New Book Club Launched for Voice Talents at Voices.com
February 04, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment News
Toronto, Canada (VOICES.COM) February 5 – Voices.com is pleased to present the world with the first-ever voice over industry book review series, instituting a book club designed specifically for professionals in the voice over field. The Voices.com Book Club offers monthly book reviews from respected industry gurus, businesspeople, and technologists, serving millions of readers around the globe with detailed, personal reviews of an authors work.The audience of the Voices.com Book Club is largely comprised of people who use their voice to make a living, consisting of voice actors, voice talents, voice artists, voice over professionals, voiceover coaches, instructors, authors, production facilities, and recording studios.
The first book reviewed at Voices.com was celebrity voice talent Rodney Saulsberry’s “You Can Bank on Your Voice”, a book that gives people a leg up on getting into the voice over business. Rodney’s book covers all aspects of discerning talent, getting started, home studio setup, interpreting copy, auditioning, agents, unions, and more. The book is liberally sprinkled with vignettes from his career experiences, often humorous and always useful.
When interviewed about writing You Can Bank on Your Voice, Rodney Saulsberry says, "I was inspired to write this book by the pure love that I have for this business and my desire to let others know about this wonderful opportunity behind the camera. You can truly attain spiritual and financial success in the world of voice-overs!"
Voices.com Book Club reviewer, Stephanie Ciccarelli says, “Rodney’s book is sincere and encouraging, providing generous tips on how to succeed in voiceovers. Three aspects I appreciated most were his attentive writing style to his readers, focus on relationships between voice actors and their representation, as well as a comprehensive section on reading copy for movie trailers and commercials.”
Anyone interested in receiving an autographed copy of Rodney Saulsberry’s book can do so by purchasing the book at his website, http://www.rodneysaulsberry.com
To read the book review, visit the VOX Daily blog at Voices.com:
http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2007/01/you_can_bank_on_your_voice.html
About Rodney Saulsberry
Rodney Saulsberry is one of the top voice-over talents in the United States. For more than a decade the Detroit native and University of Michigan graduate has given voice to many commercial campaigns, including Toyota, Alpo, Colgate, and movie trailers such as, Finding Forrester, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Dumb and Dumberer, The Best Man, and Friday After Next. Saulsberry also lends his character voice to that animated Jazzman in Zatarain’s television spots. As an announcer, he has worked on the NAACP Image Awards, and the Essence Awards television specials. Saulsberry, the voice of Joe Robbie Robertson on the cartoon series Spider-Man, resides in Agoura, California.
About Voices.com
Based in London, Canada, Voices.com provides an online marketplace, facilitating transactions between business clients and voice-over professionals, employing a comprehensive suite of web-based services. Clients that have worked at Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader's Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, US Army, the US Government and more.