Mike Diefenbach - Smooth, confident, professional business voice

Smooth, confident, professional business voice

• Mike Diefenbach is registered with Voice123 since Oct 30, 2009.
• Mike Diefenbach started his/her voice over career in 2009.
• Currently Mike Diefenbach is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

- Smooth and professional for presentations
- Warm and deep for narrations

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
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

Bronxville, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Mike Diefenbach

My Voice Experience

Getting started in VO's

Have done on-camera recording of scripts
for focus group stimuli for Luntz Research
(2007)

Recorded in-house presentation about new
ad campaign for Bell Atlantic (1992)

My Training

B.A., Economics (1977)
Trinity College (CT)

MBA, General Management (1982)
Darden School of Business, Univ. of VA

Attended Intro to Voice Overs class
led by VO professional Rob Sciglimpaglia
(Oct. '09)

Attended voice over sessions done for Bell Atlantic
by Phil Hartman of SNL fame (1992)

My Studio Equipment

TBD

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.
For example...

- Currently developing stand-up comedy act (NYC)
- Presented best practices research to high-level execs
for The Corporate Executive Board (2007)
- Coached execs on content and delivery of mission-
critical presentations as a consultant (2004-6)
- Presented PBS program sponsorship pitch to marketing
and advertising execs in formal "Upfront Presentation"
(1898-2000); also presented live to PBS conference
attendees as VP, Sponsor Development

As an advertising professional (client AND agency side), sat in on and provided direction & comment at VO recording sessions for radio and TV commercials

Performed and sang on stage in...

- HMS Pinafore with The Arlington Players
(Northern Virginia) - 2005
- HEXAGON ("Washington DC's only original,
political, satirical, musical comedy revue") - 2002
- Male lead in HS musical (1973)

When at PBS (1997-2000, several independent film producers complimented my voice and said I should think about doing VO work