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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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
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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Go From No to Whoa in Commercial Auditions with Kelly Moscinski
Kelly is a casting director at Voicecaster. They receive 80% non-union (NU) work. She asked, “Why do you book?” It’s because you found the connection. Then you perform with confidence. When you read the specs and it says “conversational,” what does that mean? Relatable, with personality. Imperfections and flaws also contribute to relatability. So bring
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Damon Alums, The Urban Legend (ColorVO Collective series)
Damon Alums, the Urban Legend of voiceover, celebrated his birthday with me on the podcast. It’s been ages since I interviewed a man on this show, but I had to do it! In this first of my ColorVO Collective series highlighting talented, unknown Black voice actors, we had a blast talking about doing VO part-time,
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Start Doing Voiceover Full-Time with Mia Bankston (ColorVO Collective series)
In This Episode… Key Points Gradually start doing more voiceover work during the hours when clients need you to be available. Ask for some half days off to do sessions, auditions and email clients. If you do shift work, try to switch shifts with co-workers. Negotiate with your employer to work earlier and leave earlier
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