Ah fuck it, what do you sound like?

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So according to Dan on the 'sharing intimate details' thread, I have 'a booming baritone voice with jolly inflections and everything.' Aw.

But what do YOU sound like? Post speaking samples if desired/available.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:16 (twenty-three years ago)

you will hear on the ilx comp (coming soon!!!)

jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I have an irritatingly-nasal speaking voice that sounds absolutely nothing like my lyric, flowy singing voice.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Dan Perry is secretly Kevin Murphy of MST3K.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)

I sound like Abba

Mike Hanle y (mike), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

I always thought of you as being rather softly-spoken Ned, so I am very surprised to learn that you are a booming baritone!!

I don't know what I sound like. A few of us had this same conversation on another MB recently, and ended up phoning each other up to put an end to all the curiosity about each other's voices.

Apparently I sound a bit posh - typical English Public Schoolgirl - but I just think I sound very, err, ordinary really. No discernible accent or anything.

C J (C J), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

A few years of smoking have taken their toll, but still a kind of mid-range girl pitch. Accent - generic English, except when drunk or in moments of stress/ excitement when native West-Midlands tones pop back in. I also have madly swapping 'a' sounds as a result of having grown up in the north and now living in the south.

Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

... I wish I sounded like Abba.

I sound nothing like Kevin Murphy, he's a tenor. Although I have more of a tenor timbre than a baritone timbre in my singing voice, I think. His speaking voice is also a lot fuller than mine; I speak almost entirely in my nose (one of the few things I blame on growing up in Minnesota).

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I always thought of you as being rather softly-spoken Ned, so I am very surprised to learn that you are a booming baritone!!

I can be softly spoken but it is apparently a rare thing.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:26 (twenty-three years ago)

(You forgot to add a sinister chuckle and say "yes" at the end of that.)

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Deepish, bit gravelly, bit nasal. Old-fashioned British accent: think BBC Shipping Forecast circa 1960.

Rex (Rex), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)

This is probably the only thing I'm not shy about:

I have an excellent speaking voice. It's deep and resonant and I get asked everyday if I do voice-acting/radio/commercials (the head of a large ad/brand-agency in SF remarked to me: "my wife would buy anything from you"). Fortunately, I've finally got over the notion that it would be like sinking to the level of a dumb model on Baywatch and I'm starting to get into working it (residual income's where it's at - hopefully). I can carry a tune too.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Deep, muddy, a bit monotone, with a Bristol accent that isn't too heavy, but is very obvious on the rolling burr of an occasional R. Rather nasal some of the time - I had three operations on my nose as a kid, but I still don't breathe through it well. Overall: awful.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:40 (twenty-three years ago)

ilx comp (coming soon!!!)

YAYAYAYAY (and I never thanked you properly for the other cd, which was very rude, because it's ace. If we are ever at the same FAP then I owe you a drink or several.)

I sound like a pissed-off seven-year-old (possibly a boy but I think my voice is too high) whose accent is a bizarre collision of places I've never lived in. Great. Please can people phoning here stop asking if my mummy is in? Or sounding surprised when I tell them that actually I am eligible for their credit cards or competitions? Mope. I can't sing either, which has been distressing me this evening as I attempt to yowl along to my shiny new Stereolab BBC Sessions cds.

I also sound really posh inside my head, but apparently not to anyone else. I'd always felt a bit awkward about how posh I thought my voice was, so I was simultaneously horrified and delighted when I heard an answerphone message I'd left and it was grumpy and distinctly non-posh in an "OO ARR FUGGIT MOI TRAIN IS NAH' EEERRE UHM ZO ERR PICK ME AHP AN ARR LAYHER WILLYER erm kthxbye" [or maybe not quite] style.

Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I sound like this.

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Soft, tenor? range (medium to high?), pretty gay-sounding I'm told: heavily enunciated, sometimes stretched vowels, sometimes too fast. Actually I've heard it on tape and it does sound gay. (Sub)Urban Ottawa (not Ottawa Valley) accent I suppose. Served me well when I sold things and did surveys over the phone. When I speak French, I have an accent and sometimes pause for words. I've had moments where I've been really surprised and maybe a little drunk and slipped into this embarrassing falsetto.

sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

You forgot to add a sinister chuckle and say "yes" at the end of that.

