Voice Artist
Due to an early fascination with TV, Michael was the kid who 'did voices' in school, including those of his teachers. His experience as a voice artist began as a student when he provided all the voices and impressions for his college radio station. This led to a complaint to The Radio Authority which was dismissed along with a note enquiring 'How do I join the fan club?'
In 2009, Michael finally decided to take all this 'performing nonsense' seriously, and produced his one-man interpretation of the late, great Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End in which he portrayed all 14 characters. This was a risky project; Vivian Stanshall's work is considered sacred by many in the entertainment firmament, not least of all, Stephen Fry. Much to Michael's relief, Stephen judged the work 'excellent' and was kind enough to describe him as 'an outrageous talent.' The show also gained the appreciation of Rick Wakeman, with whom Michael recorded a version of the show in 2015. This was released on Rick's own label, RRAW.
Since then, Michael has been busy on many projects on stage, screen and on record. He has recorded voiceovers for clients such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Uber Agency involving products as diverse, yet complementary, as pension plans and Cobra beer. Aside from this, Michael also works in production. In 2023 he edited shows for ITN/C5 and produced 2 Top Ten Independent albums for Madfish Music, from his home recording studio. The studio runs on an industry grade M2 Mac Studio, and with a combination of high-end microphones, software and broadband connection, is capable of providing broadcast standard audio and video in real time.
TV Voiceovers
(For Tombola, official sponsors of I'm a Celebrity)
Grape Productions https://www.tombola.co.uk/imacelebrity/tombola-bugs
Recording Grub's lines for the 2023 campaign, Silk Sound, Berwick St, London
Chips (2023)
Grub - The Bugs Are Back (2023)
Voicereel
(radio ads)
Voicereel
(Sir Henry at Rawlinson End)
Michael performing some of the 14 characters from the show. Taken from the album recorded with Rick Wakeman, Neil Innes and Rodney Slater of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and co-produced with multi-instrumentalist musician Andy Frizell.
Interviews
Over the years Michael has had the opportunity to interview some of his great heroes, including Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, Danny Baker, Robin Ince, David Quantick, Phill Jupitus, Rowland Rivron, Mike McCartney, John Gorman, John Halsey to name but a few.