Listen to Melanie - About Me | Melanie Ehrlich

Who I Am

The Short Version

Melanie Ehrlich is an actress and voiceover talent based in New York City who has provided voiceovers for animation, iPhone games, audio guides, textbooks, documentaries, phone messages, e-learning modules, and much more. She has recorded voiceovers for internationally renowned clients all over the world, including Japan Airlines, Samsung, LG, Ebay, and Johnson & Johnson.

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The Full Story

It started with singing "Love And Marriage" for her neighbors, family members, and anyone who would listen when she was just three years old, and it never stopped - Melanie Ehrlich's love for entertaining was obvious from an early age.

Growing up, she was constantly performing in community theatre, school plays, and choirs, and always trying to learn more about the arts. Not wanting to limit herself, she also wrote, directed, ran lights, props, and costumes for various productions.

As she got older, she decided to combine her loves for teaching and learning with her love for performing, and helped out with local children's theatre productions, directed her high school's comedy troupe, and even ran an entire acting workshop for middle- and high-school kids. By the time she'd graduated high school, she'd directed numerous shows and skits, written several more, worked backstage on a number of shows, and, of course, performed whenever she could.

While all this was going on, Melanie was developing another one of her greatest talents, which was irritating her teachers. One of her favorite ways to do so was to take advantage of opportunities to read out loud in class - from novels, math textbooks, anything - and make lots of funny voices that would make the class laugh. It didn't occur to her at that point, though, that she could make a career out of it!

However, a growing interest in voiceover acting led her to seek out just that, and she enrolled in voiceover classes at the New York Voiceover Academy, taught by the esteemed Chuck McKibben, formerly of the Mel Blanc Studios in Hollywood, California. After soaking up as much wisdom as she could from her teacher and her classmates, she made her first demo and got to work.

Melanie did a variety of work in New York, including radio commercials, television and film, before she decided more or less on a whim to pick up and go study Korean language in South Korea for a few months, a wise move for anyone wanting to establish themselves in the New York voiceover market. Instead of giving up and putting her voiceover career on hold, however, Melanie simply adjusted her focus to be more appropriate to the local market - from primarily commercial work to mainly educational - and successfully continued doing voiceovers in Korea as well. So successfully, in fact, that she ended up staying three times as long as she'd planned, working full - time as a voiceover artist and taking in everything Korea had to offer.

Though she's no longer in Korea physically, she's left her mark in other ways - her voice can currently be heard all over the country, in classrooms, museums, and, most ubiquitously, as the voice of the popular Seoul City Tour Bus.

So, what's Melanie doing now? She's back in New York, continuing to work with and provide voiceovers for clients all over the world. However, knowing you can never learn too much, she's continuing to increase both her professional and personal skills by learning new things when and wherever she can.

Her biggest inspirations are Leonard Bernstein, Raffi, Karl Jenkins, the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Kaye, and her great-uncle Gene.

What I've Done

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Narration

Samsung
Japan Airlines
Johnson & Johnson
Chabad
GM Daewoo
Korean National Oil Company (KNOC)
Woosung Precision Co., Ltd.
Goheung Citron

Audio guides

Seoul City Tour Bus
Seoul Arts Center
Seoul Art Museum
Seoul Arboretum
Gwacheon Science Museum
Independence Hall of Korea
Gyeongju National Museum
Donga University Museum

IVR

Japan Airlines
Hyatt Regency
Apple
Ebay
HiSeoul Seoul Global Center
Banyan Tree Club and Spa
Hamamedia, Inc.

Books

Random House
Harper Collins
Chung Dahm Institute (CDI)
Darakwon Publishing
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
I Am Books
Innovatus
Y. Kids
New Run

E-learning

LG Electronics
Sogang University
Korea University
Sookmyung Women's University
KTF
Ivy News
Edu Times
Maven Education
Kebikids.com

Television and Film

Channel One News
Troma Entertainment
Korea Broadcasting System (KBS)
Munhwa Broadcasting System (MBC)
Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)
Arirang TV
Korea Road Traffic Authority
Chosun Ilbo
Orda Korea

Testimonials

"I tell ya, Melanie, when I hear your recording voice, I hear the sound of champagne corks popping!"
- James Morss, JBI (Jewish Braille Institute)

"Melanie was awesome to work with, and I can't wait to bring her more projects. Before we found her, we had totally given up on having in-game voices for our characters - the voices we had for an important character were just not working. But Melanie understood exactly what we wanted, and thanks to her, we've been able to truly bring that character to life. When we make our next game, I am going to make sure that we find every excuse possible to bring her in again."
- Jon Wofford, Apocalypse Train

"We receive very positive reactions to Melanie's warm and confident voice from the companies, in particular public and government enterprises, with whom we do business. We've found her voice color to be particularly well-suited for anything that calls for a clear-sounding voice, such as historical museum and art exhibit narrations. We recently recorded the stop announcements for the Seoul City Tour Bus together and we are sure to get similar positive reactions to this as well."
- Joon Tae Kwon, Netiline Studio
(Translated by Jay Lee)

"Melanie is, in many aspects, a very talented voice actress. First and foremost, she has a great voice for both acting and singing, and is very passionate about and dedicated to her work. Because of this, she's also the one the majority of our clients prefer to work with. We hope to see a lot of good things come from Melanie in the future."
- Hyung-Chan Lim, English Sound
(Translated by Jay Lee)

"Always on time, with a special intuition for interpreting scripts, and a professional demeanor in the studio...our friend Melanie genuinely embodies all of these attributes!
And so...
...she's the one we love to work with!"
- Kyung-Sook Park, Daeshin Media Co., LTD.
(Translated by Jay Lee)

"I've been working with Melanie for more than two years and I have firm faith in her abilities and her passion for her work. She has a particular knack for voice acting so if I have an important recording project, she is my first choice."
- Jinbae Oh, Eunga Studio

"Doing voice work with Melanie is just great. Voice quality is top-notch, and she's very responsive and helpful. A pleasure to work with."
- Yose Widjaja, Jormy Games

"She has an amazing ability to do her work without making any mistakes! I wish to work with her on many other projects again."
- Bek-Chan Sung, KCNU
(Translated by Jay Lee)

"Hello, this is Gwang Min Ko from Voice Wiz Studio.
Thanks for working with us during your time in Korea.
Even though what we asked you to do was difficult and stressful at times, you did an excellent job with it, so thank you. ^^
Wherever you go, keep up the good work!
Yay Melanie!!"
- Gwang Min Ko, Voice Wiz
(Translated by Jay Lee)

"Melanie is articulate in expressing herself as an individual. She has a good voice range and was able to easily adjust her voice to our needs. Her pronunciation is clear with good volume as well. Anyone who works with Melanie will acknowledge her outgoing attitude and friendly spirit. It was a pleasure to work with Melanie and I would not hesitate to recommend her to any of her future clients."
- Sandy Kim, Maven Education