The Secret of Accrued
Audiobook Assets (Video 3)
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Running time: 46 minutes
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(YOU’RE WATCHING: VIDEO 3) The Secret of Accrued Audiobook Assets
Plus: Case study of one narrator who went from “newbie” to ”star” with his first audiobook
Feel free to ask your questions here…Dan and I are ready to answer them and help you begin your journey as an audiobook narrator on ACX, for Audible and for any other production platform or publisher you want to work with.
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So…Just post your questions below.
Hey David….To be a successful audiobook narrator, besides possessing the suggested audio gear, on the average, approximately how much time does an established audiobook narrator spend each day behind the microphone?
It varies all over the place, depending upon the narrator. For some, audiobooks is all they do, and they are in the studio up to 6-8 hours a day.
For others, there are bursts of time when they are working on a book that might be that much (especially if they are working in the studio of a publisher like Audible or PRHA), but on other days, nothing much is going on.
And then there are the vast majority of narrators, for whom audiobooks are a part of a performance portfolio, and may spend an hour or two every few days working on a book (ACX’s standard production schedule is 60 days, so even if your book is 10 hours long, you can easily fit that in with an hour or two every few days). I balance a number of different pursuits, including on-camera, other categories of VO, training/coaching etc, and this past week was a light one for me – two hours in studio finishing up a seven hour book.
So the correct answer likely is “it depends” and “you set your own schedule.”
Please choose me!
How long does the course take before I could start auditioning?
Dan and I were just talking about this the other day, that in every single one of the versions of the classes that we’ve taught over the last 11 years, not only do people start auditioning within a couple of weeks of beginning the class (even before wrapping the training), but without fail, someone gets an offer while class is still in session.
Truth is, you can start auditioning right now. But the more you learn in the training, the better you’ll be at auditioning and handling the process of actually booking a job.
Audiobooks are arguably the lowest hanging fruit of voiceover categories, and when combined with a development of your talent, the opportunities are much greater than one would imagine.
Hi David and Dan….
My work schedule currently is very fluid – are the classes set in stone on specific dates/times or is it like the three videos, where they’re “dropped” at certain times and made available? I’m trying to figure out if my schedule will work to be able to sign up. Thanks in advance.
We’ve got you covered whatever your schedule is. The two live classes each week are recorded and released the next morning in both video and audio, so you can either attend live, stream the recordings, or what often happens, you can do both.
And the recordings of your weekly classes are available to you forever.
Hope that helps!
I’ve watched all three videos, thank you so much, they are wonderful. I’m worried that my home set up might be hard to get right. Pre war apartment in NYC, upstairs neighbor who practices saxophone, piano almost every day, almost all day. Generally, we hear our neighbors through the thin walls and floors. Could you offer any help with that? Many thanks, I’ve learned so much already.