Why you should get more than just a “.COM” after your name.
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Actor, Marketing | 1 Comment »If you are serious about the VO world and making it big, you need to know that marketing yourself WELL is an important part of getting to be successful. As much as you hear “It’s a small world”, don’t forget ...
Bob Bergen Talks About “All Things Animation” on New York’s 101.1 FM
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I just got this email from Marian about Bob Bergen's New York radio interview Friday May 30th: -Tracy Pattin Just a ‘heads up” if you’re in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area (or know someone who is), and have access to NYC ...
AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP on Primetime Television Contract
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info, Union Info | No Comments »LOS ANGELES (May 28, 2008)—The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—the nation's second largest performers’ union, representing 70,000 members, including approximately 52,000 working actors—has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin talks to BBC Senior Producer/Director Kate McAll
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Kate McAll has been a BBC Radio producer of features, documentaries, poetry and drama for 20 years, making programs for BBC's Radio 3 and Radio 4. She now is a BBC radio Senior Drama Producer in Wales. She ...
BBC Producer, Director Kate McAll Talks About Hiring American Voice Talent
Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in General Info | 3 Comments »Just over a month ago, I was project coordinator for the BBC radio play, The Highest Tide (written by Jim Lynch) airing this June 4th on BBC Radio. It gave me a first hand experience of the radio play process. ...
Recording Engineer Segues into Voice Directing
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in General Info | 10 Comments »I met Juan Carlos Bagnell (a.k.a. Some Audio Guy) when he began commenting on the Voice Registry podcast/blog site. I was particularly interested in the fact that he's adding Voice Director to his recording engineer career. -Tracy Pattin Here's a little background ...
So, What Does It Take? Longtime Voice Over Teacher, Producer, Director Bill Holmes Shares His Mojo Secrets
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »As you may know, Bill Holmes is a friend and colleague of mine in the voice over industry. Check out my Voice Registry podcast interviews with him. He has generously agreed to guest blog for me as I was out ...
To Demo or Not to Demo? What’s in a Great One?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 1 Comment »Seems like it's a fairly easy answer, but Amber at Voicebank.net gets this question constantly. So, what makes a great demo? Should we have several demos for all the voice over categories? Or should we even have demos at ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks To Discovery Networks Producer Michael Payne
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Michael Payne is a television veteran with over 20 years experience in the industry. He is currently the president of Hearts and Minds Media, LLC, specializing in non-fiction media with social, educational, and emotional relevance. Since beginning his television career ...
Spec Voice Over Projects that Turn Lucrative
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I wrote a post called "Firsts" That Last, about my first voice over job, Adventures of an Amazon Explorer, (original producer/director: Cate Frost) done on spec that turned lucrative years later when Discovery Networks bought the documentary for the ...
International Radio & Creative Production Summit
Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Marketing, Q & A | 1 Comment »I thought I'd check out Bob Souer's blog to see what he's been up to and voila....He's got news about another event for voice talent! And it's the same weekend as the Voice Over Conference (August 8th & 9th). ...
Another Deal or No Deal
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »I wrote a blog recently called, Deal or No Deal about a voice over situation where I ended up doing more work for the same pay (at first). I got so many comments, I've decided to keep the conversation going. ...
Push Creative interview with Don LaFontaine
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info, Interview, Q & A | No Comments »More than just "The Voice", Don is a man of great humor, integrity and worldly knowledge. In the last year, I've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with him during a number of seminars we've attended together. ...
Voice Registry Podcast – Tracy Pattin talks to Anime Voice Director Rene Veilleux
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »During Rene Veilleux's 15 years in film and television production he has worked for numerous high profile companies including; CBS, Miramax, MTV, Nickelodeon, E! Entertainment Television, TLC, double A Films (Sundance award winners), and Forensic Films (Sundance award winners). ...
Japanese Anime is alive and well and expanding voice over opportunity
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »"Japanese Anime has become more popular because subtitles have been replaced by dubbing." Says Animation Voice Director, Rene Veilleux in tomorrow's (Tuesday May 13th) Voice Registry Podcast. Good news for voice talent. Rene talks about Japanese Anime and what voice ...
Foley Fly On The Wall
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »Still here at The Invisible Studios (at Video Box Studios) coordinating and assisting for the BBC radio play, "Kicking The Habit" with Alfred Molina, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Darren Richardson and Roy Dotrice (see yesterday's podcast). I did some foley ...
“Kicking The Habit”
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »And I don't mean rehab. I'm here at The Invisible Studios (at Video Box Studios in Los Angeles) project coordinating/production assisting on a fantastic new BBC radio play called "Kicking The Habit" directed by Pete Atkin. The series is ostensibly ...
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks to producer/director Rosalind Ayres about Mamet and radio plays
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Audio Podcast | No Comments »Rosalind Ayres is a regular contributor to radio and audio on both sides of the Atlantic, as a director, producer and actor. With her husband, Martin Jarvis, she has produced plays and readings for the BBC - Most recently DR ...
Producer/Director Rosalind Ayres talks about working with David Mamet and radio plays
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 6th Voice Registry podcast) I talk with Rosalind Ayres, via phone patch to London, about producing and directing radio plays and working with David Mamet. Seems Mamet started out in radio getting his short pieces produced. On the ...
4 Tips on Negotiating the Deal
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »The past two days I've been talking about voice over negotiating. As voice talent, we often have to stand up for ourselves, either with agents, producers or anyone else who's involved in furthering our career. I learned a lot ...
Deal or No Deal….”The Final Voice Over Tag”
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in General Info | 1 Comment »In yesterday's blog Deal or No Deal , I wrote about a recent voice over experience. Here's an excerpt: "It has probably happened to a lot of you as non-union voice talent (yes, I am still non-union, in LA!). You go ...
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