This week is certainly a mixed bag of events! Tonight, I have a play reading of The Hen House, a very character rich play written by Bo Brinkman who is also the writer/director/star of The Last Mark, a film I’m in that is an official selection of and screening at Worldfest-Houston on Thursday night. On […]
Are you an actor and a voice actor? Do you find yourself splitting your time between marketing yourself as a voice over talent and marketing yourself as an actor? Is it beneficial to market both at the same time or should they definitely remain separate? I’ve been both an actor and a voice over talent […]
As I write this, it’s the day after Valentine’s Day, and I’m just thinking about the incredible heart of the voiceover community. Thanks to Facebook and other social media, voiceover artists from around the world have created a world of their own online. We meet virtually every day, even if it’s just to check in […]
In a previous post, I mentioned the terms Service and Gratitude and how they’d been coming up for me over and over again in the past few months. In that post, I talked about some of the new ways for me to think about service. Now, I’d like to focus on gratitude. It’s been […]
In the past few months, the words service and gratitude have been coming up again and again in books, articles, courses, and videos that I have read and heard. The terms are not new to me or to you, of course; however, there seems to be so much more emphasis on and usage of the […]
by Melanie Haynes As voice over talent, we feel most secure when we’re super busy! We have a stack of e-learning to narrate, an audiobook or two in the wings, ISDN and phone patch commercial and corporate sessions scheduled, and maybe even an “in town” booking or two scheduled via our agent. True, we might […]
I had a great dream last night. It was the opposite of the typical Actor’s Nightmare – you’re onstage and have no idea what play it is or what your lines are. I do have variations on this for other types of performance like the Voice Actor’s Nightmare – I’m in the booth with clients […]
Great fun voicing spots for ZooBoo at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo One of the fun radio commercials I voiced for ZOO BOO Here’s the ZOO BOO TV spot!
I’m really excited to launch my new website and blog ! Not only is the design new, but I’ve moved to the WordPress platform – with help, of course. I’m looking forward to being able to update information and demos quickly and easily. All of this always takes more time […]
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