Was so great catching up with my friend Gian Christian and glad I get to share the final part of the chat with you!

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GIAN CHRISTIAN
Gian Christian is an Australian born film and television producer, actor, writer, director and composer. He's most known recently for his work on the animated television series Get Ace.
Christian is currently the CEO and Co-Founding partner of film, television and theatrical production company Galaxy Pop. 
At Galaxy Pop, Christian co-created and produced the television series ROCK IT! with his long-time collaborator and showrunning partner Dina McPherson.  The duo also created, wrote, directed and produced the Network Ten animated series, Get Ace, for which Christian also supplies the voice of a number of characters. 
Christian produced the Australian premier production of the Broadway musical The Addams Family which was nominated for a Helpmann Award. 
Christian was the inaugural judge of the AACTA Awards.
www.galaxypop.com
www.facebook.com/getace
@galaxypop

It's part 2 of the 3 part series podcast with the super informative Gian Christian. This week he chats to me about the process of casting character voices, the audition process, the importance of acting skills and also reminds me of how important it is as an actor to showcase yourself.  Invite directors to your shows, you never know who's waiting to give you your big break!  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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GIAN CHRISTIAN
Gian Christian is an Australian born film and television producer, actor, writer, director and composer. He's most known recently for his work on the animated television series Get Ace.
Christian is currently the CEO and Co-Founding partner of film, television and theatrical production company Galaxy Pop. 
At Galaxy Pop, Christian co-created and produced the television series ROCK IT! with his long-time collaborator and showrunning partner Dina McPherson.  The duo also created, wrote, directed and produced the Network Ten animated series, Get Ace, for which Christian also supplies the voice of a number of characters. 
Christian produced the Australian premier production of the Broadway musical The Addams Family which was nominated for a Helpmann Award. 
Christian was the inaugural judge of the AACTA Awards.
www.galaxypop.com
www.facebook.com/getace
@galaxypop

MORE Andrew Peters ... NEW Nick Curnow!!
Lot's more fun stuff to hear and learn. 

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NICK CURNOW
"Nick Curnow is one of the most skilled accent coaches around." Bel Deliá (The Tunnel)
"I highly recommend Nick to get you up to industry standard without much fuss." Stephen Peacocke (Hercules, Home & Away)

Nick was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up on the North Shore. He moved progressively further away from home in his schooling, from Lane Cove Primary to Chatswood Primary’s Opportunity Class for years 5 and 6, and then from there to the state selective Fort Street High School. Having been a keen singer in his childhood, touring to Japan in 1994 with the Sydney Children’s Choir and then in the NSW Public Schools Singers, he was increasingly drawn to the world of acting, taking up drama in school (which only became an available curriculum subject in 1998), and gaining a place in the highly selective NSW State Drama Company. He toured with the Company to England in his final year, and while on a coach from London to Yorkshire, was offered a place in the University of Western Sydney’s Theatre Nepean (alma mater of other accomplished Australian actors such as David Wenham, Joel Edgerton, Yvonne Strahovski, Leon Ford, Alexandra Davies, Nicole Da Silva and Jared Turner). Here he not only received top class acting training, but also learnt to weld, sew, dye, and write a funding application! After graduating with Distinction from Nepean he dove straight into theatrical work, building an extensive resume of independent productions covering Shakespeare, Australian, American, British and Mexican theatre, as well as appearing in dozens of short films.
 
In 2006, after his agent closed its doors he ran away to Armidale in the New England region of New South Wales. Here he studied all the things he couldn’t in his acting degree – such as linguistics, philosophy, directing, ancient history – and returned to Sydney renewed and refreshed, ready to commence a new phase of his career. To his surprise he was offered one of only two coveted places in NIDA’s post-graduate Voice Studies course, then only run every second year. Here he studied under respected voice teachers including Bill Pepper, Betty Williams, Jennifer West, and Frankie Armstrong, speech pathologist Jocelyn Priestley, and worked on productions with yet-to-be-discovered actors like Jessica Marais, Hugh Sheridan, Andrew Lees, and Lisa Gormley. While here he wrote his dissertation on Cognitive Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of Accent & Dialect for Performers. He was also seconded to teach at Singapore’s LaSalle SIA College of the Arts where he taught the graduating year accent and dialect and coached their graduating production. 



