Part 2: Optimizing Your Website

Glad to be back, everyone! Here is the second half of my step by step guide to optimizing your website to show up in Google and other search engines. Please note again that I won’t be going into detail on how to actually perform each of these techniques. You’ll need to know some basic HTML …

Actor Self-Promotion – Do it Yourself

“Actor Self-Promotion: Do it Yourself” is a book designed to teach up and coming actors how to promote themselves and find paid jobs in the tumultuous world of show biz. Martin has interviewed many successful actors and has put together a forty step program designed to put you ahead of 90% of the other actors …

9 On-Set Tips for Kids, Parents and Newbies

Taking your child on set for the first time can be daunting! Make sure you’re prepared. Check out what Marci Liroff (Casting director; Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, The Iron Giant, and Vampire Academy) has to say about it, and her experience with a would-be actor. Marci Liroff’s online class “How To Audition For Film and …

Interview with Actor Eric Matheny

Blog Post from: The Acting Center LA Featuring: Eric Matheny – student, teacher and co-founder of The Acting Center LA. —————————————————————————————————————— It’s amusingly appropriate when actor Eric Matheny uses a gun metaphor to describe working with director Clint Eastwood. “There’s a phrase people use when learning to handle fire arms, which is ‘Fast is smooth …

Just Realized MyActingSite Actually Was!

I have been a long-time client of My Acting Site, but only recently realized it actually was! Within ten minutes I had added all of my new photos, deleted some older ones, and had began editing my bio and resume. The site was so unbelievably easy to use that it made me, a person mentally …

An Essay on Voice Over Acting

By: Acting Center Student, Jim Meskimen. Star of last season’s America’s Got Talent. I have been interested in voice acting, narration, voiceover and the like since I was a little guy. I was exposed to wonderful recordings as a child, maybe even as a baby, and I learned early on how expressive and delightful the …

Basic Prep for Pilot Season

You have probably all noticed the changes in television programming in the last several years. Gone are the days of “Fall line ups” where all the new shows premiere. Cable networks that use to only run films started designing high quality shows of their own with big name film stars as leads. New shows began …

What is The Acting Center LA?

We want to introduce you to The Acting Center LA and why we invited them to join the team at MyActingSite! They are going to be writing articles on their actors, their acting technique and what they’ve learned over the years. Below is what their unique acting school is all about: There are many acting …

Hello from Avalon!

Hello there! I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Avalon Petersen and I’m an aspiring actress. I moved to Los Angeles when I turned 18 (3 years ago) and I can say I have definitely learned a lot so far. I recently joined the team at MyActingSite.com to share my …

When is the Right Time for Your Child to Become an Actor?

It’s easy to assume that your child loves acting, but as Marci Liroff (Casting director; Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, The Iron Giant, and Vampire Academy) says in the following article, this is not always the case. Read on!     Marci Liroff’s online class “How To Audition For Film and Television: Audition Bootcamp” is available …