Alfred Molina’s Passion for Audio Book Narration

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. He’s been on Broadway in

The Voice Over Demo and Scripts

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 voice actor in Atlanta) “Where do I find scripts for my demo?” Great question and a fairly easy answer. When I’m working on a new demo, I get most...

Part 2 Q&A : Voicebank.net’s Amber Dahlin talks about Websites and Marketing

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 in their careers. Amber has been with Voicebank.net for 9 years so she’s seen a lot of changes. Today, she talks about effective marketing...

Q&A with Voicebank.net’s Actor Services Sales Director, Amber Dahlin

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 have the pulse on the voice over industry. -Tracy Pattin TJP: What’s the most common question you get from voice over talent? AD: “How do I get my demo...

Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy talks to Sound Expert Mark Holden about Home Studio Set-Ups

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 studio in West Hollywood, The Invisible Studios. Mark is truly a sound expert. (So much so he can hear dogs barking in Eagle Rock when he’s at his studio in West Hollywood 10 miles...

The Virtual Voice Over World and The Home Studio Set Up

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 16 years, recording engineer and music producer, Mark Holden has been immersed in the world of sound including the voice over world, from setting up home studios to working in live radio plays...

First Come, First Served Part 2

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 Fish Voice Company, I had to blog about the blog. Here’s part of what she said: “Regarding getting the auditions in first to the client, there will be occasion where this...

Who Am I? Branding and Voice Over

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? (everything to everybody) For some, doing that thing you do best brings huge results (i.e. Don LaFontaine), for others it can pay off to be many brands of voices for many kinds of projects. I still don’t...

Spring Cleaning and Voice Over Marketing

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 my voice over website on VoiceRegistry. I needed to update and refresh! Amber at Voicebank.net/VoiceRegistry walked me through the changes I needed to make. I had a “New!”...

Voice Registry-Tracy Pattin talks again to Networking Maverick Bob Souer (Part 2)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 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...