Since graduating from NIDA he has worked diversely as an actor on stages across Sydney, in television and film, and on the web. He has coached actors both young and old, experienced and new. He has directed short and full length plays and looks forward to adding greater accomplishments to his list of personal and professional achievements.  
 
Find him at: www.nickcurnow.com
Tweet him: @nickcurnowactor

On the last podcast I stated that this was a 2 part interview with Andrew Peters, it is in fact 3 part! That said, some great info in this podcast with tips on asking for direction, working with your agent and ALWAYS being nice and staying in touch with your clients.




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ANDREW PETERS - PART TWO
Andrew’s 30 plus year career started as a radio announcer in rural Australia 4 years after arriving in the country from the UK. By the mid 80’s he was not only a popular DJ but was also host of a national alternative music TV series called Rock Arena. During this period he fronted various TV shows including host of Trax, Simulrock and the Live Aid broadcast. He directed, hosted and co produced a documentary shot in the UK and Italy on INXS, also was host and interviewer for the MTV New York special Australian Made and had guest spots in other music based TV shows. 
By the end of the 90’s he left radio and TV as a presenter for a fulltime voice over career. Since then he has worked on many campaigns and is the signature voice of L'Oreal Paris, Network voice of Channel News Asia out of Singapore, Network voice of Triple M Classic Rock and the voice of the first 9 series of Dancing with the Stars. 
Other TV series include Good Chef Bad Chef, Everyday Gourmet and The Home Team. 
Andrew is also the founder and managing director of Realtime Casting a SAG/AFTRA voice casting business based in Manhattan. 
He has also been seen in guest roles in major Australian drama series including Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers and lead roles in two short movies.
Now a resident of Anglesea, a coastal town SW on Melbourne Australia and works mainly from his full broadcast studio.
Andrew is regarded as a premium voice artist. 

Technically, Andrew Peters was the first podcast I recorded ... I cheated and released Simon first.  But only because my chat with Andrew was so long!! I'm breaking it into a few parts.  But I'm sure you're going to love it.  Andrew's got some excellent tips for voice actors and some great stories as well.  Follow me on the tweets: @larissala and let me know what you think of the show!
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ANDREW PETERS - PART ONE
Andrew’s 30 plus year career started as a radio announcer in rural Australia 4 years after arriving in the country from the UK. By the mid 80’s he was not only a popular DJ but was also host of a national alternative music TV series called Rock Arena. During this period he fronted various TV shows including host of Trax, Simulrock and the Live Aid broadcast. He directed, hosted and co produced a documentary shot in the UK and Italy on INXS, also was host and interviewer for the MTV New York special Australian Made and had guest spots in other music based TV shows. 
By the end of the 90’s he left radio and TV as a presenter for a fulltime voice over career. Since then he has worked on many campaigns and is the signature voice of L'Oreal Paris, Network voice of Channel News Asia out of Singapore, Network voice of Triple M Classic Rock and the voice of the first 9 series of Dancing with the Stars. 
Other TV series include Good Chef Bad Chef, Everyday Gourmet and The Home Team. 
Andrew is also the founder and managing director of Realtime Casting a SAG/AFTRA voice casting business based in Manhattan. 
He has also been seen in guest roles in major Australian drama series including Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers and lead roles in two short movies.
Now a resident of Anglesea, a coastal town SW on Melbourne Australia and works mainly from his full broadcast studio.
Andrew is regarded as a premium voice artist.  

The fantastic, talented and lovely Simon Kennedy chatted with me on this very first podcast!  Go to iTunes to subscribe.  Follow me on the tweets @larissala and let me know what you think! Follow @Simon_Kennedy while you're there as well.

SIMON KENNEDY
As seen on the Channel 7 Morning show, The Project Ch10, Ch9 Morning Show, regular host of Studio 10 on Network 10 (with Ita Buttrose, Jessica Rowe, Joe Hildebrand and Sarah Harris)   News 24 ABC and many others. With more than 14 years as an international headline comedian, presenter and voiceover actor, Simon Kennedy is one of Australia's most intelligent, insightful, and versatile Entertainers.