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Gentle reminder for actors: If you're upset about AI replacing you, so are writers, artists, musicians, sound designers, devs & more. Maybe consider how they feel seeing actors gladly work projects with the AI art, writing, etc that has impacted them. Believe it or not we're all in this together. 🖤✨

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I think of posts like these every time an AI dork is like “I don’t know why we get so much hate from creatives”.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

If you want the world to be a better place you gotta care even when you are not directly affected. Otherwise before you know it, you're directly affected. This culture of "screw you I got mine" has to change.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

We're halfway through 2025 already. 😲 It's time for the JUNE SESSIONS! 🥳 Observer calendars & Lectures are open RIGHT NOW. Actor calendars will open on: - SATURDAY MAY 24th - 5pm PT / 8pm ET This is a thread! 😍🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

June VO classes are LIVE at soundonstudio.com! Take #voiceover class from the comfort of your home from some of the industry’s best! Grab your spot at soundonstudio.com! 🐶🎉🌈 #keepgoing #voiceover

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

All I’ll say: Current/future working actors deserve the most foolproof & future-proof protections we can possibly negotiate. Full stop. Except it isn’t a full stop. Legislators are trying right now to take away state AI & labor protections. We cannot assume we’ll always be able to count on these.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The Knife in the Booth Good acting is an utmost requirement. And everyone is expected to be good actors. And they are. Therefore, you need something more... sharp. You need a knife. Give this 13-minute lecture a listen and see if a knife in your booth could help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqT-...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

I will never, ever, ever be okay with it, consent or no, because it incentivizes these companies to collect libraries of voices to use for the rest of time, robbing future performers opportunities. I don't want to hear a digital replic of an iconic actor. I want. Something. Real.

submitted 13 days ago • 20 comments

We hear it a lot: "auditioning is the work." While practically true, the goal isn't simply to book this one role. The objective here is to be remembered. To leave an impression. Whether you're on stage at ACEN for the big audition event or submitting to a casting call, aim to leave an impression.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

An important message from @samwitwer.bsky.social, Pt 1. Be sure to register for the 5/13 strike update if you can and make your voices heard!

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Get your action hats on! Tomorrow, the US House considers the text of a new budget reconciliation bill introduced by Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie. The bill contains harmful cuts to Medicaid. It also contains a provision that would prevent states from regulating AI at all… FOR 10 YEARS. 1/5

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Casting directors! FOLLOW! YOUR! DEADLINES!!!!! This goes for both rosters and projects! Don't set a deadline for submissions and then cut it off early. It cuts a lot of people off who couldn't submit right away for one reason or another, which is extremely unfair to them.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

WARNING: SoundCloud can use your data for AI Training. Since 2/7/24, TOS on SoundCloud have changed to allow the use your content to “inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligent technologies or services…”

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you

submitted 20 days ago • 168 comments

Actors are not asking for anything unreasonable with AI protections. We have protections in every other area. Employers for television, film, animation, & commercials agree actors deserve AI protections. The few companies we’re striking against are the only ones in the industry who don’t agree.

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Voice Actors: If you're looking to practice your boy voices and get some insight from someone in the industry, I'm teaching a workshop this Tuesday about that very thing! We'll cover tips on how to move your voice around to get that "boy" tone, as well as attitude! Sign up below:

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

It feels like a lot of the discussion and arguments online have become incredibly convoluted, so I really don’t want to pretend I have all the answers as to what’s going on. My own stance has always been this: actors deserve to have safeguards in place against their work being used to replace them.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

Politely requesting that casting directors who post opportunities to Casting Call Club also have an alternative method for VAs to audition. The website compresses audio so badly for space reasons, which I get, but it doesn't accurately reflect booth quality. Or don't! It's your call, your rules!

