What to put in demo tape?

Question:A friend of mine wants to apply for a company that does voice dubbing for tv and commercials. The company asked for a demo tape to be submitted. What do you put in the demo tape?

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The CD should be no longer than 90 seconds.
Have 5-8 separate reads.
The first piece should be natural voice (perhaps just introducing yourself, or reading a story).
Don't use accents or impersonations unless you do them very, very well.

The pieces should include ad copy (commercials) and narration. You can get your copy from the TV/radio done by someone with a voice similar to yours.
For narration, use magazine articles or how-to manuals (good if you want to do industrials).

Don't "act." Don't use an "announcer" voice; companies are looking for natural-sounding voices.

For examples, here's a bunch of V/O demos done by working actors:
http://www.talentpoole.com/voice.html

You put in your skill (what you are able to do).

Like if you have the good voice for it, speed, etc.

That's really all it is.