by Bobbin Beam | May 4, 2008 | General
EEEEK! Are you kidding me? (Voiced in a positive utterance from my mouth this past Friday afternoon, May, 2, 2008).I somehow subscribed myself sometime back to Susan Berkley’s “Inside Voice-Over:” newsletter some time ago and read the following...
by Bobbin Beam | May 1, 2008 | General
In my April 11th post here I encouraged any readers of this blog to participate in the VoiceoverXtra survey on Voice Actors’ Health Insurance status/issues/needs.It’s uncanny how timely this article arrived for me, as today our family’s...
by Bobbin Beam | Apr 11, 2008 | General
John Florian of VOICE-OVER XTRA!- The Voice Actor’s Online News & Resource Center sent a survey by email to voice overs registered at his site and also in his 4/10/08 post, regarding the very important issue of health insurance…, and we’re...
by Bobbin Beam | Mar 30, 2008 | General
Imagine my (no) surprise when I read today’s news in the LA Times about the 11th hour move by AFTRA to sever joint negotiations with SAG for the upcoming film and television contracts.Funny. Now SAG is crying “Wolf”. Last year, SAG’s...
by Bobbin Beam | Mar 28, 2008 | General
As I read this morning’s paper, I was riveted by the story about a recent discovery of an 1860 recording by French audio historian David Giovannoni. The 10 second clip of a woman singing was captured by a device called the phonautograph,...
by Bobbin Beam | Feb 16, 2008 | Career Advice, General
I received the following email recently that I thought would be good to share as it contains some excellent questions about the actors union’s rules. I asked permission to reprint the question and provide my responses here. “I have been a SAG actor...
