Mike Preston - * Energetic, engaging, versatile *

* Energetic, engaging, versatile *

• Mike Preston is registered with Voice123 since Apr 10, 2005.
• Mike Preston started his/her voice over career in 2005.
• Currently Mike Preston is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 37
• Mike Preston has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

British (European).

Teen - Middle Age energizing voice, suited to high impact reads, commercial radio style & corporate reads but also with the experience and imagination required for narrations & character acting.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British

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
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

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

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Impersonations

Cartman - South Park
Donald Duck - Disney

Accents

RP
London
Somerset

My Voice Experience

Now : Voiceover talent in London, UK

2001/2006 : 5 years as an International Sports Broadcaster, providing reports to radio stations throughout the UK and Europe and the World through internet syndication.

2000 : Breakfast Show Presenter & Producer on UK Commercial Radio in London

Voiceover jobs include :
All New Simpsons (Sky One)
Royal Mail (UK)
Greatest Hits of the 80's CD Collection (UK)
99.5 WYCD Detroit (US)
EMO (Netherlands)
Max Planck Insititute (Germany)

My Training

City lit Introduction to Radio Drama 2009
Bernard Shaw Voiceover Course 2008
Michael Groth Big Mouth Voiceover Course 2000

HNC in Radio Production including :

* writing for radio,
**radio law
***presenting
****programme making

RCS Selector play out system

My Studio Equipment

Rode NT-1 Mic / Audio Technica
Adobe 3
SM Pro Audio Mic Thing
Edirol Audio Capture UA-25EX

Additional Skills

Previous experience in the field of sales and customer service mean I have a very good understanding of how to achieve targets on time and produce excellent results. Also a joint BA Honours degree in Politics and Economics gives me an extra edge on business reads with dry
technical terms!