How to Make a Million Dollars with Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying), Second Edition EPUB

Parlay one of your most basic natural assets--your voice--into an exciting career in the entertainment industry!

Now back in print, legendary entertainer Gary Owens draws upon his four decades in radio, TV film and animation to show you how to break into the voiceover business and carve out a million-dollar niche for yourself with your voice. Sprinkled with priceless anecdotes and tips throughout from well-known actors, producers and agents, Owens gives you the inside track on becoming a successful DJ, newscaster, announcer, sportscaster, commercial or cartoon voice, or other type of voice artist.

HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO:

Zero in on and promote your vocal talents

Develop realistic career goals and an action plan

Produce a demo CD that sells

Find and land an agent

Write winning cover letters and resumes

Ace interviews and auditions

Along with updated appendices of voice-over workshops and seminars and talent agencies representing voice-over artists, many never-before published illustrations (not included in the first edition) from the entertainer's personal collection round out this second edition.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

GARY OWENS skyrocketed to national fame as the announcer on NBC’s classic Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. During his career, he appeared on camera on more than 1,000 network TV shows, voiced more than 3,000 cartoons (including Space Ghost and Dino Boy and The Ren and Stimpy Show), and emceed Emmy and Grammy telecasts. He also hosted several national radio shows, and routinely voiced more than 1,000 commercials a year. Owens was inducted into The National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame (for both radio and television) and the Radio Hall of Fame, and he has a star next to Walt Disney on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

JEFF LENBURG is a prolific, award-winning author and celebrity biographer. He has written more than 35 books--two them national bestsellers, including autobiographies and biographies of Lorenzo Lamas, Dudley Moore, Dustin Hoffman, Veronica Lake, Steve Martin, Dudley Moore, the Three Stooges, and others.