Eric Michael Summerer

Voice Description

Warm, friendly narration voice over reads. Radio and television commercial reads vary from comic and energetic to dry and serious.

Cartoon voices, animation and characters range from big booming superheroes, to crazed mad scientists, to tiny mosquitoes and forest creatures.

Voice talent and audiobook reader for projects ranging from serious adult literature to more energetic youth texts, with a particular focus on Science Fiction novels.

Voice over recordings for phone systems such as voice mail greetings, on hold messaging and telephone messages.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Hamden, Connecticut, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Male voice actor dialects include Western, Cowboy, Prospector, New York, Russian, German, Japanese, Romanian, California Surfer, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Stereotypical Vampire.

My Voice Experience

7 years in broadcast radio and 4 years in internet radio.

Audiobook narration for novels released by Audible, Inc., including Ellen Raskin's "The Westing Game," Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" (2009 Audie Nominee)and Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion."

Professional voiceovers for national and local commercials, including California Clinical Trials, Raising Cane's, Harley Davidson, and Bud Light.

Voice talent for industrial and instructional narration for Fidelity Investments, CareerBuilder, TalkTrain, Putnam, New Balance, Nestle, Forum, Skillsoft, and Medco.

Voice acting for video game character work in King of Fighters 2006 (Iori) and Metal Slug 3D (Marco), as well as other projects for dSonic, TJC Productions and SNK.

Podcast announcing and character work for The Dice Tower, the #1 boardgaming podcast on the web.

Radio imaging in the Hartford market, including contest announcer for WCCC's "Picozzi in the Afternoon" show.

Voiceover coach for Voice Over Workshop, LLC.

My Training

• Pamela Lewis' Animation/Character/Looping Workshop
• Hillary Huber and Pat Fraley's Audiobook Narration Workshop.
• Pat Fraley's Voice Over Character Workshop.
• BS in Television / Radio / Film, Theater minor from Syracuse University.
• Voice Over Workshop.
• Michigan Shakespeare Festival.
• Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association (2-time Storytelling Champion).

My Studio Equipment

Shure SM-7B Microphone
dbx 286A Preamp/Processor
Yamaha MG12/4 mixing console
full isolation enclosure (WhisperRoom)
JK Audio Inline Patch Phone Interface

Additional Skills

Working knowledge of Adobe Audition, AudioVault and WaveLab production systems.

I have my own FTP server for convenient pick-up of your audio files.

I am also an active curler and boardgamer.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

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