by Bobbin Beam | Jun 4, 2013 | Acting, performance skills, Resources, Voice Acting
Many thanks to book publicist, Rachel Beretta from who is sharing an excerpt from the book, “Voice Acting for Dummies”, written by David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. I hope you’ll find it useful this voice acting lesson on creating characters and...
by Bobbin Beam | May 31, 2013 | Acting, Audio Books, performance skills, Professional Development, Voice Acting
I write this before gathering my stuff, calling a cab and heading to LaGuardia after an eventful and enlightening week in New York City at APAC 2013. It was audio book world immersion! My hat is off to Tavia Gilbert for chairing the Narrator track, which I attended....
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 16, 2013 | Audio Books, Commercials, Community, Social Networking, Television, Voice Acting, Voice Over, Voiceover, voiceovers
A fun evening with my VO pal, Peter O’Connell My talented voiceover buddy and master marketer, Peter O’Connell happens to travel a lot, and thankfully, he had a stopover in Milwaukee last evening where my husband and I met up with him for a delightful...
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 | Mar 28, 2013 | auditions, Career Advice, performance skills, Voice Acting, voice casting, Voice Over, Voiceover
I recently read an agent’s comment that if you can’t audition well, you have no future. So the truth is, for all actors, the real work is in the audition, and once booked, doing the job is play time. In both instances, you must act, and act well. The...
