Bill Michaels - Extremely Versatile. Guy Next Door to Promo Voice.

Extremely Versatile. Guy Next Door to Promo Voice.

• Bill Michaels is registered with Voice123 since Sep 08, 2004.
• Bill Michaels started his/her voice over career in 1997.
• Currently Bill Michaels is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Great overall commercially viable voice with a wide range of styles...from twenties and mid thirties to a Dad. Get it straight, silly, funny, intense, light or conversational. Strengths are Dad, announcer, guy next door, car dealer and promo. Some Spanish, with a pretty good accent. Industrials, promos, commercials, narration, music on hold, training videos, games, website narration, retail spots and satellite delivered music services in retail outlets.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Agoura Hills, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dracula, broken-english Russian, Spanish as a second language. American tourist in Italy.

My Voice Experience

Over 10 years of experience in commercial voice over. Extremely coachable talent, easily directed. Great range, from Dad and guy next door to hard sell & promo voice
Doing commercials, promos, daybooks and nightly topicals for TV stations in three group ownerships. Commercial Voiceovers for local retail and agency clientele, Also doing Music On Hold, Hosting Custom In-Store Radio Show for ShopFM provider out of Australia. Have my own digital studio and can delivered finished product anywhere in the world via the web.

My Training

Took my voiceover traiing at the best place in LA,
Kalmenson and Kalmenson in Encino. Knocked around everywhere else I could find a class. My own clients are the best education. I'm the Production Director and in-house voice talent for my own state-of-the-art digital production facility, Bill Michaels Creative Services. I can offer real time LIVE ISDN capability, Adobe Audition. Graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Telecommunications.

My Studio Equipment

Mackie mixing console. Adobe Audition 2.0 DAW on custom built Intel P4 3.0 GHz computer with Lynx Studio One Professional Soundcard. Neumann microphone, Symetrix 528E microphone processor. Rig is fully redundant with UPS backup. Fully sound insulated studio. Business Class cable modem connection. Utilize X-Drive and/or DropSend for large files, otherwise e-mail or client's choice to download from FTP site.

Additional Skills

Extensive working knowledge of DAW programs like Adobe Audition, Vegas, and Pro Tools. Recording, producing and editing in virtually any finished file format you like, including aiff, aac, MPEG2. mp3, MPEG4, or wav. Can delivered finished product with production music and additional VO talent (as directed) via mp3, ISDN link on Telos Zephyr or overnight delivery on CD, mini disc, flash drive or memory card, your choice.

Can write your copy, produce it and deliver it in less than 24 hours. Have access to additonal talent, female and male, when project calls for it. MegaTrax music library and associated licensing fee available at cost.

your project's succesful completion, and you being completely happy with the result, is what I live for.
I do this every day, I'm not a part-timer. If you're looking for the consumate professional, please give me a call, I would love to work with you.