Making Money in Voice-Overs, 2nd Edition (With Cd): Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in TV, Commercials Radio and Animation (Book & CD) [Paperback]

Terri Apple (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1580650694 | ISBN-13: 978-1580650694 | Publication Date: December 20, 2006 | Edition: 2nd

The best-selling classic—now includes a bonus CD with examples and exercises!


All across the country, there is work in voice-overs. Now the classic guide to getting hired in this lucrative field has been completely revised and updated to reflect today’s marketplace. A bonus audio CD adds voice-over samples and helpful exercises for television, commercials, and animation. From self-assessments to creating a demo to preparing for recording sessions, Making Money in Voice-Overs is the complete guide, packed with insider tips, strategies, and dos and don’ts that will help both beginners and experienced professionals.

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About the Author

Terri Apple has been one of the country’s top voice-over actresses for more than 20 years. She has had as many as 20 national commercials running simultaneously, as well as promos for ABC and CBS. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Lone Eagle; 2nd edition (December 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580650694
• ISBN-13: 978-1580650694
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,254,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Advice in Less-Than-Perfect Form, March 28, 2000

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This review is from: Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and Radio (Paperback)

The massive amount of helpful information in this book is marred by only two things:

o It desperately needs some copy editing to remove the sentence fragments and other "word-processing glitches," and

o The discussions of technology need to be reviewed by someone with a firmer grasp of how such things actually work.

Because of this, I would give it 4-1/2 stars instead of 5 if that rating were available.

In the big picture, however, these are minor quibbles with a book that otherwise covers a lot of ground and answers a lot of questions that aspiring voice actors would have. It provides an in-depth look at the voice-over business (with particular focus on Los Angeles) from the perspective of a busy, in-demand performer who has paid enough dues to know what she's talking about, and because it is fairly new it covers recent developments that older books omit. Certainly well worth the modest investment for anyone wanting to know more about this business.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good starting point but..., February 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and Radio (Paperback)

This book has a lot of info for someone who wants to start in this biz. I liked her input on what to include/exclude on your demo tape. However, some of the expert advice is "take classes" and "find an agent" - duh! She also doesn't seem to know much about the nuts & bolts of recording, for example: "take your headphones off if you're making comments about the producer or engineer, they pick up everything." Um, Terry the *microphone* picks up everything regardless of where your headphones are.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where was the editor?, February 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and Radio (Paperback)

The book contains good information, but it is so poorly written and edited that it is, at times, incoherent. I could not get past the first thirty pages.