May
27
I remember the first time my daughter was going to be auditioning for a kid commercial in L.A. She had auditioned for commercials in the Southeast, but I knew auditioning for a kid commercial in L.A. would be different, just like everything else in L.A. Her first L.A. commercial audition was down in Hollywood, so …
May
18
If your child loses a tooth, a talent agent or talent manager might recommend that you look into dental flippers. Of course, if you are just trying to start an acting career for your child, you may not even know what dental flippers are. As we were driving from South Carolina to Los Angeles to …
May
16
We paid for my daughter to join Screen Actors Guild before we absolutely had to do it. She was still in ‘must join‘ status at that time (see ‘How Do You Qualify to Join Screen Actors Guild?‘ for more info on that topic). Her talent manager urged us to go ahead and join Screen Actors …
May
15
Shortly after we arrived in L.A., some parents told me how important it was to join Screen Actors Guild. They used a lot of terms like ‘Taft-Hartley‘ and ‘must-join‘ that made absolutely no sense to me. We were told that it would be hard for my daughter to get auditions if she did not join …
May
12
When we decided to participate in one of the big talent contests known as AMTC, we felt a combination of excitement and fear. We were excited about attending, but at the same time, we were not 100% convinced we were doing the right thing. And we’d paid quite a bit of money for it. If …
