Spike Riel - Strong - Deep - Driving - Professional Voice

Strong - Deep - Driving - Professional Voice

• Spike Riel is registered with Voice123 since Jan 18, 2008.
• Spike Riel started his/her voice over career in 1975.
• Currently Spike Riel is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 36
• Spike Riel has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Producers say- "Spike sounds like God might sound ... deep and compelling as well as warm and deep for narrations, sexy and fun for commercials, smooth and professional for presentations, Don La Fontaine type sound for movie trailers ... big sound great pipes... Spike sells!"

Characters, touching, seductive, energetic, credible, trustworthy, straight, believable, authentic, honest, cordial, inviting, kind, pleasant, welcoming, charming, friendly, resonant, deep, mellow, sonorous, classy, sophisticated, sincere, compassionate., guy next door, accents, pleasant, sharp, groovy, strong, station, upbeat, hard, energetic, cool, convincing, compelling, alluring, impressive, inspiring, powerful,

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
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 offer copywriting services
• I offer translation 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

Pittsburgh PA, Pennsylvania, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Spike Riel

My Voice Experience

Spike has been a premiere voice/voiceover talent for longer than he'll admit. On air, radio and television commercials, movie trailers, advertising campaigns, to one of those radio and TV voices you just know you've heard before somewhere. His voice seems to get around and usually it's selling something for someone ... or introducing something or someone new and exciting. He loves the job, gigs and new experiences he finds himself in every day!

My Training

Studied under and worked with some of the best in the business over the past 30 years ... Bill Walton, The Dougger and many more.

My Studio Equipment

(1) Mac Pro
(1)-Mac dual G5
(2) I Macs
(2) Mac Laptops
Yamaha Pro Mix
Neumann U87
Neumann T3 Mic
Shure SM-7 Mic
Avalon Vt-737 sp Pre, Compressor & Eq
Soundtrack Pro Software
Digital Juice Audio and EFX Library

Additional Skills

Spike is a big concept guy and creative type who can assist in an idea if needed and asked ... also a writer, and capable of full commercial production. He owns and works from a complete A/V studio in Pittsburgh, PA.