon! ^_~

VOICE DESCRIPTION: Versatile- warm and comforting suitable for narration for children's stories
Comical and zany, energetic, dramatic, high pitch and/or nasally, ideal for playing the roles of young children male or female

DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions: Upstate NY dialect...alot of cawfie (coffee) and Awbany (Albany)

LANGUAGES: English
Basic knowledge of Spanish
I can sing in Serbian or Japanese with ease, but I am not a native speaker of either language.

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD: MP3

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM: Young Adult Female, Teenage Girl, Child Male, Child Female, Baby

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Story time

Wow, I feel like I haven't posted forever.

My job gives me a lot of opportunities to experience new groups of people and situations, so when they asked if I would read storytime for Ages 6 and younger, I thought "Why not? I haven't worked with this age group yet."
I went through the library system and picked out a million books about Fireflies, and I was so excited because it was the perfect opportunity to get into character. Then on that day, I got nervous. The one thing that I can say about c… Continue

Posted on July 29, 2008 at 4:04pm —

Anime club and cottage cheese

When I was setting up my demo packages to go out today, I was reminded of how my voice acting ambitions started. I was a junior in college, and one of my best friends convinced me to start an Anime club at our school. Anime awesome...being a public figure no way. I kept telling her that I would think about it, and one day she came into my room and said "Guess what? I just set up an interest meeting, and you are running it."

0_0! Public speaking not my thing at all. So reluctantly I ran the meet… Continue

Posted on June 6, 2008 at 12:14am —

May I ask who's calling? 0_0

A patron at the library I work at gave me an incredible amount of information for companies in the area, and today I find that I have plenty of time to make the calls.

For some reason, I am super nervous to make these calls, but I resist procrastination. I'm not sure what to think about the first call. It was so incredibly quick that there was no way to make an impression, but I followed the protocol, was confident, and he gave me the information to mail my demo. He didn't give me a name just t… Continue

Posted on May 30, 2008 at 12:13pm —

The moral of the story- Do something, anything!

The process of self marketing has proven to be quite the challenge and often times my feelings fluctuate several times a day. The journey has been a complete roller coaster thus far, and sometimes I feel like I haven't come close to doing enough. I don't think that feeling is going to change for a while. One minute I've made a great contact, and I am on top of the world. The next minute I feel like I am in the same place I've always been in. Concentrating too much on the end result will do that.… Continue

Posted on May 28, 2008 at 11:03am — 1 Comment

Double T is Double Trouble

I was inspired to tell this story while listening to Voice Overs On Demand.
Probably about a year into my voice over training, I finally got the opportunity to audition for a children's press and speak book! The role called for a young boy (6-8) to instruct the reader to press certain buttons to make things work. I was super nervous because A. I had never recorded in a studio like that, and B. I had never tried to do a boy voice. C. We were given two takes max to get it right.

I spent my 15 min… Continue

Posted on May 14, 2008 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:14am on September 9, 2009, Bob Souer said…: Happy Birthday, Maria!

Be well,
Bob Souer

At 6:43pm on September 8, 2009, Penny Abshire said…: Happy Birthday, Maria!

I hope it’s your very best one yet!!! Make it a great, positive day!

Hugs,

Penny

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At 8:27pm on January 25, 2009, Paul Quinn said…: Thanks for the add Maria!

-Paul

At 9:57am on August 20, 2008, Mike Massa said…: hey maria, good seeing you on this as well! how has everything been going?

At 5:20am on June 11, 2008, J. Calvert said…: Nice demos Maria, some realy good work.

At 2:42pm on June 4, 2008, Kyle Hebert said…: I haven't been able to see anything, although Bang Zoom's site has a trailer and interview preview clips up.

At 2:40pm on June 4, 2008, Kyle Hebert said…: I haven't been able to see anything, although Bang Zoom's site has a trailer and interview preview clips up.

At 11:57am on June 4, 2008, Kyle Hebert said…: Hey Maria,
Adventures in Voice Acting is set to debut for sale at Anime Expo in LA on the first weekend of July. I'm assuming it will most likely be available for sale online through Bang Zoom Entertainment's website eventually. Looks like its gonna come out in 3 volumes, jam packed with extras. I'm geeking out over getting a copy myself!

At 11:57am on June 4, 2008, Kyle Hebert said…: Hey Maria,
Adventures in Voice Acting is set to debut for sale at Anime Expo in LA on the first weekend of July. I'm assuming it will most likely be available for sale online through Bang Zoom Entertainment's website eventually. Looks like its gonna come out in 3 volumes, jam packed with extras. I'm geeking out over getting a copy myself!

At 8:10am on May 20, 2008, Chris at Voice Coaches said…: Hey Maria -

Good seeing you on here too! I had a great time working with you, and I love your demo cover! Nicely done!

-Chris