A Day at Allport Productions Studios
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in blog | No Comments »Chris M. Allport is a one man operation, but it seems like he's got a team of people working for him. I went to his recording studio today to interview him about his voice over directing, producing and voice over ...
Audio Book Samples. An Emerging VO Opportunity?
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Finding Work, General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »At last weekend's LA Times Book Festival, there was talk about the continued growth of audio books. Probably due to new technology like the iPod. Seemed to be a glimmer of hope amidst all the gloom and doom about the ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks Again To Top Audio Book Narrator, Scott Brick (part 3)
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »Actor, screenwriter and audiobook narrator, Scott Brick definitely gives new meaning to a hyphenate career with credits in film, television, stage and radio. In 2000, Brick ventured into narrating audiobooks and quickly found himself embraced by the audio world. To date ...
How To Prep For Audio Book Narration? Listen To Radio Plays
Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »In tomorrow's podcast (Tuesday April 27) with top audio book narrator, Scott Brick (part 3) he shares his secrets to finding all those character voices needed in many fiction audio books. He'll do things like listen to old time radio ...
VO Actor Insights & Tips on Scott Brick’s Audiobook Narration Success (Part 2)
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »VO actor, Jon Morss wrote such a great comment last week on the Scott Brick podcast, that it needed it's own blog posting. This is part 2 of Jon's comments: Click here for part 1 "The other thing I found really important ...
VO Actor Insights & Tips on Scott Brick’s Audiobook Narration Success
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »When voice actor Jon Morss wrote his in depth comments on the Scott Brick podcast, they read more like a blog post, so I posted it as one. Here's what he said: "There is a great quote by Thoreau which I think ...
Pat Fraley Audio Book Seminar
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in General Info, Voice Over Instruction | 1 Comment »With the Scott Brick podcast having peaked the interest of voice actors wanting to learn about this part of the industry, here's an upcoming event taught by another top audio book narrator and instructor, Pat Fraley: Event: The Audiobook Reader Royalty ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks Again To Top Audio Book Narrator, Scott Brick (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »Actor, screenwriter and audiobook narrator, Scott Brick definitely gives new meaning to a hyphenate career with credits in film, television, stage and radio. In 2000, Brick ventured into narrating audiobooks and quickly found himself embraced by the audio world. To date ...
Audiobook Narration and Shakespeare
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Finding Work, General Info | No Comments »In tomorrow's podcast interview (Tuesday, April 21) with top audiobook narrator Scott Brick (part 2) he talks about the importance of acting and narrating books. "If I hadn't been an actor, I would have never been hired." What kind of ...
Doing Voice Overs Against All Odds
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | No Comments »When you first see him you can't tell. Just your typical voice actor in LA, going to his next voice over job. Trev Broudy is a young, fit guy, with piercing blue eyes, walking with his Golden Retriever. When he ...
AudioFile Magazine Celebrates “Golden Voices”
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »With my interview with top audio book narrator, Scott Brick, posted yesterday, it seems fitting to talk about AudioFile Magazine's "Golden Voices" Hall of Fame. Of course Scott is a hall of famer. Here's an excerpt from the magazine: "AudioFile editors celebrate ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks To Top Audio Book Narrator, Scott Brick
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast, General Info, Marketing | 13 Comments »Actor, screenwriter and audiobook narrator, Scott Brick definitely gives new meaning to a hyphenate career with credits in film, television, stage and radio. In 2000, Brick ventured into narrating audiobooks and quickly found himself embraced by the audio world. To date ...
You Have To Be A Good Storyteller For Audio Book Narration
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »In tomorrow's podcast (Tuesday April 14) top audio book narrator, Scott Brick, talks about the importance of being able to tell a story and have a passion for books. "The best practice is to tell jokes. They have the same ...
Branding In This New (non-mass marketing) World
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »Check out Bob Souer's blog on branding today. He references Grant McCracken writing about Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Fey comments on the fact that Amy Poehler's brand is not caring what people think- a less needy way of getting ...
Is Age a Factor In Voice Over? Can We Sound Too Old? Or Just Young Enough?
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in General Info, Marketing | 2 Comments »The great thing about voice over is anonymity. We get to be heard and not seen. So, it makes sense that you can be any age and be successful as a voice actor. Certainly there are voice over jobs for ...
Bob Bergen’s One Man VO Show in NYC
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in General Info | No Comments »So here's a different take on the Voice Over world. Voice actor extraordinaire, Bob Bergen, has a one man show, So Here's The Deal, in New York this month. -Tracy Pattin Here are the specs: "Wanted to give you a ‘heads up’ about ...
Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks To Marketing Expert/Voice Talent, Tori Hartman Part 4
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast | 1 Comment »Tori Hartman began her voiceover work at the suggestion of her publisher, who wanted her to record one of her books on tape. Two weeks later, she was in a studio launching her new career. In 2005, Tori opened what ...
It’s Not A Voice Over Popularity Contest
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Audio Podcast, General Info | No Comments »In tomorrow's final piece (Tuesday April 8th) of my interview with Marketing Expert/Voice Talent, Tori Hartman, she talks about how you can't be everything to everybody in voiceover. "You have to release who you think you're supposed to be." Tori's ...
“How to Become a Successful Voiceover Artist” UCLA Online Course Begins April 7th!
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Actor, Beginners, General Info, Marketing, Voice Over Instruction | No Comments »Exciting news for VO artists…Johnna Gottlieb (former voice over agent) will be teaching an ONLINE voice over course through University of California Los Angeles. The course runs from April 7th - May 12th. Course Description: “Talent and technique are just starting ...
Face Time vs. Facebook Time. What’s More Effective?
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in General Info | 1 Comment »Voice Talent, Jon Morss wrote such poignant comments about yesterday's podcast interview with Tori Hartman (Part 3), that they deserved their own blog post. He even answers the "What are you doing to recession-proof your voice over career?" question! Here's what ...
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