Milt Rosenberg ,WGN,Chicago
"Wonderfully amusing and informative reading-–you don't have to be a potential VO to enjoy this book!"


Chuck Cohen, executive creative director, C&C Advertising, San Francisco
"The best VO in the business has written the best (and funniest) book about the VO business."


Margaret Travolta, actress
"For an actor pursuing any facet of the entertainment industry, this book contains a wealth of invaluable information."


Michael Wells, executive casting director, Just Voices Casting, New York City
"Any person interested in a career in voice-overs should read this book."


Mike King, ARU, Chicago
"For anyone considering a career in the voice-over business, Harlan's book is a must-read."


Book Description
One of the country's top voice-over talents shares his secrets to success in this insider's guide to the voice-over industry. Not only does veteran actor Harlan Hogan offer a fascinating personal account of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and amazing coincidences encountered during his twenty-five year career, he also provides a wealth of tested tips for surviving and thriving as a voice-over actor. This indispensable guide features dozens of techniques to help readers train their voices, gain experience, make a demo, join unions, get an agent, and more. It also includes strategies for finding work in venues outside film and television, including games, automated telephone systems, and even Web sites. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone else who longs to make money speaking into a microphone will cherish this informative, insightful, and often hilarious glimpse at the business.


From the Publisher
In the early days of broadcast media, the booming "announcer" voice typified the limited style of voice-over work. In today's world of ubiquitous radio and television ads, automated telephone systems, games, and Web sites, a much broader range of recorded voices has emerged. In spite of the raised profile of the voice-over industry, learning to make money by speaking into a microphone has remained difficult for actors, broadcasters, and countless others who have been told "you have a good voice." That is about to change. Harlan Hogan, one of the nation's top voice-over talents, shares his secrets to success in VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor.


From the Author
VO demystifies the world of commercial voice-overs, showing readers exactly what happens during a voice-over session, how the field has changed, and how to forge a career as a voice actor. "Voice-over is a business, and the real work is getting the work," the author observes. "That work is done outside the voice booth."


From the Inside Flap
To help voice actors find work in the field, VO offers inside advice seasoned with the often hilarious accounts of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and coincidences encountered on his long journey to success. Coverage includes: Identifying natural talent Training a voice to make it commercially viable Gaining experience in smaller markets Making a voice demo CD Auditioning effectively Locating and signing with an agent Joining the appropriate unions Negotiating contracts Self-promoting to maximize exposure Advertising and corporate media producers, recording studio professionals, and others will also savor this practical and entertaining guide.


About the Author
Harlan Hogan is one of the most sought-after voice-over actors in the country. During his more than twenty-five years in the business, he has given voice to some of the most recognizable campaigns in advertising, including, "It's the cereal even Mikey likes," "That little itch should be telling you something," and, "Good things come to those who wait." He gives frequent voice-over seminars for AFTRA/SAG and has lectured at Northwestern University. The writer of more than fifty radio and television commercials and more than twenty-five corporate and educational videos, he lives in Chicago.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

About the Author
Harlan Hogan is one of the most sought-after voice-over actors in the country. During his more than twenty-five years in the business, he has given voice to some of the most recognizable campaigns in advertising, including, "It's the cereal even Mikey likes," "That little itch should be telling you something," and, "Good things come to those who wait." He gives frequent voice-over seminars for AFTRA/SAG and has lectured at Northwestern University. The writer of more than fifty radio and television commercials and more than twenty-five corporate and educational videos, he lives in Chicago.

SYNOPSIS

One of the country's top voice-over talents shares his secrets to success in this insider's guide to the voice-over industry. Not only does veteran actor Harlan Hogan offer a fascinating personal account of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and amazing coincidences encountered during his twenty-five year career, he also provides a wealth of tested tips for surviving and thriving as a voice-over actor. This indispensable guide features dozens of techniques to help readers train their voices, gain experience, make a demo, join unions, get an agent, and more. It also includes strategies for finding work in venues outside film and television, including games, automated telephone systems, and even Web sites. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone else who longs to make money spekaing into a microphone will cherish this informative, insightful, and often hilarious glimpse at the business.

FROM THE CRITICS

Michael Wells - executive casting director, Just Voices Casting, New York City

I have had the privilege of learning from Harlan Hogan for several years now. His words are as wonderful to read on paper as they are to hear on television. Any person interested in a career in voice-overs should read this book.

Mike King - ARU, Chicago

For anyone considering a career in the voice-over business, Harlan's book is a must-read. It's like an old friend explaining the positives and negatives of becoming a voice-over actor.

Margaret Travolta

For an actor pursuing any facet of the entertainment industry, this book contains a wealth of invaluable information.

Chuck Cohen - executive creative director, C&C Advertising, San Francisco