Deal or No Deal
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 4 Comments »It has probably happened to a lot of you as non-union voice talent (yes, I am still non-union, in LA!). You go in to do a voice over job and it ends up being different than you expected. It's ...
Voice Registry Podcast – Tracy Pattin talks to Director/Producer Bill Holmes
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Bill Holmes is an award winning director who has freelanced with casting houses over the past 15 years including, The Voicecaster, Sight n’ Sound Casting, Sheila Manning Casting, Danny Goldman Casting as well as his own company Compost Productions. Not ...
Less Practice Makes Voice Over Perfect?
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I wrote a blog in January called, Practice Makes Voice Over Perfect about the importance of voice over classes and practicing our craft on a regular basis. In my upcoming second podcast interview (Tuesday April 29) Bill Holmes (this time ...
Wall Street Journal article on SAG/AFTRA negotiations.
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Union Info | No Comments »This is a repost from an April 3, 2008 Wall Street Journal article written by Peter Sanders. Actors Guild Faces Drama In Its Ranks - Stewart Wilson-Turner
Some thoughts on the 2008 Union Contract negotiations.
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Union Info | No Comments »The current SAG and AFTRA negotiations for their expiring contracts is the big topic of conversation in the voice over industry. Over the past 12 months, I've had discussions with everyone from Producers and Creative Directors at Ad Agencies ...
The San Francisco Voice Over Market- Q&A with Voice One’s Elaine Clark
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing, Q & A | No Comments »I've known Elaine Clark for years, when I began studying voice over in San Francisco. Elaine's very successful school, Voice One , is one of San Francisco's best known places to train for voice over (and on-camera acting). Not ...
Voice Over Conference in Los Angeles
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in General Info | 2 Comments »I went to Dave Courvoisier's Blog, and read his post about the upcoming 2008 Los Angeles Voiceover Conference August 8-11th. Dave's April 23rd blog " VOICE 2008 Mythbusters" refers to the VO 2008 Conference newsletter where they dispel rumors about ...
New Media and Voice Over
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I just got back from Podcamp D.C. Podcamp is a usually free un-conference focused on everything New Media; From New Media Marketing, Podcasting, Blogging to YouTube-ing and powering your personal network with Linkedin and other Social Media sites. So what does ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks to 13 year old Film Actor/Voice Actor Forrest Landis
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Red headed Forrest Landis at 13 already has a long film acting resume; Cheaper By The Dozen 1&2, Flight Plan and stars as Thomas Miller in the upcoming Doubting Thomas. He's also a very talented voice actor, playing the main ...
A Young Voice Actor Has Lot To Say
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »If you read my blog post about Forrest Landis called, "All I Ever Needed To Know I Learned From A 13 Year Old Voice Actor" you'll get a pretty good idea that this young man has a lot of wisdom ...
Online Marketing-More than SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »Okay I stand corrected on my blog post from April 3rd on Search Engine Optimization thanks to the person I was quoting from in his blog, Peter O'Connell. When I wrote " The internet is like the biggest shopping mall ...
Podcamp DC – The New Media UnConference
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »I'm off to Washington D.C. today to go to the Podcamp DC conference. Podcamp DC is an "unconference" focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and ...
Long Form Documentaries
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Finding Work, General Info | No Comments »I love getting questions (and comments) from our voice actor audience and even better being able to answer them! Doug sent in this question and I'm putting it out to everyone. Maybe you can answer this. Here's what he asked: "In ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks to Producer, Casting Director Rick Zieff
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »Rick Zieff (Yellowbird Media) directs, casts, produces, writes and acts (on-camera/voice over) for film, TV, stage, radio CD-ROM and the internet. His reputation for innovative multicultural casting and finely tuned character direction make him sought after for animation, videogames, industrials ...
The Latest “Secret” to Voice Over Success?
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Casting Director, General Info, Marketing | No Comments »When I interviewed Rick Zieff for tomorrow's Voice Registry podcast (Tuesday April 15) it was clear he wears many more hats than his voice talent beret. He also casts, produces, directs and teaches. Which begs the question, should performers ...
Audiobook workshop coming to Los Angeles
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »I don't see audiobook workshops very often. And since this week has been about audio books (my podcast interview with the wonderful Alfred Molina part 2) and radio plays ("The Highest Tide") I thought it seemed apropros to blog about ...
All I ever needed to know, I learned from a 13 year old voice actor
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I'm here again in the field at Video Box Studios stage managing a radio play for the BBC called, "The Highest Tide." The main character is Miles (Forrest Landis) a 13 year old kid from Puget Sound in Washington, fascinated ...
Radio Plays are Alive and Well in England says BBC Radio
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in General Info | 2 Comments »I'm in the field today at Video Box Studios in Los Angeles, stage managing the radio play, "The Highest Tide" for BBC radio. Kate McAll flew in from Wales to direct and produce the project in conjunction with LA Theatre ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin talks again to Alfred Molina (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Alfred Molina is an accomplished actor of Film, Stage and Television. You've seen him on the big screen in Frida, Chocolat, The Da Vinci Code and of course as Dr. Ock in Spiderman 2. He's also starred on Broadway in ...
Alfred Molina’s secret to perfecting accents
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »The first time I met Alfred Molina I was stunned. He said "hello" in this thick British accent. I was sure he was an American actor after seeing him as Moody in the film Not Without My Daughter. Soon I ...
Searching For Your Voice- SEO and Voice Over Marketing
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »What I've discovered with the New Media craze is it's all about SEO or...Search Engine Optimization. Sounds like a complicated concept but it's pretty simple. You have to be easily searched. So whether you're offering voice over services or selling ...
Happy Good People Day!
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »Okay I was going to write about search engine optimization (thanks to yet another valuable Bob Souer blog posting) and then I just read his most recent post on Good People Day. Which is today. Bob Souer is one of ...
A Little Voice Over Face Time
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »I was talking to longtime voice actor (just one of his many talents!) Martin Jarvis the other day about how technology has changed the voice over industry significantly. Martin is one of those performers who likes going into his agent's ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks to Alfred Molina (part 1)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast, Podcast | 4 Comments »Alfred Molina is an accomplished actor of Film, Stage and Television. You've seen him on the big screen in Frida, Chocolat, The Da Vinci Code and of course as Dr. Ock in Spiderman 2. He's also starred on Broadway in ...
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