Mike Diefenbach

Voice Description

- Intelligent and authoritative for commercials

- Fun and sarcastic for commercials

- Warm and deep for narrations

- Smooth and professional for persuasive presentations

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Podcasts
• 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Middletown (NY Metro), New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Mike Diefenbach

My Voice Experience

New to the VO biz, after a long history of formal live presentation of marketing and selling messages as a professional marketing exec.

Have presented with clarity, focus and good humor to audiences large and small.

Formal recordings done in the past:

- Recorded corporate and political messages
for focus group research use by the
Frank Luntz Strategy Research orgnization.

- Recorded product & service information sessions
as a corporate marketing on-camera presenter
at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon)

My Training

VOICE OVER:

- Attended Voice Over class led by VO professional
Rob Sciglimpaglia; 2009, NY Metro

- Received individual professional consultation
and training from Marc Guss and Phil Sutfin
of Alpha Entertainment; early 2012, NYC

- Completed Voice Over training classes with
Peter Rofe of PDR Voice, Inc.; early 2012, NYC

- Reading regularly for various NYC talent agents,
casting directors and managers in voice over
talent workshops


PERFORMING ARTS:

- Completed stand-up comedy classes at the
Manhattan Comedy School with Cory Kahaney;
preformed several times on stage at Comix; 2009

- Took improv comedy classes; Wash, DC 2006

- Studied and performed satirical political live comedy
with HEXAGON; Wash, DC 2002

- Sang in HMS Pinafore with the Arlington Players;
Arlington, VA 2003

- Sang with in the Old Time Music Hall with the
British Embassy Players; Wash, DC 2004


PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS:

- Studied and practiced formal presentation
of key marketing & sales business issues
and leading edge best practices at the
Corporate Executive Board; 2007

- Scripted and presented material promoting sponsorship
of public television documetary programming to
high-level agency and corp. marketer audiences;
1997-2000

- Studied broadcast advertising production on the job
at leading national ad agencies (O&M, Needham);
1982-1989

- MBA, General Mgmt, The Darden School at UVA;
was stand-out presenter of scripted presentations
in professional communications courses

My Studio Equipment

Home Studio with M-Audio interface and Pro Tools software; AT4040 microphone

Additional Skills

Have always had a knack for speaking and presenting, which I've developed and exercised in a professional capacity in advertising and marketing roles.
As an advertising professional (client AND agency side), sat in on and provided direction & comment at VO recording sessions for radio and TV commercials

When at PBS, several independent film producers I dealt with complimented my voice and encouraged me to do VO work

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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