Dick Farrel

English accent. Eastern European accent. Spanish accent. Chinese. I sound like these two guys most often...AL Michaels of Football Tv announcing, and Actor Alan Allda. Some people have mistaken me for that show on in New York. "Mike and Mad dog" Me being Mike Fonseca I think his name is. I can do mafia hit men, New England union bosses, Muslim Dictators, German dictators. Congressman Charlie Wrangle...( I know you spell it Rangel)I do Al Sharpton. Louis Farakahn, Desmond Tutu.

I have done quite a bit. Working in radio for most of my life I had opportunity to do alot of different voices. In the production room I used reverb,graphic equilizer, multi-tracking to accomplish a varied array of different affects. "time Machine" echo..."and now WBCB rememebers 1994!..." I did alot of "talking to myself" I'd be on one track and my clone was on another track, and we'd argue back and forth. Also I had a character called Mr.Chip. He'd sound like a chipmunk, I had my voice speeded up, I'd leave the tracks with just enough space for me to talk back to them. It was hysterical. I did alot of those "flying saucers" Where I'd say something and the answer came from a pop music song. I used alot of sound effects. like this... Newsman: there you have it, the news on a Mon afternoon. how was your weekend Mr.Dick? Farrel : Oh,nothing special,my wife got her hand cought in the car door. (sfx of car door slam, woman screaming.) And we had to go to emergency ( sfx of ambulance) Then her mother came over after we got home ( sfx of man being beaten with a baseball bat) so we had to go back to the hospital..SFX of amublance ...so ,yeah it was a fun, busy weekend I am a graduate of the City University of New York with a BA in communcations/ poli-sci . I served in the New York Police Dept for 2 years. I have worked in radio stations since I was 16, I am now 56. I actually was teaching in broadcast school for CSB here in Florida. I have done radio sales. I have a mixer, a mic and a laptop. The laptop has the Adobe 1.5 and I record with that . Sounds pretty good I am told. Been using this method for a year now..now complaints from the agency I work with. I understand about mixing and multi-tracking. I do not have the ability yet to ad music or sound effects to the voice work I do. I know how to do it, I just don't have the tools yet. Since I have been in broadcasting since 1972 I have seen all the changes and all the new electronics that have come. I went from vynal records to music on a hard drive. I have used a razor blade and tape to edit with to Adobe 3.0 I know how to use graphic eq and all the bells and whistles the computer age has afforded us. I have served in NYPD. Crime fighting, law, social services,I have seen real life up close. I have worked under cover security, but for the most part I have been a broadcaster. All types of broadcaster. remote shows, morning host. talk radio, music radio, radio production, news,commericals, even radio plays.