Karmyn Tyler

An Ode to Head shots, by Karmyn Tyler Cobb Head shot, head shot, please help me When I look, what should I see? My zit, my wrinkle, my nose so big A doctor, a dad, a bum with a cig. Thousand of dollars I’ll spend on you Comedic, dramatic – the looks I’ll ensue I’ll rummage through t-shirts, and jackets galore Finding nothing…I’ll run to the store All this anxiety churned into a brine For that one “look” frozen in time So off to the photographer I must go To find “that look” to bring in the dough.   Hmm…I’ve been on many “sides” of a head shot. I’m an actor, I’ve worked for an agent, I’ve cast a few indy films and I’m a headshot photographer.  “So, Karmyn, what DOES make for a good headshot?”   “It’s depends…on you!”     ACTOR As a photographer sometimes I feel like an accountant. Tax season...

Back in my Dallas years, a friend of mine thought I’d be great for small role in a short film, called More Air for the Rest of Us directed by Kyle Killen and starring the amazing  Johnny Sneed . I had a few lines as a florist where Johnny’s character comes in to buy flowers. The film had a very talented DP by the name of Clay Liford . Fast forward a few months and I was contacted by Clay for a role in his first feature film, Flowers Grown from Powdered Bones. I played the 1 of 3 cannibalistic sisters. (You gotta see this movie!!) There is simply NOTHING like working on an indie film! The amount of freedom and creativity that gets to flow just makes magic. A magic you just don’t get from Hollywood blockbusters. Fast forward even again, and I have moved from Texas to LA, married and now live NYC. Through the miracles of Social Media (and the occasional phone calls), I’ve been able to keep up with Clay and his talent. When Clay announced the Brooklyn pre...

My latest blog post has me moving back to Wordpress: http://karmyntyler.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/karmyn-you-look-like-vera-farmiga/ More on my move later. 

This is the BEST article I have read on contemporary singing!! Thank you to my husband for finding it via our friend Tom Schuneman. Why Harry Connick Jr. Couldn't Sit Idle During 'Idol' by John Stark The star couldn't stand hearing young singers mangle the Great American Songbook posted by  John Stark , May 4, 2013  More by this author John Stark is the articles editor of   Next Avenue . Follow John on Twitter  @jrstark . Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and '60s got to constantly hear — on radio, TV and vinyl — the Great American Songbook sung by the likes of Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Sarah Vaughan. ... The list goes on. These were singers who belonged to our parents more than to us. Still, they set a high bar for crooners, even if we didn’t fully appreciate it when we were kids. Besides having intonation, perfect pitch and beautiful voices, these artists respecte...