Voice123 and Online Casting with Rolf Veldman
Voice123 CEO Rolf Veldman held a Q&A session at the retreat about his platform. Watch the video below (starting at 07:00).
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Highlights from the 2025 Euro VO Retreat in Amsterdam
This is a recap of the week-long Euro VO Retreat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which was my first time there. Anna Collins Events & J. Michael Collins host this event in different parts of Europe twice a year. I registered right after I coming back from the Barcelona retreat. The setup The event is held
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Medical Narration
J. Michael Collins discussed the ins and outs of doing medical narration. It’s a lucrative VO genre that flies under the radar, encompassing mostly ELEARNING & corporate narration-style reads of a medical nature. There’s 4 types of medical narration scripts: Some scripts have an element of sell and branding, like pharma. A polished, warm, formal
6 Ways to Book Voiceover Work
J. Michael Collins discussed how to find voiceover opportunities. “There’s more meritocracy in VO in 2025. You will get out of this what you put into it. It’s about marketing and hustle more than talent. Get in the room and read for agents over and over. Keep knocking on doors until the one for you
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All About Demos
I sat in on this session to hear about any trends in demos that have emerged recently, so these notes are brief. More detail on voiceover demos: Recommended Length: AI J. Michael predicts there’s going to be a market in 5 years for VO talents who have never worked with AI clones or TTS (text-to-speech),
TV In-show Narration with Carin Gilfry
If you’re interested in performing this genre, approach production companies. This work is mostly NU. Producers move around so connect with them on LinkedIn. ACM sends Carin the most auditions (she gets 3 a month). True crime is formulaic. Pay is $1k-$3k per episode NU, with 8 to 30 episodes per season. Sometimes you get
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Billy Collura, Sr. VP of CESD
Another informal session with commercial agent and Senior VP of the CESD agency, Billy Collura (pictured about center above). Sitting next to him at lunch one day (pictured right), I discovered we have a shared love of travel! Here are some notes, rapid-fire: I read a script for Billy that you can listen to above,
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Ride the Wave: Navigating the Ebbs and Flows of the Industry with Confidence with Kelly Moscinski
Expectation management is the key to confidence. Slow is normal. Believe it or not, 40% of auditions never get booked or produced. Mindset Reset: We then ran through a confidence exercise where we examined the things that help us feel more (or less) confident in our careers. One of the factors everyone agreed helped us
Sumeet Iyengar, Owner of Cope Management
This informal session answered our questions about the differences between agents and managers, and why some talent have both. It was a safe space to ask the hard questions related to our careers, so I’ve chosen not to give much detail here. Sumeet acknowledged that relationships between you and your agent / you and your
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Arielle Negrin, Promo and Trailer Agent at Atlas Talent
This was an informal session where Arielle gave us background on the state of the promo and trailer genres in VO, and answered our questions before we read scripts for her. She works in the L.A. office. Auditioning She picks who she sends auditions to. Promos: Commercials: Trailers: The promo portion begins at 00:41.
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