Mike Urben - Mid-range, from soothing to edgy, believable

Mid-range, from soothing to edgy, believable

• Mike Urben is registered with Voice123 since May 21, 2004.
• Mike Urben started his/her voice over career in 1981.
• Currently Mike Urben is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Mike Urben was last active on Voice123 134 days ago

Voice Description

American

Vocal Type: Medium, Texture is smooth to somewhat breathy/gravelly.

Style: Conversational, Credible, Deadpan, Friendly, Hip-Cool, Announcer: Game Show/Over the Top/Promo/D.J./Sports; Animated/Character, Documentary Narrator, Industrial/Corporate Narrator, Real/Natural, Reflective, Sincere, Smooth, Upbeat, Warm

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Mike Urben

My Voice Experience

Commercial voice-over for radio and television, corporate/industrial narration, on-hold messaging, internet voice-over. I've worked for hundreds of clients from fast food and retail to pharmaceutical and high tech, including McDonalds and Burger King, Goodyear, Glaxo Smith-Kline, IBM, Martin Marietta, Nortel and Raytheon. I've narrated well over a thousand A/V programs.

My Training

I've honed my skills by applying the principles taught by Patsy Rodenburg, Director of Voice at London's Royal National Theatre as well as from the instruction of Dick Orkin, the prolific writer, performer and producer of thousands of humorous national and local radio commercials. I began with oral interpretation of literature in college where I received a B.A. in Speech Communication.