Ah, you noticed that particular verbal tic of mine, did you? ;-)

Fortunately, I've finally got over the notion that it would be like
sinking to the level of a dumb model on Baywatch and I'm starting to get into working it

Hey, Spencer, I get the 'do you work in radio/voiceover' thing all the time as well -- was wondering if I should pursue the voiceover part more thoroughly. I think I might have to talk to you more about this! :-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Obv. I have a small, childlike voice. When I sing I sound like Tanya Donelly. I like my voice a lot, but I get embarrassed when other people comment on it.

rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I think Jody Beth sounds like Lilith from Cheers!!

C J (C J), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

If only I looked like her!

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes Ned, e-mail me about it. I'm just getting into it and there is semi-serious time and some money investment involved. I've a few books I can loan you whenever we get around to a So-Cal FAP. Forget these NYC people, we can do Karaoke too! and better with our amazing voices!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Rainy's voice is most cool. :-) And yeah, Spencer, I'll chat in e-mail. I figure some amount of work and time is definitely involved, but I've heard of worse situations. ;-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't like my voice, and not just in the way that everyone dislikes theirs, I REALLY HATE IT. It's not a big deal, though. I've no idea how to describe it, actually!

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:03 (twenty-three years ago)

unfortunately lately i sound like an idiot 90% of the time because i am speaking to my baby son in that annoying "motherese" way - the high-pitched sing-song voice and language no one else has a hope of understanding.
apart from that i have an accent that is a cross between australian and kiwi, and though i always thought my voice was nicer ( it was in MY head too rebecca i know what you mean) im afraid i sound pretty damned boring and childish.
cant believe you have a booming voice ned, i had you in my head as a softly spoken chap. so much for that then hey. :-)

donna (donna), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

not too fond of my voice, but I do get the occasional "you do radio?" Qs; it can boom at times but mostly is a somewhat nasal (Midwestern, Minnesotan, right Dan?) tenor

M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Heavens, the impression is everywhere! ;-) I don't shout (at least not constantly), but yeah, when puberty hit I ended up with this deep voice. Combine that with my semi-natural state of freneticism and the result is as described.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

when Ned rang me up from the airport, I thought I had won a competition on ZM.*


*I have already made this joke.

rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

So is anyone else gonna post a wav?

Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I think Jody Beth sounds like Lilith from Cheers!!

She (JBR not Lilith) sounds weirdly like an old friend of mine from upstate New York -- just a bit (like 1/2 tone) higher.

Phil (phil), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Had I a microphone set up handy, I would record something at home for you all. Actually there was an interview with Marc Almond I did on-line somewhere, but I can't find it now...

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:16 (twenty-three years ago)

name dropper!

rainy (rainy), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

*weeps* But it's true!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:19 (twenty-three years ago)

It doesn't really sound like me, but you can hear my speaking voice throughout this MP3, a little demo/throwaway a friend and I threw together in an afternoon about a year ago. I say "it doesn't really sound like me" because it's an excerpt from a dictaphone tape I made one morning back in college, while still half-asleep, when I decided to start recording my dreams (which lasted under a month).

There've been other tracks floating around the Internet with my singing voice, but most of the sites they were on are down.

Phil (phil), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:22 (twenty-three years ago)

i sound like a sexy bitch.

jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Matos can probably back me up (or refute me), but as long as we're dropping MST3K references I seem to sound -- at least to myself -- like the mid-point between Joel Hodgson and Mike Nelson: Midwestern, alternately sleepy and affable, with the tendency to lapse into caricaturized or "silly" voices for emphasis once in a while.

Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Despite attempts to modulate my voice, I fear I usually speak too quickly. I really dislike certain speach traits and shudder when I hear them in myself. I sang for a few rehearsal sessions with a musician who went on to write music for advertisements, and he said I sounded like Howard Devoto. Howard Deovoto! And I wanted to sound like David Bowie...

