Voice Description

For narrations: clear, articulate, credible, friendly yet authoritative, explanatory.

For commercials: widely versatile, warm, deep, sexy, guy-next-door, fun, offbeat, wacky.

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
• Adult content

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SaVoa

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• 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 offer copywriting services
• 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

Brick, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Mike Harrison

My Voice Experience

At age 16, I wrote, voiced and produced my first radio commercial. My radio career began at a new station in town two years after graduating high school. I was Production Director and on-air talent until 1977 when, after having recorded two freelance narrations for them, a local producer of business communications asked me to join their staff as in-house Narrator and Audio Producer. I was narrating and producing audio tracks that were later synchronized with as many as fifteen slide projectors using then-cutting edge computer technology. Clients included a long list of top Fortune 500 companies. Because of my innate comfort with the often-times technical and/or jargon-laden scripts, clients realized my ability to deliver the material in a manner appropriate to the content and audience. Hence, they saw no need to attend recording sessions. I became very adept at making completely unnoticeable patch corrections sometimes many weeks after recording. My talent for sound design was snowballing. In 1981, I co-founded a small advertising agency geared for radio. Spots I weekly voiced and produced aired on several of the highest-rated New York City stations. In 1985’s International Radio Festival of New York, I shared two Finalist awards in the writing and production categories. In 1987, I rejoined the business communications firm in the same capacity as earlier, and also became quite adept at directing video post-production sessions. My acting abilities were recently showcased when a cold-read audition landed my first-ever part in a local play. Even more recently, I spent a week in Europe recording for a major speech technology company, and provided one of two voices for an animated short.

My Training

I began early. At age 7, I developed an interest in how television was broadcast. At age 9, my interest in TV turned into a passion for radio upon becoming fixated on the now legendary WABC. In the fourth grade, I was found to be reading at the seventh grade level. I began honing my skills as audio tape editor. The seed for voice-over was planted by an exhibit at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, narrated by the great Peter Thomas. From photographs and visits to one nearby, I built a mock radio station at home, where I practiced my craft.

Most recently, specific voice-over training includes sessions with and/or seminars given by: Susan Berkley, Paul Liberti, Marice Tobias, Roy Yokelson, Nancy Wolfson.

My Studio Equipment

Macintosh OS X-based Pro Tools, Bias PeakPro, Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun condenser microphone, Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster Pro, Digi 002 Control Surface, Source-Connect, Telos Zephyr Classic ISDN codec, and Telos ONE phone patch.

Additional Skills

I am very inclined, both creatively and technically. My interest in and comfort with technology allows me to easily digest and then deliver material such as eLearning/tutorials, product launches and other corporate/industrial scripts with authority and credibility, without sounding condescending. I know how to apply the 'tell not sell' method to all my work.

Some Client Testimonials:

"When I'm looking for a creative collaborator, there's only really three simple (but elusive) things I'm looking for:

1 Creativity. 2 Enthusiasm. And, 3, professionalism.

Mike not only has all of these qualities, but he has them in such abundance that they quite literally go off the scale!"

-- Richard Fenwick, Director
Richard Fenwick Films


"Mike did a really amazing job. He was absolutely spot-on for 5 days in a row without the slightest change in pitch, voice quality and speech rate – he is now known as Mike ‘the machine’ Harrison within the company."

-- A European Speech Technology Company


"Mike Harrison's work is first-class. He's outright gifted and can handle an enormous range of directions, inflections and characterizations. I've twisted Mike around a wide variety of jobs from presenting business services for AT&T to selling floor tile with an authentic Polynesian accent and he's done them all brilliantly. Highly recommended!"

-- Steve Puntolillo, Owner
Sonicraft, Inc.


"Thanks for a great voice session... really enjoyed working with you."

-- Dan Akers, Creative Producer/Writer
Global Creative (London)"

Payment Methods Accepted

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

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