Anyone Else Have This Problem?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:58pm

I've found that my natural speaking voice is not expressive and hence I always change my voice slightly in every performance iI give. Is this going to present a problem for me in the future?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:51am

Not at all. When the voice is piped through a low quality speaker saying things like, "You want fries with that?" and "Please pull up to the next window", it really won't matter at all. You will be fine.

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:58am

Its a problem with American culture, the culture dictates that the male voice need not be expressive, but just forceful. Yes, its a big change, but I would suggest playing with your voice to get your point across, use the phone more :)

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:05am

What? American culture? Really...The Phone? That shouldn't be necessary. Everyone modifies their voice for performance. You might have to be more specific. If it's a slight change then it might be fine. If you're getting into vocal manipulation that might damage you. But if it's all supported and you've got good voice and speech technique I don't think it matters. I know certain people have a different voice for each character. It's part of their work. I don't think it's a huge problem.