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Bruce
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 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject: A Lesson for Young Women in Voiceover |
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If you want to go far in this business young women, never ever ever ever sound like this unless you're being paid to mimic this woman and her sisters. Everyone else, I suggest not listening to this brief video or burnt eardrums or spasmodic vomiting may ensue.
You Want Frys with That?
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Bailey
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The more I turned down the volume, the better she sounded... and when I remove my hearing aids, she sounded great. 
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Moe Egan
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Make. It. Stop.
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JVOICE
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AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! 
Sadly this is leaking into a lot of on air voices as well... Ugh
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Moe Egan
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My 26 year old daughter is starting to talk with an affected-fry voice. Being the good mother I am, I don't say anything, but respond to her in a worser-fry delivery. So far she hasn't picked up what I'm puttin down.
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melissa eX
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Had a client a while back who insisted I put in as much fry as possible. Said he read it makes women sound more intelligent.
That's wrong on SO many levels. |
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Deirdre
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I am not even going to listen.
I listen to NPR and shout at the radio about 25% of the time.
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JohnV
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It's like being permanently on the last 2% of what's left in your lungs...
which is the WORST thing you can do to your larynx...... (i DO remember some of what I was taught in music/vocal classes...)
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todd ellis
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i really like it.
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JohnV
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other side-o-the-coin...
Am i the only person who thinks NPR's Shay Stevens is just THE bestest (and underused) voice on radio... or anywhere...?
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Deirdre
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I don't know Shay Stevens. I just know Guy Raz always sounds like he needs water, and I told him so.
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Philip Banks
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Just listened. Best descriptor from me? Wooden. By that I mean, affected deliberate. Gawd 'elp us if we all liked the same things!
Try a bit of the relaxed looseness of Jane Garvey from BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09y6z57 |
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Mike Harrison
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It's almost as if nearly everyone jumping on the Valley Speak bandwagon weren't enough. I just never understood the desire to purposely affect the voice for something other than to play a character... or give some other illusion. And then, for many others to hear it and do the same thing (?)
Why advertising works: give something some sort of appeal and - especially if a celebrity does it - others will quickly follow, most without question.
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Tre M.
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Dayo
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Oh that’s annoying!
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