{"id":1410,"date":"2022-02-27T06:24:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T06:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/?page_id=1410"},"modified":"2022-06-06T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:10:04","slug":"dom-magwili-audio-book-narrator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/index.php\/dom-magwili-audio-book-narrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Dom Magwili, Audiobook Narrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1410\" class=\"elementor elementor-1410\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96093e8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96093e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df5b5a9\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Dom Magwili, Audiobook Narrator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-263c5d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"263c5d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a34e2a\" data-id=\"9a34e2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5b962f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5b962f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe human voice is\u00a0the organ of the soul.\u201d<br \/><small>\u2014 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/small><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-706d21d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"706d21d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e5b7ca\" data-id=\"6e5b7ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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Southern<\/li><li>Home Studio: Presonus PD70 Microphone, Triton Audio Fethead Phantom Preamp, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Audacity<\/li><li>Affiliations: SAG\/AFTRA, Actors&#8217; Equity Association<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8c5bf1\" data-id=\"b8c5bf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca6630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca6630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMystery, M\/F:\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1410-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" 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src=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-nonfiction_Jim-Kwik.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-nonfiction_Jim-Kwik.mp3\">https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-nonfiction_Jim-Kwik.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\nRomance, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Person:\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1410-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_TheNotebook.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_TheNotebook.mp3\">https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_TheNotebook.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\nHumor, M\/M, Broad British and French Accent:\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1410-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_Flashman-and-the-Tiger.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_Flashman-and-the-Tiger.mp3\">https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1st-Per-Fic_Flashman-and-the-Tiger.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\nMystery\/Thriller, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Person, Japanese Accent:\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1410-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-Fic_SayanaraSlam.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-Fic_SayanaraSlam.mp3\">https:\/\/dmagwili.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3rd-Per-Fic_SayanaraSlam.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc488c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc488c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a11b8f\" data-id=\"2a11b8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc2d10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ecc2d10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e83f8d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e83f8d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. \u201d\n<small>\u2014 Henry David Thoreau<\/small>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-332b493 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"332b493\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ed613\" data-id=\"e4ed613\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d225f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d225f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I became an actor in 1974, worked in the classics and contemporary plays.\u00a0 Got involved with Asian American theater and Asian American Studies in the late 70s.\u00a0 Started writing and directing stage plays.\u00a0 Did a load of television and some movies.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been a SAG\/AFTRA\/Equity member for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;\">In the early 1980s me, my wife, and our friend toured the country with our Concert of Asian Americana.\u00a0 Think Peter, Paul, and Mary do Asian American material.\u00a0 We played places like Harvard, MIT, University of Minnesota, and Tulane University.\u00a0 I sang the American Songbook and Beatles tunes at General Lee\u2019s supper club before karaoke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I\u2019ve held other jobs.\u00a0 Acting teacher since 1976.\u00a0 Taught on-and-off at UCLA in Asian American Theatre.\u00a0 In 2006-2008 I got my MFA in Acting.\u00a0 I became an adjunct lecturer in Asian American Film and Video.\u00a0 I also spent some years behind the camera as a screenwriter, line producer, and director for Cine Excel Productions.\u00a0 This gives me an appreciation for deadlines for product deliverables.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I cut my teeth on fantasy tales like Robert E. Howard\u2019s <i>Conan the Barbarian<\/i>.\u00a0 Sword and Sorcery, humor, and adventure make up my reading appetites.\u00a0 I\u2019ve written my own novel, <i>The Infernal Promise<\/i>, that involves all the above.\u00a0 It is this interest that makes me a perfect storyteller for these genres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">I also learned that books could be funny by reading Max Shulman\u2019s <i>The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis<\/i>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve stood in line for stand-up on open mic at the Comedy Store.\u00a0 I\u2019ve studied the comic techniques of Pat Morita, Mort Saul, and Richard Pryor.\u00a0 I\u2019ve written humorous short stories, films, stage plays, and web videos.\u00a0 I relish \u201cthe funny\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">Now, I want to make a life for myself in audiobook narration.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been told my voice works for the classics, romance for seniors, fantasy, humor, and self-help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-bottom: 1em;\">This is another adventure.\nAnother castle in the air.\nThanks very much.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dom Magwili, Audiobook Narrator \u201cThe human voice is\u00a0the organ of the soul.\u201d\u2014 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Audio Samples Accents: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, German, French, American Southern Home Studio: Presonus PD70 Microphone, Triton Audio Fethead Phantom Preamp, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Audacity Affiliations: SAG\/AFTRA, Actors&#8217; 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