Alfred Molina’s Passion for Audio Book Narration
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »Alfred Molina is a fantastic actor of Stage, Film and Television. You've seen him on the big screen in Frida, Chocolat, The Da Vinci Code, The Hoax, Not Without My Daughter and of course as Dr. Ock in Spiderman 2. ...
The Voice Over Demo and Scripts
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »This week has had the theme of voice over marketing thanks to Voicebank.net, Amber Dahlin's Q&A with me Wednesday and Thursday. She just emailed me that one of the most common questions (one she was asked again yesterday from a ...
Part 2 Q&A : Voicebank.net’s Amber Dahlin talks about Websites and Marketing
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Q & A, Uncategorized | No Comments »Online marketing has become key to the voice over career. In yesterday's Q&A blog with Voicebank.net's Amber Dahlin, she talked about how Voicebank.net and Voice Registry fit into to our high tech world and help the voice actor move forward ...
Q&A with Voicebank.net’s Actor Services Sales Director, Amber Dahlin
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing, Q & A | No Comments »Most people in the voice over world have heard of Voicebank.net by now, so I thought it was time to ask Sales Director of Voicebank's Actor Services division (since 1999) Amber Dahlin, a few questions, especially because she seems to ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy talks to Sound Expert Mark Holden about Home Studio Set-Ups
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast, Podcast | 3 Comments »For 16 years, Mark Holden has been immersed in the world of sound as a recording engineer for TV, radio and live radio plays for LA Theatre Works to producing for the music industry and now opening his own recording ...
The Virtual Voice Over World and The Home Studio Set Up
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Hardware, Technical | No Comments »As we know too well, with so much of our lives lived in cyberspace these days, we voice over artists are having to do more and more auditions virtually, so much so that the home studio is becoming the norm. For ...
First Come, First Served Part 2
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in General Info, Talent Agency | 4 Comments »Last week I wrote a blog called, "First Come, First Served." It generated 9 comments. Clearly this is an issue that has a lot of opinions. And when I got a comment from Talent Agent, Elynne Dale at The Big ...
Who Am I? Branding and Voice Over
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »I was just talking to another voice talent today about branding. The question is who am I? And what is my brand? (of voice) But, as voice actors, do we focus on being ourselves or try to be Super VO? ...
Spring Cleaning and Voice Over Marketing
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »They say (who are they anyway?) that getting rid of clutter opens up new opportunities. Just like blog sites need to be constantly filled with new posts, voice over sites need to change as well. So I decided to unclutter ...
Voice Registry-Tracy Pattin talks again to Networking Maverick Bob Souer (Part 2)
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast, Podcast | 4 Comments »[audio:http://www.productionbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bob-souer-part-2.mp3] right+click here to download podcast (11mb) Longtime voice actor/storyteller, Bob Souer has found a powerful way to network on the internet. Three years ago he created The Voiceover Boblog where he blogs about everything voice over from the latest news to ...
Attention Voice Talent! Voice Over Job!
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Finding Work, General Info | 1 Comment »Literati Audio, Inc. ( formed by a former Time Warner Audiobooks producer) is looking for a British female actor (20s-30s) to narrate three abridged Jane Austen titles. Job pays $1,200 non-union flat fee and will likely record in June in ...
Voice Over Networking in the 21st Century
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Finding Work, General Info, Marketing | No Comments »"It's all about connecting" says veteran voice actor (a.k.a. "storyteller") and blogger, Bob Souer. Just as we are literally connecting through the internet we are also connecting with each other building new relationships across cyberspace. The internet is one more ...
“Voices Remember” Event in NYC, April 28, 2008
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I have had the pleasure and privilege of being a guest speaker at many of Joan Baker's seminar's. "Making Millions With Your Voice" is one of the Learning Annex's most popular and well attended events. Joan is a ...
What Do We Call Ourselves?
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »Names are important to any business. They can act as our verbal calling card. When someone asks, "what do you do?" we voice over "folks" seem to have several names. Voice Over Actor, Voice Over Talent, Voice Over Artist. I ...
First Come First Served
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Talent Agency | 10 Comments »So many of us have voice over representation in cities across the country. Sometimes doubling up on agents can result in doubling up on invitations for the same audition. Rule of thumb? The first agent to send the audition gets ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks to Networking Maverick Bob Souer (Part 1)
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast, General Info, Podcast | 7 Comments »[audio:http://www.productionbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bob-souer-podcast-part1.mp3] right + click here to download podcast (10 mb) Longtime voice actor(he goes by "storyteller") Bob Souer has found a powerful way to network on the internet. Three years ago he created The Voiceover Boblog where he blogs about everything voice ...
The New Way to Market your Voice
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Marketing, Q & A | No Comments »In 2005, Bob Souer forged a new way to get his voice out there...in cyberspace. He started The Voiceover Boblog. It was a time when almost no one was blogging about the voice over industry. In my interview ...
“The Big Give” for Voice Actors-Sharon Feingold talks about giving back
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Q & A | No Comments »Voice talent, Sharon Feingold has found a way to combine her voice over career with charity through her initiative and association, Stars at Bedtime. In my blog interview with her she talks about how she helped start this endeavor and ...
A Slice of Voice Over Life- Sharon Feingold Shares Her Story
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Q & A | No Comments »Sharon Feingold left the world of academia (a degree in psychology from George Washington University then on to an MBA in marketing from Georgia State) for a career in voice over. She used her business savvy to propel her forward ...
Speak Up! Free Voice Lessons From Pat Fraley
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Voice Over Instruction | 1 Comment »Seems like not only is Bob Souer great at paying voice over forward, the company he keeps does the same. Check out Bob Souer's blog post from February 29th. Here's an excerpt: "Normally it costs a pretty hefty chunk of ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks again to Voice Talent Dominic Catrambone (part 2)
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »[audio:http://www.productionbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dominic-catrambone-part-2.mp3] right + click here to download podcast (9 mb) Dominic Catrambone, a Chicago native has spent the last 9 years as a working voice over artist in Los Angeles. He has voiced several national radio and TV campaigns and can be ...
4 more tips for Voice Over Success a la Dominic Catrambone
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »I just finished listening to part 2 of my upcoming March 4th podcast; My interview with successful voice over talent, Dominic Catrambone. Here are 4 more tips from him: 1. Listen. (to yourself and the director) Whether you're in the ...
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