At least I don't look like Howard Devoto.

Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Damn, I wish I sounded like Howard Devoto. I'd be walking around singing lines from "Shot From Both Sides" just for the hell of it.

Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

i have a big voice. my fave descriptions of my singing come from miss rainy "whoa you've got a good set of lungs", and maxine who described my voice as "unstoppable". a proud moment of my life was after about 15 years finally liking my singing voice. my speaking voice i feel is probbly quite boring and i try not to think about whether i like it or not.

di smith (lucylurex), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 22:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Woody Allen with a London by way of Jakarta tinge. Sometimes. California mannerisms as well (hella, dude, etc.). Increasing chicago southside mannerisms.

True conversation:

10th grade JM: It's like I've used so many voices I don't remember what I really sound like.
10th grade Sterl: Totally.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You sound nothing like that, Sterling.

Ally, Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:21 (twenty-three years ago)

i sound like a boy.

geeta (geeta), Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, my voice sucks, I hate it so much. And it is apparently very twangily midwestern, which I never really noticed until it was pointed out to me.

Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:33 (twenty-three years ago)

gareth can explain my "american accent" better than i can

geeta (geeta), Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:37 (twenty-three years ago)

You don't sound like a boy.

Ally, Thursday, 24 October 2002 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone tell me how I sound.

nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:22 (twenty-three years ago)

yes she does. it's cute.

jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:24 (twenty-three years ago)

nabisco sounds like a heavenly tuba

rainy (rainy), Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I have a contralto voice and probably a few midwestern manerisms (I was born in Maryland but raised by transplanted midwesterners). Did I make enough of an impression on anyone at the Boston FAP for rhem to add any details?

j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I sound like jess.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Actually, I'm kidding. I have a very deep voice.

ragnfild (ragnfild), Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think she sounds like a boy!

Ally, Thursday, 24 October 2002 01:38 (twenty-three years ago)

latebloomer, all that link got me was a popup window where I had to shoot a pineapple to try and win a prize.
-- Homosexual II (mandeewrigh...), September 1st, 2004.

sorry about that, i forgot about the angelfire no hotlinking thing. but coincidentally, shooting pineapples to win prizes is what my voice DOES actually sound like.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it weird that I have no idea?

x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

That's a really beautiful song that Dan sent to the gmail. I could lie to the rest of you who received this and say that that's me at 8:28 who coughs.

But it wasn't me.

Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The plan

Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I like your laugh.

Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank you!

Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...
http://www.pbs.org/speak/

teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG, this site has a section on dialectical prejudice! I wonder if they're going to get into that on the program. I'd still watch it regardless, definitely. It'd be VERY intriguing.

Samantha Baker (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

weird that i revived this tonight:
Please Call Stella

Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Mandee, you sound like my best girlfriend from high school. I always thought she had a really unique voice.

roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i a have a cold

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicago

Holly (an appletross), Thursday, 6 January 2005 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooooh! I'll post my commercial voice-over demo soon!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 01:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm watching the PBS special. They're all wrong about the midwest as the hub of "correct speaking," standard broadcaster American English, etc. The midwestern accent has too much German/Polish/Scandi influence. The west coast (from SoCal up to Vancouver, BC) is where the accent is the most "standard."

cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, totally.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

right, because EVERYONE in california is a surfer. ;-)

cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't wait to hear old ladies in the 2050s saying, "Dude, where are my dentures? I like, totally lost 'em!"

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

what i don't like about this special is how it's supposed to be a "state of the union" report on dialects today, yet they mostly interview senior citizens with dialects that have been slowly dying out for generations. that's always fun to hear about, but i'm sorta more interested in what people speak like now and the ways they're leveling those old speech patterns with something more modern and standardized. is it really right to say "louisianans speak like this" if it only represents a tiny part of the population in 2004?

cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

oh also apparently america is filled with illiterate/naive hispanics and hip-hop kids, and yes, EVERY white person in california is a surfer, skater, or val.

cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

OMIGAWD!

