Voice & Voiceovers

The Singing Voice
Pat Wilson
This concise, intelligent, helpful, funny and eminently readable book will show you how to keep that voice of yours in good trim and how to tackle the tough world of audiitons, rehearsals, long runs, tours, sound studios and much more. Softcover, 115 pp. $33.00.

Word of Mouth: A Guide to Commercial and Animation Voice-Over Excellence
Susan Blu
Word of Mouth is the primary instructional book in the voice-over field. A clearly written and practical primer for the beginner and a welcome refresher course for the professional, Word of Mouth contains voice-over exercises, sample copy, and essential advice about producing a demo, auditioning, self promoting, getting an agent, and what to expect on the job. It also includes agent listings and a 50-minute audio CD. Softcover, 182 pp. $23.95.

Making Money in Voice-Overs
Second Edition
Teri Apple
In this thoroughly updated edition of Teri Apple's guide, she offers essential advice on perfecting your speaking and acting skills, producing a demo, finding an agent, preparing for auditions, and effectively promoting your talent in today's highly competitive market. The CD tutorial that Apple has prepared for this new edition will also assist in jump-starting your own successful and rewarding voice-over career. Softcover, 232 pp. $24.95.

Voiceovers
Janet Wilcox
Veteran voice-over actor, writer, producer, and teacher Janet Wilcox provides the inside scoop on the industry and personal training to help voice-over hopefuls find work in network promos, commercials, documentaries, books on tape, radio, animated films and more. Voiceovers shows readers how to use their great voices to garner cash and compliments. Softcover, 197 pp. $31.00.

Freeing the Natural Voice
Revised and Expanded
Kristin Linklater
Arguably the most read book on voice technique, Freeing the Natural Voice presents a lucid and multi-leveled account of the human voice in the context of performance. The emphasis of the work is on the removal of the physical and psychological blocks that inhibit the human vocal instrument and its objective is a voice in direct contact with emotional impulse, shaped by the intellect but not restricted by it. Its logical progression of exercises is designed for students, teachers, professionals, and anyone interested in vocal expression. Softcover, 381 pp. $29.95.

Broadcast Voice Handbook: How to Polish Your On-Air Delivery
Ann S. Utterback & Michael G. Freedman
For both novice and seasoned professional, Dr. Anne Utterback offers prescriptions for conversational delivery. Broadcast Voice Handbook is an industry guide to on-air vocal success. Hardcover, 356 pp. $51.95.

The Art of Voice Acting
Third Edition
James R. Alburger
This book is about acting and performing, but it's a kind of acting that is not on a stage in front of thousands of people. In fact, with this kind of acting you rarely, if ever, see your audience or receive any applause. In it, you will create illusions and believable images in the mind of the audience--a listening audience who might never see you, but who may remember your performance for many years. This is a book about acting and performing for voice-over. Even though the focus here is on developing your talent for working in the world of voice-over, the skills and techniques you will learn can be applied to any situation in which you want to reach and motivate an audience on an emotional level. Softcover, 333 pp. $31.95.

Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation: The Essential Handbook of the Spoken Word
lena Olausson & Catherine Sangster
The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation gives guidance on the pronuntiation of many potentially difficult names, words, and phrases. It is an indispensable resource for journalists, teachers, students, people working in the media, and anyone interested in pronunciation. Completely new, this handbook has been prepared by combining the resources of Oxford dictionaries with the BBC's unique worldwide expertise in pronunciation. Hardcover, 432 pp. $29.95.

Make Your Voice Heard
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones, a leading expert on voice training for actors, reveals his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised and expanded edition of a classic text. For any actor who wants to grow and develop, Make Your Voice Heard offers powerful, practical tools for connecting the voice to emotion and using the voice to create new levels of meaning. Softcover, 159 pp. $22.95.

101 Singing Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use
Adam St. James
Are you ready to take your singing to the next level? This book presents valuable how-to insight that singers of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: vocal exercises, breathing exercises, the singer's health, preparation, technique, understanding music, singing harmony, microphones, career advice, and much more. Softcover, 71 pp. $19.95.

The Singer's Companion
Sharon L. Stohrer
Provides both beginning and advanced students with a basic, reliable, readable introduction to the many issues focusing on training and maintaining a healthy voice. The Singer's Companion covers issues faced by vocalists in all styles of music, ranging from how to find a good teacher to auditions and performance tips. Softcover, 121 pp. $31.95.

The Human Voice: The Story of a Remarkable Talent
Anne Karpf
We live in an age when a hi-tech gadget that could reveal a person's size, height, weight, gender, sexual orientation, social class and race in less than sixty seconds unseen is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Yet, as Anne Karpf's engrossing book reveals, this amazing instrument already exists and has for centuries. It is the human voice--the key to communication and our ability to read between the emotional lines. Softcover, 399 pp. $21.95.

The Performer's Voice
Meribeth Bunch Dayme
Concise, accurate, and accessible, The Performer's Voice explains how the voice works and how to use it efficiently. Emphasizing the infinite potential of the human voice, this practical book enables vocal professionals to use their voices effectively to create dynamic performances. For anyone who relies on the voice for a living, this book provides the fundamental means for confident, imaginative, and compelling performance. Hardcover, 234 pp. $35.00.

Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer
Anne Peckham
Vocal exercises are key to a healthy and powerful singing voice. Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer provides singers of today's music with complete exercise circuits to match all voice types and levels -- whether you're new to singing or an experienced professional. Grounded in traditional vocal technique and updated for singers of rock, r&b, hip-hop, and other contemporary styles, this book will expand your vocal technique, power, stamina, range, and expressive breadth. Softcover, 117 pp. $32.95.

