VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In high school I was a big fan of "Chicken Man" and everything Dick Orkin!

GOD I miss Radio Ranch! Some of the best written spots I ever worked on. And they were so loyal to talent! Di ...

To answer Mike's questions:

1) How would the Union ensure compliance?

The same way we ensure compliance with every union contract. If need be we file claims. Being that there will be signatori ...

look at me coming in hot...4 years later!

On the topic of conferences, what would be the one to attend? If, let's say, you were only going to go to one of them every 5-10 years or even just one.
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This is something I'd wanted to do since I was a kid. I had no idea there was a term for doing this or that it was even a business. I just knew I wanted to do voices for cartoons. I grew up in the ...

As non-union talent, I've never once been paid for a lift on the back-end like Bob; it's always been front-loaded/worked into the one and only rate I'll ever receive for that recording session, unless ...

Thanks Bob. Are the 'lifts' spelled out in the SAG-AGTRA rates then?

Couldn't tell ya. You can look at all the rate sheets, but they are pretty vast:
https://www.sagaftra.org/production-center/co ...

Correct. And each lift corresponds with the contract or platform it is being lifted for. For instance, I have done commercials where the buyer wants to lift a line from one spot and put it in anothe ...

Zero! Having a studio is a necessity today in vo. It wasn't until Covid. It is now.

If a buyer has a choice between an actor with a home studio and an actor without one, the one with the home s ...

Oh, you can advocate for higher rates. There are just too many really talented actors out there happy and willing to take less. I tried for far too long to advocate for people to work union. Too ma ...

"Let those who suck at this take those crappy rates. The clients will 'get what they pay for' for the most part."

Word for word what union vo actors said about non-union vo actors 25 year ...

There is so much irony and humor in this article. First of all, P2Ps are there to cater to the buyer, not the actor. They always have been. Without the buyers, there are no jobs for the actors. And, ...