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MouthSounds

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A well-written, step-by-step, fun guide to the folk art of sound making. I actually learned how to taxi whistle with two fingers, bark like a dog so well my chihuahua goes crazy, do cartoon SFX, and do a perfect impression of a water drip. I've used the sounds a lot in story telling, juicing up a story at a party, and when reading to my kids. It a great party book - I used it at a deadly family reunion to break the ice. It was a hit. The book comes with tear-out record which you will have to transfer to tape to really use. That's a pain, but it is very helpful. It obviously needs updating to a CD or tape. Book also includes a great deal information about the history of sound, the human voice, and sound-making. The author, by the way, was host of Disney's Mickey Mouse club for years, and now does voices, music and sound for Nickelodeon and Disney's DOUG animated series.

I learned how to bark like a dog (my favorite) and now I scare people at school. They look around with a confused look on their faces saying "Where's the dog?!?"

Frederick R. Newman more than earned my respect with this masterpiece. His abilities to do these incredible sounds are, in my opinion, only second to his uncanny knack for filling others in on just how to most easily do them! Way to go Freddy!

My parents bought me this version of the book back in either elementary school or junior high. I played the included Eva-Tone Sound Sheet tear-out record on my little sister's indestructible Fisher Price turntable and I listened to it, over and over, for hours on end, and gradually amassed a good chunk of Newman's mid-80s repertoire.

A few years back he vastly expanded the book and changed to a CD. The quality suffered. The CD is not as concise or witty and actually gets irritating at some points. Between the two, this one has the much better recording. Get both for completeness (the new book is far more informative) but get this original book if you get only one edition.