Jon, thanks for the recommendation! :) Claire, I'm really glad they signed you. Congrats! As far as their new website is concerned, I believe it's up now.
Gabrielle really was fantastic to talk to. We had a pretty long conversation on the phone, in fact. And we've exchanged a few emails since. I'm in the middle of doing a TV promo demo (she indicated that it would be good to have two radio imaging demos - one for the softer side and one for the harder side - which I've already done. But she also mentioned that TV promo is the other side of the coin so if I truly want to get the most out of the package, I really should have a TV promo demo too) - but I hit a bit of a snag as I caught a cold over the weekend and my voice is still recovering. :-/ (I *hate* summer colds!) Feeling much better today though.
They do seem like people I want to work with. the problem is, of course, that their broadcast package only gets you out to the folks that are in the broadcast industry - like radio and TV - and then, only for imaging. Now, that's not horribly bad or anything ... but that package already costs about 3 times more than the foreign talents list - and if I want to be found elsewhere in their database besides just broadcast, it's twice again, what broadcast costs. Ack! So that's a lot of money ... even though I really *do* want to be with them I just don't know if I can afford it. Then again, I don't know if I can afford NOT to.
I guess we all have stories about maxing those credit cards, huh?