the voiceover agent series: how I partnered with Moxie Talent in Kansas City, MO

Voice Talent Peter K. O'Connell_Moxie Talent Agency 19Editor’s note: Often times I get asked by both new and experienced voiceover talent “how do you get a voiceover agent?” Or “how did you get signed with a specific voice talent agency?” It occurred to me recently that there are some interesting and fun stories about how I have partnered with my voiceover agents. Everybody likes a good story so I thought I would share a few of them in something I’ve entitled “the voiceover agent series”.

I met Stacey Siegert, the owner of Moxie Talent on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. That was also the day we agreed to work together.

I was in Kansas City, Missouri the night before having dinner with my old Faffcon pal Dan Hurst who, that night introduced me to two other voiceover talents, Matt Wiewel and Andy Barnett. We went to a BBQ rib joint there because…Kansas City.

We had a great time swapping voiceover stories and how we got to where we were in our careers. The stories were pretty great as I recall.

As happens in these conversations, we spoke about their specific market and about agents there. As my memory serves (and sometimes it’s closed for business on account of fog) Dan and Andy were represented by a long established agency…I believe Matt was there too.

But they also mentioned a fairly new voiceover agent in the market by the name of Stacey Siegert who had just started an agency called Moxie. I believe (again, this could be the fog rolling in) that Stacey has previously worked at a local agency and had decided to go out on her own.

So the next day I had a minute before catching my plane home, so I stopped by Moxie to introduce myself.

Sometimes these drive by introductions can go well and sometimes VO agents can be very off-put by such a display. I was in the Northwest part of the country once where my voiceover agent office drop by was met with a look of deer-in-headlights shock that I would walk in to a place of business unannounced. That told me all I needed to know and I left, relieved.

Stacey Siegert Moxie TalentBut when I stopped by to meet Stacey at Moxie, she was gracious, professional, smart and welcoming. An engaging personality that I could immediately tell producers would enjoy working with. She was somebody who appreciates that talent who worked with her. And all this in just the first few minutes.

She liked my demos, I liked her. It was a good fit.

About a year or so ago, I spoke separately with Dan and Andy and now THEY are on the Moxie Talent roster too!

2 Responses to “the voiceover agent series: how I partnered with Moxie Talent in Kansas City, MO”

  1. Yes, Peter, we are simple, uncomplicated folks here in Kansas City. Well, except Matt. He’s not as simple as Andy.

    And yes, I too am with Moxie. Stacey is great to work with!

  2. Yes, you all are Dan, even Matt….simply GREAT!

    Thanks for visiting!

    Best always,
    -Peter