The Magic Behind the Voices
A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
Tim Lawson & Alisa Persons
The Magic Behind the Voices is a fascinating package of biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs of the actors who have created the unmistakable voices for some of the most popular and enduring animated characters of all time. Drawn from dozens of personal interviews, the book features a unique look at forty of the hidden artists of show business. Softcover, 367 pp. $36.25.

English Accents and Dialects
Fourth Edition
Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill & Dominic Watt
This is a unique introductory survey of the main regional and social varieties of English spoken in the UK and Ireland. The authors discuss accent and dialect in the broader framework of language variation, including phonetic, phonological, grammatical, lexical, historical and stylistic differences. This is followed by a survey of the speech of sixteen different areas of the UK and Ireland. Included is a CD consisting of edited interviews (all transcribed) with speakers from each of the different areas discussed. Softcover, 149 pp. $66.50.

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Pronouncing Shakespeare
David Crystal
How did Shakespeare's plays sound when they were originally performed? How can we know, and could the original pronunciation ever be recreated? This highly original book seeks to answer these questions by documenting the Globe Theatre's 2004 production of Romeo and Juliet, in original Shakespearean pronunciation. Renowned scholar, David Crystal, offers a unique combination of autobiography, narrative, and academic content in this fascinating volume of Shakespeare scholarship. Hardcover, 188 pp. $26.95.

Singing and the Actor
Second Edition
Gillyanne Kayes
This book contains a structured training programme for the singing actor and dancer. Pitching, registers and breath management, the communication of sung text and the production of Belt, Twang, and Speech qualities are all covered in this practical book. Revised throughout, this second edition now benefits from new insights on managing 'the break' and additional exercises for readers who process in different training modes. Softcover, 199 pp. $33.95.

Broadcast Announcing Worktext: Performing for Radio, Television, and Cable
Alan R. Stephenson & David E. Reese
This second edition of Broadcast Announcing Worktext provides the aspiring broadcast performer with the skills, techniques, and procedures necessary to enter this highly competitive field. In addition to the principles of good performance, this text addresses the importance of audience and how to change messages to communicate effectively to various groups. Television and radio studio environments, announcer specializations and responsibilities, and developing a broadcast delivery style are just a few of the many topics covered. Softcover, 335 pp. $74.95.

Acting With the Voice: The Art of Recording Books
Robert Blumenfeld
In this instructive resource, Robert Blumenfeld convincingly argues that the basic techniques of acting apply whether the actor is performing on a stage or in a sound studio. Here he offers numerous practical exercises to help the actor to use the human voice to convey a myriad of emotions and states of mind. In addition, this book includes a variety of literary texts, for the reader to practice with, each prefaced with notes by Blumenfeld. Softcover, 360 pp. $38.95.

The Broadcast Voice
Jenni Mills
If you work in broadcasting, or ever wanted to, then you must read The Broadcast Voice. This inspirational book and tutorial packed CD provide unique access to practical advice previously only available through the author's one-on-one coaching. Using specially designed techniques, this book will teach you the skills that have launched hundreds of careers. Softcover, 271 pp. $45.50.

This Business of Broadcasting
Leonard Mogel
Although finding work in the broadcast industry is a daunting task, getting the information necessary to launch an effective job search and land the job that's right for you doesn't have to be. This Business of Broadcasting provides all the necessary industry backround and career advice needed for you to secure an entry-level position or to make a mid-career change in television or radio. Softcover, 334 pp. $39.95.

Speak With Distinction (Book Only)
Edith Skinner
This revised edition of the classic text is an absolute must, not only for the actor, but for anyone who wishes to speak with distinction. Exercises, diagrams, and expert advice guide the reader through the art and craft of effective verbal communication. Softcover, 406 pp. $47.95.

Speak Without Fear
Ivy Naidstadt
In our age of impersonal electronic communication, the ability to speak before an audience is becoming increasingly important; however, for many people public speaking is a chore marked by overwhelming anxiety. Fear not, for Speak Without Fear offers a unique, practical process which is proven to help you become a powerful oral communicator. Hardcover, 211 pp. $28.95.

Talking Funny For Money: An Introduction to the Cartoon/Character/Looping Area of Voice-Overs
Pamela Lewis
Based on Pamela Lewis's popular program of the same name, Talking Funny for Money is a two-CD voice-over workshop (which includes demos by professional voice-over performers), with an exercise manual and companion text. If you've ever considered putting your unique voice to work, then buy this book: it will show you how! Softcover, 215 pp. $29.95.

Film, Broadcast & e-Media Coaching
Essays on Voice and Speech
This collection of 67 articles, by experts from around the world, focuses on the theme of coaching actors for performances in film, broadcast and e-media. Softcover, 334 pp. $45.95.

Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones
This 17th edition of Daniel Jones' classic pronounciation guide includes over 80,000 entries, 215,000 pronounciations, full coverage of British and North American pronounciation, useful information on key pronounciation issues, and much more. Softcover 606 pp. $33.95.

VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
Harlan Hogan
One of the country's top voice-over talents shares his secrets of success in this insider's guide to the industry. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone who has longed to earn a living by speaking into a microphone will cherish this insightful and often hilarious glimpse the business. Softcover, 249 pp. $24.95.


The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice
Patsy Rodenberg
Teaches the use of the voice by engaging the heart, mind and body. $31.95.

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Last modified June 23, 2008 .
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