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Archive for September, 2008

Voice Registry Podcast- Part 3 of Tracy Pattin’s Roundtable with Bob Bergen, Bill Holmes, Joyce Castellanos

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Actor, Audio Podcast, Beginners, General Info, Podcast, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

Voice Over experts, Bob Bergen (voice of Porky and other Looney Toons characters), Joyce Castellanos (former audio director/producer for NBC, Disney Channel) Bill Holmes (commercial producer/director/demo producer/ The Voice Over Doctor) share their insights about the industry in this NEW! ...

Is The Pendulum Swinging Back To The Agents?

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Beginners, General Info | No Comments »

In part 3 of my podcast interview NEW Roundtable Series, Animation Voice Actor, Bob Bergen, Promo Director/Teacher, Joyce Castellanos and Teacher/Producer, Bill Holmes, toss around the notion that clients don't have time to listen to thousands of online auditions, going ...

Bob Bergen/Bill Holmes Weekend Intensive THIS Weekend!

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »

Bob Bergen's animation class has a waiting list of 3 years. BUT this weekend, he and commercial voice over teacher/producer, Bill Holmes are doing a special intensive at Compost Productions in North Hollywood, California. Take advantage of this rare opportunity! Click here ...

Randy Thomas Does Book Signing Event for Her Book, Voice For Hire. Big Turnout!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in General Info, Marketing, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

The other night at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Los Angeles, Randy Thomas wowed the crowd with her stories about announcing for the Academy Awards and doing promos for Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and the Democratic Convention, as she promoted ...

Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin’s Roundtable Series: Bob Bergen, Bill Holmes, Joyce Castellanos part 2

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Actor, Audio Podcast, Beginners, Podcast, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

Voice Over experts, Bob Bergen (voice of Porky and other Looney Toons characters), Joyce Castellanos (former audio director/producer for NBC, Disney Channel) Bill Holmes (commercial producer/director/demo producer/ The Voice Over Doctor) share their insights about the industry in this NEW! ...

How To Succeed In The Voice Over Business Without Really Trying

Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Actor, Beginners, General Info, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

In tomorrow's Voice Registry Podcast Roundtable Series (part 2)  Bob Bergen, Bill Holmes and Joyce Castellanos, all agree that to be successful in this business, you must bring YOU to the audition and the job. "Nobody in this business needs another ...

Randy Thomas Book Signing in Los Angeles September 22nd

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in General Info | No Comments »

Join renowned Voice Over star, Randy Thomas, at the Barnes & Noble in The Grove for the launch of her new book co-authored with Peter Rofe, Voice for Hire: Launch and Maintain a Lucrative Career in Voice-Overs. Location:      Barnes & ...

Voice Registry Podcast- New Series! Tracy Pattin’s Roundtable with Bob Bergen, Bill Holmes, Joyce Castellanos

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Actor, Audio Podcast, Beginners, General Info, Podcast, Voice Over Instruction | 4 Comments »

Voice Over experts, Bob Bergen (voice of Porky and other Looney Toons characters), Joyce Castellanos (former audio director/producer for NBC, Disney Channel) Bill Holmes (commercial producer/director/demo producer/ The Voice Over Doctor) share their insights about the industry in this NEW! ...

Calling All Voice Actors! We Need YOUR Questions ASAP!

Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in General Info | 4 Comments »

In the past couple of weeks we've asked you, the voice actor, for answers to questions like, "What was your first voice over job?" Now we need questions from YOU! In an upcoming podcast, Animation actor, Bob Bergen (Voice of Porky ...

Upcoming Animation Workshops by Bob Bergen

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

Thanks again to VoiceRegistry client Marian Massaro for this: "Bob Bergen is traveling to several cities this year to teach his 2-day Animation Voice-Over Workshop...Bob will be returning to Atlanta on Oct. 18 and 19 for his Workshop at Captive Sound ...

Another Voice Over Course at NYU begins September 17th…

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

Johnna Gottlieb is teaching another voice over class this Fall at New York University and we highly recommend it.  Here's the info that we received from Johnna in case you're interested..."My NYU voiceover class “Voiceover: Beyond the Booth” is now ...

Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks Again To Female Promo Voice Over Star Randy Thomas (part 2)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Actor, Audio Podcast, General Info, Podcast, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

Randy Thomas is one of the most recognized female voices in America. She has the distinguished honor as the first woman to announce the biggest and most prestigious award show in the world not once but a record breaking SEVEN ...

Randy Thomas Shares Stories About Her friend Don LaFontaine

Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in General Info | 2 Comments »

Last week was a sad one indeed. I didn't post a podcast and didn't blog much. It seemed appropriate to take a break to remember Don LaFontaine. Stewart Wilson-Turner wrote a wonderful piece about him in the blog Wednesday, Sept. ...

Don LaFontaine…more than just a voice…

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info | 5 Comments »

Though we had run into each other on a few occasions over the past 6 years, I officially met Don 2 years ago through our mutual friends Joan Baker & Rudy Gaskins.  Joan runs a successful Learning Annex Seminar in ...

Don LaFontaine

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in Actor, General Info | 1 Comment »

The staff at Voicebank sends its deepest condolences to Nita, their children and the rest of the LaFontaine family.  He will be missed, especially by those of us who knew him. More to be posted later. Stewart Wilson-Turner

Best Advice To Success in Voice-Over Promos? Get a Map

Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Actor, Beginners, General Info, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »

"You wouldn't take a trip to Denver and not have a map" says Randy Thomas on building a lucrative voice-over career (part 2 of my Voice Registry interview with her tomorrow,Tuesday Sept. 9th). Randy is big on writing down your ...