That’s what the TSA at the little airport in Roswell, New Mexico wanted to know. I guess it looked like a pipe bomb to them. I was returning from few wonderful days in the nearby mountain village of Ruidoso, having met up with the wife’s family, and had brought along the traveling voice-over rig. The [...]
My agents have a rule about slating which is short and sweet. Name only. Not even the role. Put that in the file name. The intent is to curb the behavior of some actors who think that rude noises, mini-biographies, or lame attempts at being funny during the slate will make them more memorable when [...]
My friend John McCalmont emailed with a link to his new blog on which he plans to give us behind the scenes updates while hosting “Sliced”, a new show for the History Channel. John also has a new baby girl in the house. John has been busy.
George Whittam of El Dorado Recording Services has produced a most excellent video tutorial for voice actors who use Pro Tools and need help setting up a Source Connect session. You can also find session templates and written guides on the Source-Elements website, but I found that George’s video takes you through the steps quickly [...]
There has been a debate over on the Yahoo! Voice-over forum on whether or not the voice actor should include a headshot with or on the demo packaging or other voiceover marketing materials. Let’s be clear. Most actors have headshots and video demos for their on-camera careers. The question at hand is about including a [...]
At least once a year the missus and I like to load up the motor car and drive to Ruidoso, New Mexico where we met and sparked. The drive from Dallas to the Land of Enchantment is long and stooopid dull with points of interest being giant electricity making windmills and a statue of a [...]
I can’t remember a time in my voice over career when I’ve worked with so many new people in the span of a few weeks. Faceless folks to me since I’m meeting them via ISDN or phone-patch in the home studio. Names and voices in my headphones from studios in Los Angeles, Austin, Detroit, and [...]
These can be stressful times especially if you are trying to launch a voice over career. Creative Cow is an on-line community of media producers and Mike Cohen has written a very useful piece about managing stress.
Fellow Dallas area and Campbell Agency actor John McCalmont emails with news that he has made the callbacks for hosting duties of a new cable network series called “Sliced.” The concept of the show is slicing stuff open to see what makes it tick. How fun is that? Here is John’s callback audition video. Good [...]
I like to tell people that the “work” part of the voice over business is getting the work. Doing the work is play time. Unless the script is horrible and the director odious, but that’s not very often. So how much of our time should we spend marketing ourselves as voice actors? Business author and [...]
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