Deal or No Deal

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 more work for the same money. You’re so thrilled to have the gig. You don’t want to burn bridges but you don’t want to burn your VO dignity. What do you do? A few months ago, I got a call...

Voice Registry Podcast – Tracy Pattin talks to Director/Producer Bill Holmes

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 only has he been working very successfully in the voice over business for the past 25 years but he has been teaching commercial voice over classes...

Less Practice Makes Voice Over Perfect?

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 he puts on his producer/director hat) talks about what voice actors do right in auditions, “the people who work all the time, walk in, do it and walk out. They’re...

Wall Street Journal article on SAG/AFTRA negotiations.

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 var hs_portalid=78808; var hs_salog_version = "2.00"; var hs_ppa = "voicebank1.app7.hubspot.com"; document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + document.location.protocol + "//" + hs_ppa + "/salog.js.aspx' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));

Some thoughts on the 2008 Union Contract negotiations.

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 to Talent Agents to Actors – even a few SAG & AFTRA officials from both coasts have chimed in. Yes, the base point that people bring up is money: -...

The San Francisco Voice Over Market- Q&A with Voice One’s Elaine Clark

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 only is she a great teacher, Elaine is a successful voice talent and actor. I interviewed her recently about her school and the San Francisco voice over industry. -Tracy...

Voice Over Conference in Los Angeles

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 the voice over industry like “Those who can’t ‘do’ teach.” I especially love this one as I’ve...

New Media and Voice Over

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 this have to do with voice over? With the rapid expansion of audio podcasting….everything. Voice actors can bring a lot to the New Media...

Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin talks to 13 year old Film Actor/Voice Actor Forrest Landis

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 character, Miles in BBC Radio’s The Highest Tide (airing on BBC Radio and on their website this June 4). He’s clearly older than his years and offers wise...

A Young Voice Actor Has Lot To Say

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 for just over a decade of life. So much so, I decided to interview him after he finished recording the BBC Radio play, The Highest Tide. In my interview tomorrow (Tuesday April 22) you’ll...