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Topic: Videogame Reel Critique |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 7
Views: 1209
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Forum: Critique Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:55 am Subject: Videogame Reel Critique |
Email me an MP3 so I can edit and email back. bob@bobbergen.com |
Topic: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 10
Views: 793
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Forum: Chat Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:10 am Subject: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
Also just checked your site. NO agents listed that I could find. Odd! Why not????? If I were your agent, I'd be really pissed. It's like a slap in the face that you aren't interested in doing you ... |
Topic: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 10
Views: 793
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Forum: Chat Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:06 am Subject: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
"I'm in my office most days working from 5am-6pm"
same, Bob.
Feel like I should be getting more from them. I get maybe 4-6 per week between both agencies.
Have you had a chat with ... |
Topic: Videogame Reel Critique |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 7
Views: 1209
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Forum: Critique Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:06 pm Subject: Videogame Reel Critique |
Performance is too large! Great for Street Theatre but not voice acting in games.)
I will bow to Philip's UK expertise here. As I mentioned, I do not know the UK market or what they demand from ... |
Topic: Videogame Reel Critique |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 7
Views: 1209
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Forum: Critique Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:55 am Subject: Videogame Reel Critique |
You are a terrific actor. I don't know the UK market at all, so my 2 cents comes from the US. It's a pinch long. The demo starts to really draw me in about the 33 second mark. If you email me an M ... |
Topic: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 10
Views: 793
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Forum: Chat Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:48 am Subject: How many auditions is your agent sending? |
Well, I only get auditions from my agent. Some days 20, some days none. I never think about it. The days I get none gives me more time to market and write. Some days when I get 20 I cannot get to ... |
Topic: Diabolical Controversy |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 5
Views: 14802
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Forum: Chat Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 2:04 pm Subject: Diabolical Controversy |
Before the internet and social media is was a huge no-no. Your voice will be judged by your look. You might have a baby face but a voice like James Earl Jones. Today, everyone's face is a mouse cli ... |
Topic: Talking to a mentor. |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 1
Views: 1918
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Forum: Chat Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 8:23 pm Subject: Talking to a mentor. |
I don’t know who he is, but St. Louis is my home town. I just moved way too young to know any radio people. But I knew Corky the clown! Did I date myself? |
Topic: This is why our business is dying |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 5
Views: 3270
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Forum: Chat Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 8:54 am Subject: This is why our business is dying |
Anyway it's still early days for AI so I'm sure it will get better at approximating feel. And even human announcers are perfectly capable of delivering canned generality on a bad day.
It actually i ... |
Topic: This is why our business is dying |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 5
Views: 3270
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Forum: Chat Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 6:04 am Subject: This is why our business is dying |
Oh, this is not new. Just high profile, like James Earl Jones. Yup, this is going to happen more and more. But the world of on-camera and print has used a similar business model for years. If/when ... |
Topic: First published audiobook! |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 3
Views: 43412
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Forum: Critique Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 3:42 pm Subject: First published audiobook! |
Hey buddy! First of all congrats! That's the most important thing.
Now, I'm not sure what value you get from asking a critique for a gig you already did and got paid for. You did a gig and got p ... |
Topic: What we want for the VO-BB in 2025 |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 18
Views: 13030
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Forum: Chat Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 2:22 pm Subject: What we want for the VO-BB in 2025 |
All interesting stuff. I myself would never use Slack or Discord. But, it's not about me. If this is what the masses prefer, go for it. I'm extremely active on vo group pages, and am able to reach o ... |
Topic: This place is still the place to be |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 14
Views: 224128
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Forum: Chat Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 6:31 pm Subject: This place is still the place to be |
So, here's the deal. I still check this page out from time to time. Not much happening. I joined this page years ago, maybe even decades ago. I loved it as there was nothing like it anywhere on the ... |
Topic: How did you get into voice acting? |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 14
Views: 32295
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Forum: Chat Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2024 7:05 am Subject: How did you get into voice acting? |
My first demo SUCKED ASS. Maybe we should have a thread "Are you brave enough to post your first demo here?" Not a single agent was interested, but I persisted.
Buddy, MY first demo suc ... |
Topic: Tom Hanks Gives an Acting Lesson |
Bob Bergen
Replies: 1
Views: 20264
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Forum: Chat Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 3:44 pm Subject: Tom Hanks Gives an Acting Lesson |
Pure Meisner, which is the acting technique I studied for 2 years. This is the preparation all actors must do, including a vo actor in every genre of vo. You need to make choices. Even with directi ... |
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