|
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
THE #1 MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND HONEST BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO'S EVER
WANTED TO SING ON MAJOR TV COMMERCIALS You have a great voice, but
record deals are getting harder and harder to come by. Paid gigs
don't pay enough and solo albums aren't selling even with
promotion. There is an answer for you VOLUME 4 OF THE 30-30 CAREER:
MAKING 30 GRAND IN 30 SECONDS SINGING ON MAJOR TV COMMERCIALS walks
you through the lucrative world of commercial jingles. What once
was stereotyped as a career for campy, cliche vocalists and
songwriters has now become a pathway to generating a hit song and
promoting bands and brands at the same time. JINGLES today are
sounding more and more like SINGLES. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been made by singers on commercials over the years and
the competition is growing tougher and tougher all the time.
Whether you are a new comer or veteran in the game, VOLUME 4 of THE
30-30 shows you how to break deeper into this money-making industry
right now and have your voice heard locally, nationally and
internationally. We break down the SKILL, the NETWORK, and the
PSYCHOLOGY of singing on commercials. With the record industry
changing day to day, every singer and songwriter should be making
extra money in the advertising industry. It's true. You're either
NETworking or NOTworking Ever wonder why the politics are never on
your side? This book unveils the politics and secrets to working
your way onto vocal contracts that get you paid. Start networking
today and make "NEW" money by SINGING ON MAJOR TV COMMERCIALS.
A hilarious romp from small-town USA to the pink carpet of
Hollywood with the beloved Emmy-winning actor, playwright, and gay
icon
Leslie Jordan is a small man with a giant propensity for scene
stealing. Best known for his bravura recurring role as Karen's
nemesis, Beverley Leslie, on "Will & Grace" (for which he won a
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy in 2006), he has also made
memorable appearances on "Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Monk," and
"Murphy Brown."
Raised in a conservative family in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Leslie
-- who describes himself as "the gayest man I know" -- boarded a
Greyhound bus bound for LA with $1,200 sewn into his underpants and
never looked back. His pocket-sized physique and inescapable talent
for high camp paved the way to a lucrative and varied career in
commercials and on television. Along the way he immersed himself in
writing for the stage, and his one-man testimonials have become
cult off-Broadway hits. But with success came dangerous
temptations: a self-proclaimed former substance abuser and
sexaholic, Leslie has spent time in jail and struggled to overcome
his addictions and self-loathing.
"My Trip Down the Pink Carpet" is a rollicking, fast-paced
collection of stories, served up with wit, panache, and plenty of
biting asides. Filled with comically overwrought childhood agonies,
offbeat observations, and revealing celebrity encounters -- from
Boy George to George Clooney -- it delivers a fresh, laugh-out-loud
take on Hollywood, fame, addiction, gay culture, and learning to
love oneself.
An uncensored Hollywood tell-all filled with explicit tales of
love, sex, and revenge from the video vixen made famous by
Warrant's rock anthem "Cherry Pie."
Who could forget the sexy "Cherry Pie" girl from hair metal band
Warrant's infamous music video? Bobbie Brown became a bona fide
vixen for her playful role as the object of lead singer Jani Lane's
desires. But the wide-eyed Louisiana beauty queen's own dreams of
making it big in Los Angeles were about to be derailed by her
rock-and-roll lifestyle. After her tumultuous marriage to Jani
imploded, and her engagement to fast-living Motley Crue drummer
Tommy Lee ended in a drug haze--followed by his marriage later to
Pamela Anderson--Bobbie decided it was time Hollywood's hottest
bachelors got a taste of their own medicine. Step one: get high.
Step two: get even.
In a captivating, completely uncensored confessional, Bobbie
explicitly recounts a life among some of the most famous men in
Hollywood: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Costner, Mark McGrath, Dave
Navarro, Sebastian Bach, Ashley Hamilton, Rob Pilatus of Milli
Vanilli, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Orgy's Jay Gordon, and many
more. No man was off limits as the fun-loving bombshell spiraled
into excess, anger, and addiction.
Bobbie survived the party--barely--and her riveting, cautionary
comeback tale is filled with the wildest stories of sex, drugs, and
rock and roll ever told.
![Ben Holt (Hardcover): Mayme Wilkins Holt](//media.loot.co.za/images/x80/298241369681179215.jpg) |
Ben Holt
(Hardcover)
Mayme Wilkins Holt; As told to Nevilla E Ottley
|
R614
Discovery Miles 6 140
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
|
Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt,
one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the
entertain-ment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films
"Big Fan "and "Ratatouille, "as well as the television hit "The
King of Queens, "Patton Oswalt--a staple of Comedy Central--has
been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with "Zombie Spaceship
Wasteland, "he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and
lovable, mindscape.
Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to
Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be
explained. He remem-bers his teen summers spent working in a movie
Cineplex and his early years doing stand-up. Readers are also
treated to several graphic elements, includ-ing a vampire tale for
the rest of us and some greeting cards with a special touch. Then
there's the book's centerpiece, which posits that before all young
creative minds have anything to write about, they will home in on
one of three story lines: zom-bies, spaceships, or wastelands.
Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our
society's wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and
fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. "Zombie Spaceship
Wasteland "is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton
Oswalt's wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of
fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining
"wasteland."
IMAGINE THESE UNLIKELY--BUT TRUE--ENCOUNTERS:
Martha Graham and Madonna
Igor Stravinsky and Walt Disney
Frank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev
President Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley
Harpo Marx and George Bernard Shaw
Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud
Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot
BRILLIANT IN CONCEPTION AND DIZZYING IN EXECUTION, "Hello Goodbye
Hello" is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, chance
meetings, and disastrous collisions between the celebrated and the
gifted, the famous and the infamous. Witty and wicked, "Hello
Goodbye Hello" is the perfect example that truth is stranger than
fiction (and infinitely more enjoyable).
|
You may like...
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz, David Ritz
Paperback
R453
R379
Discovery Miles 3 790
Hoe Ek Dit Onthou
Francois Van Coke, Annie Klopper
Paperback
R300
R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
|