What does your voice sound like in real life?

[Atlas14]

i definitely do not sound like the stereotypical New Jerseyan...and that is the 'wise guy w/ connections' accent. as a matter of fact, that stereotype is almost insulting.

i do not have a philly accent either.

i guess we here in SE NJ have our own accent. but nothing close to a NY/north Jersey accent - probably closer to a philly one if anything

Good The stereotypical NJ accent is quite horrendous. I am not sure if I know what a distinct Philly one sounds like though...

 

[Red Door]

i definitely do not sound like the stereotypical New Jerseyan...and that is the 'wise guy w/ connections' accent. as a matter of fact, that stereotype is almost insulting.

Suuuure you don't.

 

[Naval Power]

Orson Welles ish

 

[Swedishguy]

My voice sound as if I recently swallowed a ten gallon bottle of battery acid.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

My voice sound as if I recently swallowed a ten gallon bottle of battery acid.

AA or AAA?

 

[Veritass]

I sound like this. Sorry it has to be zipped, but they don't allow direct uploading of .mp3 files.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

I sound like this. Sorry it has to be zipped, but they don't allow direct uploading of .mp3 files.

Yeah right. No one hear can sing that well.

 

[Bigfoot]

Like geese farts on a muggy day... Although like most people I don't like hearing my recorded voice.

Actually I have a deep voice, although I tend to speak softly (unless I am consciously projecting it, as during public speaking). Unlike most Californians I pronounce words in their entirety. Many of us tend to elide the last consonant in a word, making us all sound mildly ********.

 

[Veritass]

Yeah right. No one hear can sing that well.

Actually that is me. I solo in various churches around Southern California, and I do musical theatre. I was just in local college productions of "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" and "The Grapes of Wrath". I recorded an album in 2003 with six songs that I wrote and six covers. The recording is from a song called "Heal Me" which is a cover.

 

[skadistic]

I sound like a stoned redneck even when I'm not.

 

[C~G]

Maybe we should follow Veritass' and record and post of small example of how our voice sounds like.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I dont have a recording, but you know the guitar intro to Johnny B Goode? My air guitar playing sounds exactly like that.

 

[Whomp]

I dont have a recording, but you know the guitar intro to Johnny B Goode? My air guitar playing sounds exactly like that.

Cool! Maybe you could play it for us. Check this out. A air guitar shirt that makes it audible.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6506933

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Cool! Maybe you could play it for us. Check this out. A air guitar shirt that makes it audible.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6506933

Thats great Id give it to an old person and not tell them its an air guitar shirt, so theyd think they were going insane.

 

[toh6wy]

I have a fairly deep, mellow voice, a bit nasally, quiet, occasionally mumbly, with not the best diction most of the time. Every once in awhile I pronounce a word or two as if I had a somewhat British accent, although not really on purpose. And I really don't like hearing it recorded.

 

[Veritass]

And I really don't like hearing it recorded.

Most people don't. It takes quite a bit of getting used to when you record yourself for the first time, or when you use monitor speakers to hear your voice when you are singing. However, how you sound from the outside (without the internal conductance in your head) can be enlightening.

 

[Sidhe]

Yeah to me my voice sounds quite clear, but my skull cleans it up a bit and I actually sound a little more unclear than I thought, my voice is quite deep, deeper than it sounds to me. My voice is OK, but people are alot more comfortable with my recorded voice than I am. Pretty common though.

 

[nonconformist]

I sound like this. Sorry it has to be zipped, but they don't allow direct uploading of .mp3 files.

That's you singing?

That's pretty good!
What do you sing for?

 

[Veritass]

That's pretty good!
What do you sing for?

Thanks. I sing in my church choir and I will be singing in a local college choir next semester. I do solo work singing in various New Thought churches in Southern California and whenever I travel. I was just in a couple of performances for musical theatre productions for local colleges. I sing at weddings, special services, etc.

Not enough to ever quit my day job, but it's a fun hobby. My wife is more of an actor studying singing, and I am more of a singer studying acting, so we meet in the middle at musical theatre.

 

[nonconformist]

Thanks. I sing in my church choir and I will be singing in a local college choir next semester. I do solo work singing in various New Thought churches in Southern California and whenever I travel. I was just in a couple of performances for musical theatre productions for local colleges. I sing at weddings, special services, etc.

Not enough to ever quit my day job, but it's a fun hobby. My wife is more of an actor studying singing, and I am more of a singer studying acting, so we meet in the middle at musical theatre.

But I assume your singing voice is different from your speaking voice? Inasmuch as you project, and sing from the diaphragm, rather than the way you speak, from the lungs?