Lisa Ristau

Why You Do Not Need an Exclusive Agent or Manager

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In the big, fabulous world of the entertainment industry, there are many traps that can limit a talent’s growth and experience by deceitful practices all around. Who can you trust? Who shouldn’t you trust? Let’s chat today about the following topics: Agents Agents that Double Dip Managers Pay to Play site Agent A talent agent […]

What is FiCore?

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Around the world, talent and at times production and clients are unaware of what FiCore is. Learn from this video: Even if you have a SAG-AFTRA production,  you legally can hire non-union talent If you have a non-union production, you are welcome to hire a union talent, but if the talent lies about their union […]

When you Book a Job with an Agent, the Agent gets Paid, then You get Paid

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In the complicated world of being hired for a job in the entertainment industry, it’s almost a guarantee that each individual job will be different from all of the others.  There is no straight and narrow path because each job has it’s own production, crew, directors and goals. When you have an agent submitting you […]

The Only Way to get Paid a Higher Rate is to not Accept Low Rate Jobs

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Talent of all genres have struggled for years to get better paying rates for jobs.  Unfortunately the rates have been sliding downward for some time.  What can we do to fix them?  You as the people who get paid for the jobs need to put your foot down and state you will only work the […]

Why you need Source Connect Standard and Why Sometimes that’s not Enough

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If you are a  professional voice over talent residing in the USA, you should already have a paid Source Connect Standard or Pro account.  Source Connect is a software that connects you to any other client or production house that uses the same software.  When it is used, you sound like you are in the […]

Can a Production Require All Talent Hired to be Current Union Members? Meaning SAG-AFTRA or Ficore?

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The short answer is no. No, no, no! How do I know?  I called SAG-AFTRA months ago and had a long discussion with them. If you receive an audition request or posting requesting talent who are only “union” talent, meaning SAG-AFTRA or Ficore, submit anyway even if you are not a union talent. A union […]