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great. youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ

submitted 29 days ago • 103 comments

What exactly is "acting?" It is building a believable character on top of a foundation of an actor. Which is YOU. Therefore, the foundation must be strong. Solid. Reliable. Consistent. You must play the character of YOU and gain deeper self-awareness. Don't "act" for now. Master the "you" first. ❤️

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes, you'll receive an email that says "we found you on XYZ and would like to hire you." And the inquiry will be ✨specific to you✨ - instead of the generic "game show host" or other phishing emails. LOOK AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS and visit the website. And now, you know exactly what to do. ❤️😄

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Um, okay, why is this my new favorite emoji? 🫩 LOL

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

This MAY be your time - because the ✨MAY SESSIONS✨ are here! 🥳💪 Observer calendars are open RIGHT NOW. Actor calendars will open on: - SATURDAY APRIL 26th - at 1pm PT / 4pm ET More below! 🧵

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

May VO classes are LIVE at soundonstudio.com! Take #voiceover class from the comfort of your home from some of the industry’s best! Grab your spot at soundonstudio.com! 🐶🎉🌈 #keepgoing #voiceover

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Hey. If you're reading this, make sure to drink some water and have a snack today. Even if it's a little cup of water and a handful of candy. Sometimes we forget to self-care in the smallest ways that can give us the boost we need to push forward.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve made more off the 2 lines I did for Detective Pikachu (film) than I did for all of Breath of the Wild for the same reason. Feature films still pay royalties; videogames - despite their industry now being worth more than television/radio/film COMBINED - still do not.

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

Using generative AI is a quick way to tell everyone: - You don't want to pay the right skilled people - You lack appreciation for creativity - You think your consumers are stupid

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

I've had a lot of actors - people just starting out and people actively striking companies that have helped establish them - tell me that me talking about this has mattered to them. Please know I do not consider any of this a "debate" or "drama." The only thing I'm trying to "win" is understanding.

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

I've seen a lot of disconcerting comments made in the VA community lately, so it bears repeating: Your value as an artist isn't in which studios you've worked for, which properties are on your résumé, what agents you sign with, cons you book, etc. It's all in your professionalism and work ethic.

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

We are THRILLED that the NO FAKES Act has been reintroduced in Congress today! This bipartisan bill will provide every American citizen with the rights to their Voice, Image, Name and Likeness. NAVA will be headed back to Capitol Hill soon to keep pushing this important piece of legislation!

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

Tiny moments captured in a puddle 🩵

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Happy International Asexuality Day to my fellow aces! 🖤🩶🤍💜

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

For International Asexuality Day, we take a look at how role-playing video games can allow asexual players to more authentically express themselves.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

International Asexuality Day (IAD) is celebrated worldwide every year on April 6th to recognize asexual people and to promote understanding of the ace umbrella. The day is dedicated to raising awareness and promoting the rights of the ace community.

submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

Asexuality is valid AF. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. 🖤

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media. 2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media. 3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media. 4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.

submitted 54 days ago • 89 comments

Failure is in the eye of the beholder. ◽️ Did you push yourself past a typical boundary? ◽️ Did you learn or apply a new skill? ◽️ Did you identify an area where you can improve on yourself? ◽️ Can you build resilience from this? If you can check any of the above, it wasn’t failure. It was EXP. 🩵

submitted 70 days ago • 6 comments

i love kirby 💖 #kirby

submitted 56 days ago • 29 comments

GAMECUBE GAMES AND A NEW KIRBY AIR RIDE? Oh no, this is some dangerous stuff right here. My nostalgia. 😭💜

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Trans Day of Visibility, everyone. I know the world right now is scary for those in and out of the closet, but the bravery you all show just being your true selves despite everything is inspirational, and the world needs more of that right now. Be proud of who you are.

submitted 59 days ago • 12 comments

Y'know what? Let's keep highlighting trans folk I think are cool (🧵). In my years of being a voice actor I've come to meet and admire many who identify as being part of the trans community. Too many to name, but here's a list to give them a follow. #transdayofvisibility go.bsky.app/7DLtwpx

submitted 59 days ago • 6 comments

Happy Trans Day of Visibility yall. Being visible is often difficult (but being invisible is hard in a different way, there's no winning). Right now I'm mostly exhausted. I hope all my trans friends find a little joy today, and I hope all my cis friends keep fighting for our right to exist.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment