Voice-Over Voice Actor: The Extended Edition

Yuri and Tara have good sense of humor, but they remind you what it really takes to be a professional. If you wonder what it takes to be a VA, this is the best place to start your journey.

If you are interested in voice over and want to know about the industry, this is the book you need to read. It gives a broad overview over everything in the industry and even has a vocal training booklet at the end.

If you are at all curious in embarking on a journey through the unseen world that brings your favorite characters to life, then this book is a must read for you! 🙌🤩 Not only do you get the most helpful and knowledgeable suggestions on how to get started and hone your craft from two of the most experienced actors in the business, Tara Platt and Yuri Lowenthal, but they then give you various acting exercises and vocal warmups to get you into the daily grind. It’s also full of true, insightful & often silly stories from the legends of VO to help you make choices and move forward on your quest. Even if getting into voice over isn’t what you’re looking for, this book is mighty entertaining as it’s been endowed with Yuri and Tara’s quirky brand of comedy. Super useful and entertaining?! What more could you ask for? Go read the book already! Hurry!

Tara and Yuri are amazing people, and their book is so well written! Amazing tips, a must have for everyone in the industry!!

The book is quite interesting and there's a lot of different information but nothing particular. If you need a book on how to improve your voice, especially if you have some problems with it then this book is not gonna help you. Also if you need real advice on how to work with scripts and how to make your voice sound natural then again this book is not for you. The authors emphasize that first you have to be an actor and you need practice, practice and more practice. But anyway, if you want to know more about voice over industry in general and how everything works then it's pretty good book.

The book teaches you every step of the way. Its not just for noobs. I can't wait to dive fully in this. My only problem is my book came with yellow stains on the corner . it doesn't effect the words or me reading. It kinda gives it character..... Hope its just glue stains. Thanks for the book!!!

I am taking the dive into voiceover / voice acting and this book is a great resource from two pros in the biz! They bring practical advise with their years of being in the trenches (as well as the booth) and what they have experienced as well as the ebbs and flow of the business. It covers every aspect that a newbie needs to have a great foundation to step forth in this strange new world of VO/VA. Highly recommended !

I bought this book on the recommendation of a well respected Voice Actor, Robert Paulsen, who incidentally wrote the Foreword for this edition. I was asking him about resources for people looking to "break into the Biz"as it were. I myself do not aspire to produce voice over work, but I wanted to learn as much as I could to help my teenage son, who is autistic, have the opportunity to do so if he chooses that path. He has an innate aptitude for mimicry, and will practice independently to perfect his latest impression.To be honest, this book has been everything I could have hoped for as far as relaying the necessary information, and I was delighted to find how much of themselves that Tara and Yuri have breathed into the pages. As a self proclaimed autodidact, I always enjoy when the author/s teach while also speaking in their own unique voice, or in this case, voices.Thank you, Platt-Lowenthals, for this amazing labor of love. I look forward to referring back to it many times in the future.

A great book well written and full of useful information.

I love this book.

Just great

I bought the first edition in print answer was exctatic to find the new edition on Kindle so I can literally carry it everywhere forever! The info is fresh and well written. Informative but easy to digest and punctuated with delightful anecdotes of voice actors' experiences in their trenches so to speak. It's one of those books that is hard to put down and is definitely worth reading more than once. It's actually an unofficial "text book"/recommended reading from my own VO coach! Give it a read! It reads like an email from old friends. Love you, Yuri and Tara - I hope we may meet in person one day!

O livro que já era excelente, agora ficou melhor ainda com esta atualização estendida!Nele contém excelentes guias e dicas para entender melhor como funciona o mercado de dublagem nos Estados Unidos, porém que pode ajudar em qualquer lugar do mundo, pois as dicas são essenciais e universais, seja de equipamento, postura e ética.Recomendo!