Welcome to the home of British Voiceover Artist, Mike Cooper
I’m Mike Cooper, an experienced, professional, British Voiceover Artist based in London, who works for clients both here in the UK and worldwide. My voice is characterised as believable, authoritative and friendly, with an “everyman” quality that’s easy to listen to, and this is reflected in a broad range of projects to date.
My clients range from small businesses looking for a voice for their telephone messages, through companies requiring a narrator for their latest corporate video or podcast, right the way up to international broadcasters like the BBC, where I can regularly be heard as an announcer and newsreader on the BBC World Service. I regularly supply voice tracks for everything from e-Learning and training projects to podcasts, on-air promotions, TV continuity and commercials. In short, if my voice fits your requirements, I’m happy to help, with no job too small or large, and at competitive rates.
Because I have my own professional recording facilities, I can provide a cost-effective solution with fast turnaround to meet your project deadline – and without the cost of hiring expensive production facilities and staff. Your finished voice track can be supplied over the internet as an MP3, a WAV – or virtually any other digital format – with the professional-quality, finished files sent via email or FTP to a site of your choice. I can also connect instantly to other studios worldwide, using industry-standard ISDN, or the newer AudioTX and Source-Connect VOIP codecs.
On this site you can hear clips from my previous projects, find out who I work with and, most importantly, get in touch. If you’ve never booked a Voiceover Artist before (or “voice actor”, or “voice-over actor”, or even “voice talent” – the terms are interchangeable), then take a look at my Q&A page, where I’ll answer some of your questions.
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Recent News
July 23, 2010 • Mike Cooper narrates “Jaws: The Inside Story” this weekend on Bio
It’s the movie which scared everyone out of the water and which made the directing career of Steven Spielberg. It broke box office records and went on to win three Oscars. But it nearly didn’t get made at all and was beset by problems during production. So, how did one of the greatest movies of the seventies overcome the obstacles to take its place in the movie hall of fame?
London-based, British voiceover artist Mike Cooper is the narrator for Bio’s “Jaws: The Inside Story”, which premieres in its UK version this weekend. The two-hour documentary features interviews with the stars and with Spielberg himself, giving diehard fans and newcomers alike a unique insight into the production.
The programme is a reversion for Bio’s UK audience, and is just one of a host of documentaries narrated by Mike Cooper for Bio, History, Military History, National Geographic and other channels. If you would like to talk about using Mike for your own project, please contact him for details. Based in London, Mike narrates regularly for clients around the world, either recording and editing in his own studio, or working live via ISDN or Source-Connect direct to your own facility. Phone and Skype patch are also available for you to listen in if required.
“Jaws: The Inside Story” premieres on Sunday 25th July at 9pm on Bio (formerly The Biography Channel). Bio is on Sky 529 & 530(+1), Sky HD 545, Virgin 234 & 235(+1)
June 19, 2010 • MikeCooperVoiceover.com 2.0 is live!
Welcome to my redesigned homepage – the culmination of several months of work and tweaking with my new web designer, who’s gone well beyond the call of duty to make it work.
I asked for “evolution, not revolution” and wanted to preserve the things I liked most about the old site, while giving it a facelift and bringing it up-to-date. In particular, I wanted to:
- reduce the amount of text on the front page and make it easier to navigate
- give clear directions to the most important parts of the site – hence the “Listen”, “About” and “Contact” buttons at the top of the page
- provide clear links to my other profiles, on YouTube, Twitter and so on, which weren’t as important to me when version 1 went onto the internet
- give myself a way to dynamically update the front page with my recent activity
- highlight some of my better-known clients, with a random selection of logos on the homepage
I hope you’ll agree that the new page is an improvement. All things being equal, the next update will see some great innovations on the “Listen” page to make it easier to find the clips you want, and last – but by no means least – my blog, “Gobs on Sticks”, which has been “resting” since the end of last year, is all set to make a new splash.
Watch this space, and do let me know what you think. And if you like what my designer has done for me, then do check out All Design Online.
Best wishes,
Mike
June 3, 2010 • Mike Cooper is the English voice of woopline
British Voiceover Artist Mike Cooper is now the English language voice of “woopline” – a service provided by German-based “woopla GmbH” in Duisburg.
woopline enables customers in Europe to use their paysafecard to make cheaper calls without registration and without handing over their credit card details. Users dial their nearest access number (numbers are available in Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands and Slovenia – as well as over Skype), enter their paysafecard PIN and the number they wish to call, and woopline connects them at preferential rates.
You can hear Mike’s voice on the English version of the service, which is running on the Skype, Slovenia, France and Netherlands access numbers, and this IVR (Interactive Voice Response) project is just one example of where a professional voiceover artist may be used to make the right impression on your clients. And remember: you only get one chance to make that first impression!
