Mike Weiner (pronounced like Finer) started on the air in radio at age 15. After many years as a radio announcer, he was fed up when he was fired from a Washington, DC radio station in 1985.

Vowing never to work for any one employer again, Mike struck out on his own as a free-lance voiceover talent in a highly competitive market. Fortunately, some sales experience, marketing education and not a little luck landed him enough clients to earn a little more than $30k his first year out. He was able to double his income each year in subsequent years, and now earns six figures as a nationally heard voice and on-camera narrator for commercials, television programs, industrial training programming, cable TV infommercials, and voice mail systems at major corporations and government agencies.

Not long after he started his free-lance career, Mike began receiving calls from people all over wanting to know how to get into the business; where to start, what things to put into a demo tape, how much to invest, how much to charge, etc. It didn’t take him long to realize that there were a lot of people who were frustrated with being told how wonderful their voices were… and not knowing where or how to go about discovering if there was a talent they could exploit. In 1991, Mike began teaching small groups of “civilians” and active performers some of the techniques and marketing strategies he had picked up along the way.

Mike says there are no guarantees of success, but there are ways to more effectively prepare yourself and address the market than most performers know about. This book will help the “wanna-be” as well as the working professional get a leg up on the competition by making their talents more compelling to those who employ voice talent.

Mike Weiner (pronounced like Finer) started on the air in radio at age 15. After many years as a radio announcer, he was fed up when he was fired from a Washington, DC radio station in 1985.

Vowing never to work for any one employer again, Mike struck out on his own as a free-lance voiceover talent in a highly competitive market. Fortunately, some sales experience, marketing education and not a little luck landed him enough clients to earn a little more than $30k his first year out. He was able to double his income each year in subsequent years, and now earns six figures as a nationally heard voice and on-camera narrator for commercials, television programs, industrial training programming, cable TV infommercials, and voice mail systems at major corporations and government agencies.

Not long after he started his free-lance career, Mike began receiving calls from people all over wanting to know how to get into the business; where to start, what things to put into a demo tape, how much to invest, how much to charge, etc. It didn’t take him long to realize that there were a lot of people who were frustrated with being told how wonderful their voices were… and not knowing where or how to go about discovering if there was a talent they could exploit. In 1991, Mike began teaching small groups of “civilians” and active performers some of the techniques and marketing strategies he had picked up along the way.

Mike says there are no guarantees of success, but there are ways to more effectively prepare yourself and address the market than most performers know about. This book will help the “wanna-be” as well as the working professional get a leg up on the competition by making their talents more compelling to those who employ voice talent.

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors’ true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can’t remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors’ true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can’t remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors’ true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can’t remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.