A voice talent agent shares observations, ruminations and occasional frustrations about the voice-over industry in Canada.
I started hustling for voice work back in 1990, the summer before my last year at university. Back then, we were still a few years away from the internet hitting the mainstream so one had almost no option but to use the yellow pages and published directories of ad agencies & production companies to find [...]
There’s a fine line between persistent and completely annoying and the trick for the aspiring voice talent is to stay on the right side of that line.
It’s true the voice demo is always going to be the #1 calling card for a talent trying to land an agent but there’s also the matter of your personality. I [...]
The following is the actual transcript of a recent exchange between me and an aspiring voice talent. See if you can spot the point at which I decide not to represent him:
To: PN Agency
Received: 12:18 PM
Hi,
I’m looking for an agent/manager. I’ve hosted/produced a radio show for a year, and currently help in the production of a daytime [...]
I remember watching Barbara Walters interview Jerry Seinfeld one time and she asked him what he looked for in a woman.
“I like good things”, Seinfeld said. “Attractive. That’s good. Intelligent. Good. Easygoing. Also good. I generally don’t go for ugly, dumb, bitchy women.”
I would say Seinfeld’s answer is similar to how I would reply if [...]
Roger King is the President of PN Agency which provides voice-over talent to the radio, television, film, multi-media and animation industries. In 2004, he launched a sister agency, Ethnic Voice Talent (EVT), and now represents over 100 voice over talents & translators in more than 15 different languages.
