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Gary talks with Anthony Abeson, acting teacher and coach in New York, as they cover one of the most challenging aspects of acting work today, Type vs Talent in the casting process.  Anthony Abeson's actor-training is a blend of interesting influences: Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman as a member of the Directors Unit of the Actors Studio and Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Conservatory, New York, to name a few. Anthony has conducted group acting c...more

This is part 2 with Richard Gilbert of R&D Choreography, where he talks about the art and craft of stage violence. In this episode, he goes more in depth into R&D's unique approach. Even more information that actors and directors should know, no matter what the skill level. Bryan Cox returns in Road Stories. This time bringing real life experience of dealing with a heckler. This segment also talks about stage combat, but in a different way. Susan Sherman from Ambassador Talent returns ...more

Part 4 of our interview with storyteller Diane Ladley. Diane discusses storytelling forms, dealing with distractions in the performance area, making the audience your friends, show flow and pacing. Also another installment of our feature segment, Winning Voiceover Demos, with talent agent Karen Stavins. Karen talks about what makes a good commercial demo, using a listener's submitted demo as an example.

Gary talks with Richard Gilbert of R&D Choreography, stage combat, stage fighting and choreographed violence for stage and screen.  In this two part interview, Gary and Richard cover topics from how this art form influences the very fiber of the acting process and execution of the play or scenes and character development, how having experience in this area can add to a performer's resume, what directors should be aware of concerning the process and how early to bring in a fight choreogr...more

More info and insights from veteran audio engineer Doug Pieper.  Things you won't learn from an audio engineering class.  What Voice Overs should know about how to work with a professional studio from their own home studios.  ISDN.  New voice technology. New opportunities for both audio production houses and voice talent. Do's and don'ts for voice talent and home studio set ups.  Issues that owners of production houses should be aware of for the audio professional to wor...more

Part 3 of 4 part series on the art and business of Storytelling for a living.  More helpful information for actors, writers, storytellers and other performance artists.  Also, Featured - The Heart of the Actor with Co-Active Life Couch Ben Dooley. Topic, failure and how to deal with it.

Jim Bina and Jamie Newell return, with insights into the world of owning an entertainment company, and also offer more input to acts and entertainers about this field. Feature Segment: That Winning Commercial Demo, Part 4. Another in the series of segments we recorded with Karen Stavins of Stavins Enterprises, where Karen continues to give feedback on commercial demos submitted to the show.

Even more specifics with Laura Ramirez, in depth talk about the choices available, strategies, marketing and promotion, print on demand tech, and much more.

This two-part series on self publishing, ePublishing and eBooks will knock your writing socks off. Laura Ramirez, a self publisher and author of Keepers of the Children, Native American Wisdom and Parenting, takes us through the journey and demystifies this area of opportunity. She wrote, edited, typeset and even took the cover photo for her multiple award-winning book, proving that you can control the entire process. Comic Feature: Road Stories, with Bryan Cox. Bryan relates more road stories f...more

Mary Beth Roche, VP & Publisher with Audio Renaissance and President of the Audio Publishers Association, and Laura Wilson, Director of Productions at Audio Renaissance, cover an incredible amount of information for writers and voice talent. Whether youâre interested in just learning more about this field, or are looking for a real world âhow toâ info session for getting into this highly competitive area, youâve hit gold.