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 | 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...
by Bobbin Beam | Mar 10, 2013 | Advertising, Announcements, Events and Premieres, Voice Over, Voiceover, voiceovers
In just 55 days, May 3,4, & 5th, the first Faff Camp a peer conference for voiceover professionals will convene in Charlotte, and you’re invited. The event was conceived by my indefatigable vo gal pal Amy Snively. Put on by the same team that hatched...
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 | Feb 5, 2013 | Career Advice, Voice Over, Voiceover
I received this email question last week from a curious voice over hopeful: “Hi i found you online and had a question. I went to a voiceover meetup.com group and they invited me to become a member of their group and do PSAs. The catch is there is a fee of $25 a...
