Jim Michaels - Neutral; Mid-West US; Tenor-Baritone; Tech/Dra/Com

Neutral; Mid-West US; Tenor-Baritone; Tech/Dra/Com

• Jim Michaels is registered with Voice123 since Oct 09, 2008.
• Jim Michaels started his/her voice over career in 1994.
• Currently Jim Michaels is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Narrations: Warm, rich, measured if necessary (for possible translation).

Commercials / Videogames: Fully adaptable (i.e. Comedic to Dramatic in all degrees) with some stereotypical accents for 'color': British, Scots, Irish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Scandinavian.

Audio Books: Rich spoken acting. "Imagination capture... By Voice". See "Commercials"

Presentation: Assured, positive, bright, measured if necessary (for possible translation).

Phone systems: Pleasant, clear, assuring.

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

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• 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

My Home Base

Dallas, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Accents: British, Scots, Irish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Scandinavian

Dialects: Redneck, Texan/Cowboy, stoner, New Yawka, Bahstonian, Tough Guy, Canadian eh?

Impersonations: Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Jimmy Stewart, *more when I think of 'em*

My Voice Experience

In most of the free world (US, UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, Hong Kong...), for years, in addition to voicing, I have performed presentations, product demonstrations and on stage before hundreds at tradeshows, corporate, and private events.

Previous large clients include: Bell Helicopter, British Aerospace, Dornier, ExxonMobil, Gulfstream, Hanjin, IBM, Lockheed, Sikorsky, Samsung...

My Training

I am a grad of the Such-A-Voice Master series.

My formal education was Engineering but my passion has always been communication. By that I mean the slow "head nods of understanding" you can get when subjects are properly framed and presented.