Entertainment Tonight’s Promo Voice Talent Randy Thomas at Book Soup Tonight in Los Angeles

Promo Voice for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider Randy Thomas and co-author Peter Rofe will be promoting their new book, Voice For Hire, How to Launch and Maintain a Lucrative Career in Voice-Overs, at Book Soup in LA tonight, July 31st at 7pm. Last night, at their Barnes and Noble book signing in Glendale, Randy and Peter talked about how they got into voice over, how they built their careers...

Motion Comics: New Voice Over Opportunity or More Celebrities Lending Their Voices?

After spending yesterday at UCLA for the Digital Media Summit and Linkedin’s Social Media seminar, the old adage comes to mind, “The one constant in life is change.” Add to that, “The one constant in technology is change.” The tech industry has so many new products, devices, widgets, software packages, apps, that it’s mind boggling. So, what we have to do, is take...

The Blog received a facelift!

We are excited about the changes that we are implementing on the blog. We are also working hard to provide you with more useful information and tools. If you have any suggestions for us please feel free to send them. If you are interested in advertising on this page, please email us at ads@videovoicebank.net! Best, Erica Kelly COO videovoicebank.net var hs_portalid=78808; var hs_salog_version = "2.00"; var...

Are Voice-over jobs on Craigslist safe to audition for?

We may buy a car or furniture off craigslist, but I want to know how safe you feel answering a craigslist ad for voiceover or on-camera work? Tell us about your experiences… Erica L. Kelly COO videovoicebank.net 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...

Video Voice Bank Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks to Top Promo/Trailer Agent Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones out at Abrams Artists working as the assistant to the head of commercials and voiceover and was eventually promoted to a voiceover agent. He thne moved over to Vox Talent Agency to head the promo/trailer/narration department. Right+Click to download podcast (10.8 MB) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here....

Meet Top Promo Voice Talent Randy Thomas

In keeping with the theme of this week’s podcast with VOX Promo Voiceover Agent, Jeff Jones, top Promo voice, Randy Thomas is doing her book signing here in Southern California. -Tracy Pattin Here are the specs: THURSDAY, JULY 30 AT 7PM Randy Thomas, Voice for Hire: Launch and Maintain a Lucrative Career in Voice-Overs Author Talk & Signing Voice-Over sensation, Randy Thomas, the first woman...

Voice Talent/Agent Relationship Makes For An Essential Winning Team

In tomorrow’s podcast (Tuesday, July 28th) with the head of the VOX Talent Agency’s Promo/Trailer/Narration department, Jeff Jones says it’s about client/agent teamwork. “I love going to events with clients (voice talent) where they take half the room and I take the other half. We meet up mid-evening and say, “Who’d you meet?” “Who should I follow up...

“The microphone is Like a Secret Camera on the Wall”

The past two days have been a fascinating look (and listen) into the world of radio drama. Producers Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres (Jarvis Ayres productions) have another winner on their hands. “A Pattern In Shrouds” written by Christopher Lee (directed by Martin Jarvis) looks at what was behind the Lord Mountbatten assassination and the killing of 18 British Soldiers in Ireland in 1979...

Video Games and Voiceover…It’s all about the acting

Video Game Producer/director Rick Zieff and video game voice actor Kevin Delaney joined forces the other night for a live online chat in Kevin’s studio (via U-Stream) on how to get into the video game world for voice talent. “Video Games require a certain skill set. Actors must have a big range to be able to play multiple characters. It requires a deeper set of acting skills”, says...

Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks Again with Commercial Copywriter Colleen Wainwright (Part 2)

Colleen Wainwright is a writer-speaker-illuminator who started calling herself “the communicatrix” when she hit three hyphens. She spent 10 years as an award-winning TV copywriter crafting ads for brands like Wheaties, Gatorade and Jell-O, and another 10 acting in them for cash money. Since deciding she’d blow her brains out if she had to sit through one more meeting about which...