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A peek into the world of professional voice acting is what this book and other sources are promoting it as, but it also seems. I got started through freelancing and bidding on work, keppeler said. The extended edition now in print, ebook and audiobook as read by authors yuri lowenthal and tara platt. Learn what goes on in the audition process, gain some tips for reading at maximum proficiency, learn some exercises and warmups and how to market. I also cannot stress enough how important this book is for helping actors with auditioning and working professionally in the voice over world. I bid on a short audiobook and got that, and it went well.
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