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Erik Sheppard
www.voicetalentproductions.com

Simple Mistakes Talent Make Every Day:
How Not to Make Agents and Casting Directors Nuts!
Thursday, 2-3:30pm
All levels of experience

Listen to Erik describe his session.

Through their years of experience casting and representing voiceover talent and by interviewing their friends and colleagues in the business, Erik Sheppard of Voice Talent Productions along with Edge Studio have compiled a definitive primer on how NOT to be cast.  Sometimes what may seem like a simple oversight to the talent may be enough to send an agent or director over the edge and cause them to toss your demo into the “round file”.   Discover what makes these people tick and what really ticks them off.  Learn the ways you could put a smile on their face, your name on their lips, and their finger on the dial pad.  Find out the things that you may already be doing every day that could be getting you nowhere fast, why that is, and how never to do them again. This is a fantastic opportunity to understand the thought patterns and expectations of those on the other side of the glass.

ABOUT ERIK SHEPPARD:

Erik Sheppard – “Today’s Voice” has over 10 years of professional experience, voicing thousands of high profile projects across the globe ranging from corporate presentations to national radio and television campaigns. He is consistently the preferred male voice for many of the most widely recognized corporate, commercial and promotional production companies worldwide. Clients include Verizon Wireless, Citibank, HSBC, American Express, Ebay, MTV and TV Land.

When not in the booth, Erik is an industry blogger, host of “The Erik and Ember Show”, and organizer of the Voiceover Mixer series of networking events.  He is the owner and head talent agent of Voice Talent Productions, a New York based agency representing an elite roster of voice talent from around the world.  His career and related projects have been profiled in such places as Voice-Over Xtra, Voices.com, Voice123.com, The Voice Over Insider and countless other blogs and podcasts. If it is happening in the voice over industry, chances are Erik is involved.

Erik coaches exclusively through the prestigious Edge Studio headquartered in Manhattan, NY.