Are you happy with your voice?

[Mike_Lowery]

I'm not talkin about if you're happy with your singing voice, are you happy with your everyday, conversation voice? your giving-commands voice? how about with hearing yourself? I always hated hearing my voice on recordings.

just a random question, 'cause I had a wrong number leave a message on my voicemail, and they sounded funny

[1stwahine]

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I love my voice. I can make it sound sexy, sensual or like a man.

When I'm in a Bar and I don't want to be bothered ~ I just say in a low and strong commanding voice "Go away...I'm a MAN!"

It works all the time!

Auntie Lynn

[jdub]

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I like my voice the morning after a singing all night at a gig. It gets deep and hoarse. I think it helps me when I call clients. Otherwise, I hate my voice. Although I'm getting more comfortable with my singing voice.

[blueyecicle]

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I like my voice. I used to hate it when I was young because I have always sounded old, but now that I am a grown woman, it's sexy!

[pzarquon]

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I'm not exactly proud of my voice... it's certainly more nasal than I'd like. But, well, many have alleged that I like to hear myself speak, and I certainly don't get tongue tied often. Hence, podcasting.

Of course, my wife hates the sound of her recorded voice, but I love it, and dragged her into podcasting, too. Next thing I knew, folks were saying she was the best part of the show. I can't complain too much, though, because of course she is.

[shaveice]

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never did like hearing my voice on tape or now digitally. oh well; not much i can do about it...

[Leo Lakio]

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I, too, dislike listening back to my recorded voice, as it sounds nothing like what I hear in my own resonant (empty?) skull. But, after having done radio (and stage, and television, and all kinds of voice work) for 30+ years, and having had my voice complimented by many nice people, I've grown comfortable with it.

Some related voice tales: I've been on vacation out of the country, and stopped in public by people who recognized me by my voice; that's kinda weird.

About 25 years ago, an experimental composer (the late Peter Tod Lewis) used tapes of my voice (from radio shows) for a composition focused on the rhythm of my speech, rather than the words. He told me that he used to tape my shows and listen back to them on trips to Mexico, where he would also play them for friends, telling them that mine was "the typical Midwestern accent."

A few years back, I used to voice a lot of announcements for phone on-hold systems and overhead speakers for facilities all across Hawai`i, because I was the only person in our company who could pronounce Hawaiian words correctly. You'd hear me on everything from the phone system at Haleiwa Joe's to the Kahala Mall & Lahaina Cannery Mall's speakers. It was fun to do, and I hope to be able to resume doing those spots again someday.

[Linkmeister]

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It's funny how distinctive voices can be. After hearing Noe Tanigawa doing arts stories on HPR, I hear her doing voiceovers for local ads all the time (HMSA being one of the most frequent).

The only time I hear my recorded voice is on my answering machine, and it sounds ok to me.

[shaveice]

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hmmm. i'll have to listen to those hmsa commercials more closely. noe has a very nice voice.

anyone know if the kaiser voice (thrive) is from someone in hawaii?

[Palolo Joe]

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anyone know if the kaiser voice (thrive) is from someone in hawaii?

Nah... that's CJ Craig from the West Wing (Allison Janney).

[Linkmeister]

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Nah... that's CJ Craig from the West Wing (Allison Janney).

Grins. I never watched the show, but I recognized her voice just from the time I've spent walking through the room while the West Wing was on the tube. Or rather, I knew the voice but didn't know whose it was immediately.

[Palolo Joe]

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Or rather, I knew the voice but didn't know whose it was immediately.

Yup, just like the guy from Law and Order (Sam Waterson) who does those financial commercials... or even George Clooney. He does voiceover work where you never see his face, but you're like, 'Hey, I recognize that voice...'

[Leo Lakio]

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Another voiceover I hear a lot is Nancy Giles - she does a lot of drug ads; she's a regular commentator on "CBS Sunday Morning." Mandy Patinkin & Richard Dreyfuss do a lot of commercial voice work, too. That kind of work pays extremely well (which I found out once, a long time ago.)

[akrauth]

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The only time I don't like my voice is when I'm sick. Other than that, I love listening to myself, singing in front of people, or just talking to myself all the time alone.