by Bobbin Beam | May 16, 2013 | Acting, Career Advice, Marketing, Professional Development, Voice Acting, Voice Talent, Voiceover, voiceovers
Imagine my surprise when someone sent me a copy of an email blast written by voice talent -master marketer and hawker of voice over workshops, Susan Berkley. I do get a lot of questions about my name. And no, my Mom wasn’t a seamstress. I was christened Roberta...
by Bobbin Beam | Apr 9, 2013 | Acting, auditions, Career Advice, Professional Development, Voice Over, Voiceover, voiceovers
The latest issue of Rolling Stone features an excellent interview with the fabulous Jon Hamm, who plays Don Draper. Talk about acting with depth! Hamm spent ten years “slogging around LA” before landing the pivotal role. He was even dropped by...
by Bobbin Beam | Mar 31, 2013 | Acting, Career Advice, performance skills, Personal Development, Voice Acting, Voice Over
Just pulled this one up from the archives from a post in April, 2009. What kind of egg typifies your voiceover business? OK, just seriously silly fun, a smidge of truth and a heavy dose of positive attitude…. Is your approach to your voice-over work a bit...
by Bobbin Beam | Feb 27, 2013 | Acting, Business, Career Advice, ISDN, Voice Over, voiceovers
I’m in the middle of a snowstorm, literally and figuratively. And I’ve been digging out. Checking in with the weather. The snow depth here is about 11 inches. We got off easy in these parts. North of Milwaukee has nearly 17 inches! I hung in the voiceover...
by Bobbin Beam | Aug 18, 2012 | Acting, Audio Books, Digital Audio, Voice Acting
Congratulations to my dear friend, Vanessa Hart on her recent “earphone” award on the audiobook version of “True Believers”. The award was announced this week on Audiofile’s websiteYou can click the above link to listen to an excerpt on...
by Bobbin Beam | Aug 14, 2012 | Acting, Business, Career Advice, performance skills, Personal Development, Voiceover
I recently read an interview with Chris Pine, ya know the very talented young actor who successfully stepped into the skin of Captain James Kirk in the newest Star Trek film ?Pretty large shoes to fill by any stretch!Chris Pine’s Dad was one of the stars of the...
