Voice Over Commercial Auditions Casting and Information » Talent Agency http://blog.voicebank.net Industry news, views and reviews Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:01:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2006-2009 All rights reserved. admin@voicebank.net (Tracy Pattin) admin@voicebank.net (Tracy Pattin) posts 1440 http://www.productionbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/voicebanknetsquarelogo.jpg Voice Over Commercial Auditions Casting and Information » Talent Agency http://blog.voicebank.net 144 144 http://www.productionbank.com/blog/?feed=podcast The Professional Voice Over Industry Resource Voicebank.net interviews the most amazing people associated with the voice over industry. Hear what the pros are talking about and how the voice over industry is evolving with new technology and what you need to know to stay competitive. Whether you are new to voice over, or an old time pro, you will undoubtedly be entertained and educated by what you hear. tracy pattin, voicebank, voiceregistry, voice over, productionbank Tracy Pattin Tracy Pattin admin@voicebank.net no no First Come, First Served Part 2 http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served-part-2/ http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served-part-2/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:04:43 +0000 Tracy Pattin http://blog.voicebank.net/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 is indeed a benefit. For the most part though, the client has posted the job so broadly because they want something they believe they cannot find locally or by casting with one or two agencies. In this case, they tell us they will listen to every last audition that comes in.

The next time they cast though, they invite the agencies that provided them more bang for their listening buck.

Armed with this information, our strategy and focus is not to be first, instead we focus on providing value as if these clients are ours exclusively and we treat them as such.”

I have to say this has opened my eyes to what the agents go through. We voice actors spend so much time scrambling to get those precious auditions that could lead to even more precious jobs, we may forget the “behind the scenes” strategies of the agent.

-Tracy Pattin



]]> http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served-part-2/feed/ 4 First Come First Served http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served/ http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:16:46 +0000 Tracy Pattin http://blog.voicebank.net/first-come-first-served/ So many of us have voice over representation in cities across the country. Sometimes doubling up on agents can result in doubling up on invitations for the same audition. Rule of thumb? The first agent to send the audition gets the submission. It’s sort of like dating. Until you’ve made a commitment and become exclusive, you’re free to test the waters with other agents. It’s one of those unspoken things. They know you’re not “theirs” but still they want to be special. I recently got an email from one of my agents asking for help with this dilemma. They’re saying when the voice talent uses the “First come first served” rule, it doesn’t give them enough time to confer with the client to get valuable insight on the specs giving the agent the winning edge. Does this mean we actually have a better chance with this agent? Not sure what to think. Any thoughts? Post your comments.

-Tracy Pattin



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