Evening Folks, Today's post is regarding a few news items and issues that I wanted to wrap up before I go on vacation: 1. Just wanted to remind everyone that I will be traveling to Jordan day after tomorrow so I won't be updating the blog as often cause I'll probably be busy seeing family in Amman. I will be away from 2 weeks but that doesn't mean I wont be checking my mail and messages... I might even write an article or two if inspiration hits me. 2. I still haven't heard anything from you guys about a good Pay It
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I got this piece of news today through one of my Voice Over Industry Sentinels. And I gotta say its a doozy… Apparently Voice 123 dot com would like to expand their Voice Over Casting Empire into other languages and locales by creating localized versions of their website… so that not only the english speaking part of the world can suffer through their ridiculous Dumbcast system but they can make other members of the human race suffer in their own respective languages.
I’ll let you read through their proposal … and at the risk of getting some of my less informed readers excited that this is a fair offer… wait until the end of the post to read my comments: Read More
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This article was written by Kate McClanaghan of www.voiceoverinfo.com I thought you guys might find it beneficial.
I once asked a former commercial talent agent of mine, “what would you say is the difference between a talent agent and a casting director?” And she replied, without hesitation, “about $3000 dollars.”
It sounds like a punch line to a joke, but what makes it funny is that there’s a fair amount of truth to it.
To be clear, a casting director gets paid by the advertising agency or the production company that hired them to hold auditions and deliver talent that are best suited to the demands of the production. They don’t ‘rep’ talent because technically they work for the ad agency or production company that hired them for the project.
A talent agent is paid by the actor after they land a job. Read More
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Morning folks, Since I don't have anything to write about today I decided to make it a bits and pieces post. As some of you might know that is when I go through the intertubes and get you interesting voice over related news that you might find amusing: 1. My friend and fellow Canadian Douglas DeNance sent me a tweet today with an interesting link for something called Voice Over Star this is a voice over competition that promises $1,000 to the winner and is run by a company called desktop epics... go to the link to register if you are interested
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It’s been a few months since I started this blog and one of the things that I’ve been doing is monitoring the industry. The trends… the culture… the traditions.
In much of my life I am very inquisitive. Like children when they are 3 or 4 they become a headache to their parents. Why is the sky blue. Why can’t I drive a car . Why do I have to sleep by 8 pm. etc.
The only difference is I am the one asking my self these questions and I give myself a headache sometimes when I can’t find a logical answer to them.
Like any dysfunctional family we have allot of problems, we the members of the voice over family of performers. We wish we were more successful but we don’t do anything about it. We want to be decent human beings and good siblings to our fellow voice over talent. But we have no problems undercutting their price or being envious of their success.
And there is one more thing that bothers me.
Many of us are negative. We try to dissuade anyone thinking of joining our ranks from doing so. We claim that it is because they bring down the prices or that they give us a bad name because they don’t provide good quality work. Or their performances are lacking… how can they even sell their work and get paid… The client should be getting paid to even feature their work. Read More
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