MICHAEL COSTANTINO

AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR

VOICE ACTOR

Facts can be Fun! That’s what I’m talking about.

AUDIOBOOKS

CURRENT PROJECTS

SELECT PROJECTS on Audible

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The Age of Reason
NON-FICTION / Thomas Paine... my mind is my own Church... a logical, Deist approach to theology
Vaporware (4.8 stars)
FICTION / Richard Dansky... she's sexy electric blue, and all too real for an in-game AI
The Philosophy of Mathematics
NON-FICTION / Boris Kriger... the path of mathematics from simple intuitions to high abstractions

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

NON-FICTION / John Locke… the mind at birth is a blank slate… this 1690 essay paved the path of empiricism in modern philosophy.

Mastering the Art of Letting Go (5 stars)
NON-FICTION / Anthoni Moon... you can't really control, so let go

DEMOS

Astrophysics
NON-FICTION/PHYSICS: which theory of quantum physics do YOU choose?
Fiction with comedic attitude
FICTION: FEMALE + KIDS: xmas + the undead?
Sociology with a taste of the snarky
NON-FICTION: why are some people assholes?

Reader & Author Reviews

  • Honestly, the narration is what sold me. It’s rare to find an audiobook that sounds this natural like someone who really believes what they’re saying without trying to sell it.

    Mastering the Art of Letting Go by Anthoni Moon

    5 stars

  • I did not want to stop my audiobook to sleep or make dinner... basically anything other then finishing.

    Vaporware by Richard Dansky

    4.8 Stars

  • The voice, the flow, the message all felt balanced.

    How to Stop Overthinking by Anthoni Moon

    5 stars

  • I just wanted to thank you for the excellent job you did narrating my book. Your voice, pacing, and attention to detail really brought the text to life, and I couldn't be happier with the result.

    The Limits of Abstraction by Boris Kriger

DOCUMENTARY

DocuMinis on YouTube

Take a few seconds to sit back, relax, listen… and breath.

DOCUMENTARY & COMMERCIAL DEMOS

Trained At & Produced By Edge Studios, NYC

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Documentary Demo - 5 Clips (1:52)
Tech, Science, Psychology, Nature, Pets
Narration Demo - 5 Clips (1:40)
Nature, Technology, Music How-To, History, Product Explainer

ABOUT MIKE

My whole life has involved delving into the 7 Liberal Arts: Music, Astronomy, Geometry, Arithmetic, Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic… and the 8th: science fiction and fantasy!

With degrees in music and astrophysics, and masters degrees in music, I journeyed along storied careers in digital design, music, opera, theater and more.

Coupled with a long and bruising history of ultimate frisbee & the outdoors, my love-filled, lucky, and tragic life has been a helluva ride.

One thing's for sure...
I've got a lot left to say.

TAGLAND

To assist with possible book matches here are some of my interests and characteristics:

male, deep voice, resonant, colorful range, adult/mature, articulate, liberal arts education

musician, baritone, saxophonist, arranger, composer, narrator, recording engineer

astrophysics, physics, math, philosophy, sciences, history of ideas

technology, user experience, design, code

nature, hiking, backpacking, ultimate frisbee

fantasy & science fiction, video (Zelda) & board games

husband, bereaved father, fun uncle (funcle?), cat dad, cook, jester, human bean

recent books read/reading/listening (for pleasure):

📖 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

📖 Traversal by Maria Popova

📖 Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin

📖 The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

📖 Life After Death by Deepak Chopra

📖 A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

📖 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

🎧 3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan narr. by Dion Graham

🎧 A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell narr. by Jonathan Keeble

🎧 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson narr. by Richard Matthews

🎧 The End is Always Near by Dan Carlin narr. by Dan Carlin

the studio

< -60dB noise floor

recording booth

  • GIK Acoustics Portable Isolation Booth x3 (walls)

  • GLK Acoustics Bass Trap x2 (ceiling)

  • 2’x4’x4” Bass Trap Foam (walls at mic height)

  • Sound Dampening Curtains x4

gear

  • Mac mini m4, 32Gb RAM

  • Rode NT1

  • Stedman PS101 pop filter

  • Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 4th gen

  • iRig BlueTurn + XPPen Mini Keydial

software

  • Adobe Audition

  • Izotope RX11

  • Waves F6 & Scheps Omni Channel 2

THANKS & CREDITS

Coaching

Edge Studios

Carol Monda

Photography

Nataliya Laylor Photography

SPECS

  • Gender: Male

  • Age: >60

  • Maturity: vacillates from 1 to 92

  • Location: Stratford, CT