Michael Roberts

Voice Description

I perform multi-character voices for commercials; humorous then serious for narrations, deep and gentle for late-night radio spots, upbeat and lively for imaging, high-energy for sales-minded ads.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female
• 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
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have Source Connect 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 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

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Old man, old lady, young child, hillbilly, gangster, Jimmy Stewart, Walter Brennan, Gomer Pyle, R. Nixon,
R. Reagan, can switch accents back and forth in one dialogue, Irish, British, American Southern, Northeastern, midwestern accents, and minority accents.

My Voice Experience

By owning my own state-of-the-art digital studio, I am capable of writing, producing radio / television commercials, narrating documentaries for television, audio books, company training material, and movie trailers. Been in radio and television broadcasting since 1975. I've hosted morning and afternoon drive radio shows in Dallas, Missouri & Alabama. Anchored news/sports for CBS affiliate station, and acted in commercials on television. My experienced stage presence has entitled me to emcee and host many Rock Band performances in Dallas and Branson, MO including Beach Boys, Three Dog Night, Moody Blues, Andy Kim, Mitch Ryder, Paul Revere and Bill Medley. Radio commercials include car dealerships, restaurants, home appliances, general business commercials and phone on-hold messaging.

My Training

Attended North Tx State,
Majored in Radio & Television Broadcast
Taught at Elkins Broadcasting School, Dallas, TX.
Radio background includes KVIL, KNUS, KMGC and KLUV in Dallas, WKRG in Mobile AL. KGBX and KOSP in Springfield MO. which has given me over thirty years experience of producing and providing extensive voiceover production on a daily basis.

My Studio Equipment

My system consists of iMac computers, 3.06 CHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4 gb 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM with 4 gig hard drive.
ProTools Mbox 2 Pro. editing system.
Jones/TM Music and sound effect library.
Two separate LaCie one Terabyte hard drives for back up and archiving.
Three Elecrotvoice Microphones with three Symetrix 528E voice processors.
One 24 channel Yamaha studio mixer and
One 14 channel Mackie studio mixer.
Yamaha spx2000 professional studio effects processor.
One Teac professional CD Recorder/player.
One Marantz professional cassette Recorder/player.

Additional Skills

I have experience in Sales, marketing and design of security fire and cctv systems that helped me in the industrial narration and seminars that I have performed.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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