If you enjoy reading aloud and can sustain a consistent read, or even voice multiple characters, this line of work is for you.
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To make it more of a movie for the mind, Catherine allows us to take all the "he saids/she saids" out of the book. It's also a real treat to get to read and play off of another actor.Voices is Your Source for Audiobook Narrator JobsĮverywhere you look, the audiobook business is booming! Within this multi-billion dollar business, publishers and companies worldwide are seeking diverse voices to provide audiobook narration in multiple languages.
I've done several duo narrations for Catherine Coulter, and they are a blast to narrate.
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RR: Typically, only one person narrates an entire book. But some titles will beg for a full cast of narrators (for instance, The Bible). Several of the bigger name authors, like Catherine Coulter, can request - and their audiobook sales can support - hiring two narrators usually a male and a female. However, two of the aforementioned titles I recorded in these last couple weeks, took over twice the PFH. One had approximately 130 different characters in it, many of those returning from prior books in the series.īI: How many narrators work on any given book? So if a title is 10 hours, it usually takes me about 15 hours of actual recording time.
RR: A fairly standard title would take me about 1.5 times the length of the book. The audiobook world is measured by the "PFH" (per finished hour). Whether it's medical verbiage, names of towns in foreign countries, or another language all together, we are responsible for it being 100% accurate. For the most part, as the narrator, I am responsible for coming up with all pronunciations in the book. The prep on a non-fiction title is usually limited to pronunciations, and some research, based on either the author or the subject matter. RR: It really depends on the project. While I do prep for every book I narrate, a non-fiction book typically takes a lot less time than a fiction novel. It's fairly exhausting, because during those eight hours, I'm talking the whole time, and there's never a moment where I can stop and return emails, phone calls, or not be in full performance mode. Let's just say I'm not the best conversationalist when I get home. I sit for long stretches of time in a dark small studio (usually by myself, unless recording with a partner). Unlike a radio commercial, which might take an hour to record, I work full eight-hour days, five days a week, with just two short breaks a day and lunch. Narrating is like running a marathon versus a sprint. I'm not complaining, as there are other jobs in our world that are truly backbreaking hard and dangerous! RR: Without a doubt, audiobook narration has been the toughest work I've done in the world of entertainment.
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RR: While having success in a variety of daytime and prime time television and film opportunities, my "voice over" star was rising. I had voiced hundreds of TV and radio commercials, including several national campaigns for retail and political ads, as well as cartoons and video games.
And certainly not within a month!"īI: So how did this lead to your narrating career? He said, "I never thought I'd hear from you again. When I called and gave him this update, there was a stunned silence on his end of the phone. Within 30 days, I moved to Los Angeles and had taken every step of advice he gave me. He smiled and said nobody had ever asked those questions, because they probably didn't really want to know the answers, and he proceeded to give me a detailed list. I flew to Los Angeles and asked him to give me every piece of advice that he could, in addition to what he believes the biggest mistakes other aspiring actors make, that ultimately lead to their leaving the business unfulfilled. I asked if I could interview him, and she kindly set up the meeting. RR: One of the girls that I worked with at the ad agency told me her brother was a pretty big agent in LA.
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