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Audiobook Acting book, by Taro Meyer, is 1st masterclass of its kind
Train your voice & be an Audiobook Actor! SAG-AFTRA has said its members are still allowed to work voiceover and audiobook jobs.
Good morning my fellow actors and entertainment lovers. I've received a great new blog post from a publishing friend and writer, who shared a very timely blog, written for performers.
The piece below is written by Taro Meyer, a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, and director whose work has garnered Audie and Earphone awards. Her productions have been named to the lists for ALA Notable Recordings, the YALSA Top Ten, Publishers Weekly Annual Best of the Best, and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults.
A former actor and singer, Meyer starred on Broadway in Zorba, with Anthony Quinn, and in the
miniseries Memories of Midnight, opposite Omar Sharif. She has also starred off-Broadway and in daytime TV. Enjoy her amazing words of wisdom.
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Her new book, Audiobook ACTING, can be purchased at bookstores and online.
From Tara Meyer:
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As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, actors and writers are suffering both financially and creatively. And it looks like it won’t end any time soon. The head of SAG, Fran Drescher, has made it clear that the two sides are far apart and that the union is in it for the long haul, willing to go six month or more for a fair deal.
But there is a bright light in all this darkness. SAG-AFTRA has said its members are still allowed to work voiceover and audio book jobs. This is welcome news to members who are already under financial stress, giving them the opportunity to pay their bills while still using the creativity and special skillset they’ve worked years to obtain. And for some, it has the potential to expose them to a career path they may have never considered, as it did for me.
When my daughter was in her last year of high school, I wanted to spend as much time as possible with her before she left for college. The audiobook industry gave me that time, and it opened up a passion and creativity for an art I ended up spending decades working in.
Of course, competition is fierce. The actors who get the work will be the ones who embrace the special skillset audio books demand.
Strikes are awful, but audiobook acting, can pay the bills and allow you to express your creativity in an exciting and growing field.