Spencer's demo should be a treat. :-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

and they didn't interview any "educated" americans unless they were linguistic anthropologists or language experts in some way.

cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I found that program to be quite irritating from the beginning and thus only ended up watching the first hour of it. It seems as though they were angling for the most antiquated or hackneyed "local" dialects without thinking of how much more homogenized the way of speaking throughout the U.S. has become (as has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, yes *smile*). I mean, not like this homogenization has caused those without the overtly discernible vernacular of old to sound EXACTLY the same -- there are regional-influenced differences that may not be audible at first, but can be picked up with careful listening. Maybe if that evolution in communication would've been covered, maybe *then* it would've been a much better program.

Samantha Baker (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 6 January 2005 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

(i.e. dude, they should've talked to US, man!

*laughs*

[Only kidding.])

Samantha Baker (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 6 January 2005 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Was that youtube video anyone else's first exposure to Ned's voice? It was strange hearing him for the first time after reading his posts/reviews for 8 years. His voice is downright sexy.

wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Englande!

http://www.go-quick.com/ILXVol3.html

Mark G, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

x-post -- Do go on. (There's actually a fair amount of me speaking out there now, via spoken word releases of sorts and Tombot collaborations and etc.)

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder where my MP3 of pi is.

libcrypt, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

i sometimes cohost a weekly video game show on the twin cities sports talk show...you can listen to them here, i'm on a few, most recently the 10/10 broadcast and the also the one where we talk about the scariest games

http://www.kfan.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=Video_Games_Weekly.xml

M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

This guy in my govt class and I ran into each other at a party this weekend. He was all sketchy and nervous, and asked if I'd called into Dan Savage's podcast 3 weeks ago. I told him I hadn't, and he explained what it was: a girl who sounds just like me, same details – 24, dating for 3 years, gonna get married, shit libido/sex life. Dan told her GET OUT NOW and that he thought she might be gay. This guy, too, he'd thought I was a lesbian (everyone does) because of "how I put my clothes together." well, it's true, that girl sounds just fucking like me.

Abbott, Friday, 2 November 2007 00:51 (eighteen years ago)

Pretty much what I sound like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_HUCBq8nLQ

Out of sync, and stupid!

roxymuzak, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

I posted this to the homophones thread the other day:

http://www.tricksy.plus.com/myhomophones.mp3

Alba, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

I remember your voice from the previous post, where you talked about meeting at the pub, and pubs vs. bars, etc. I liked it.

roxymuzak, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:24 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I forgot all about that.

Alba, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

I forget nothing.

roxymuzak, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

I have been a little self-conscious about my voice, especially since Cathy said the other day that I clearly had the highest voice out of me, RJG and Ally C, even though it's true, I have.

Alba, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

I like your voice too. I like the way it sounds like you've got something constricting your throat. And you're right, it is out of sync. You should see someone about that.

Alba, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

Constricting my throat!

roxymuzak, Friday, 2 November 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Here's me singing the popular Finnish tune "Mombasa":

http://www.zshare.net/audio/601304146e4300e5/

(Beat and voice processing courtesy of a friend.)

Tuomas, Sunday, 17 May 2009 10:07 (seventeen years ago)

Aw, Roxy I like your voice!!

I already posted this on the what do your pets look like thread but this is what I sound like when talking stupidly to my parents' dog.

Noooo! Cats are not for eating!!! (ENBB), Sunday, 17 May 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

http://vocaroo.com/
"Vocaroo - The premier voice recording service."

Sébastien, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 04:00 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/curtom

recent 'initial jam session' with friend (me on guitar, him on drums)

hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:08 (fifteen years ago)

five months pass...

Made a beat out of Hissing of Summer Lawns. Kind of a rough version - needs editing.

http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/jonibeat-v2

didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Monday, 18 July 2011 17:30 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

New beat demo:

http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/
laughterintheeyesv2

a little bit dilla, a little bit kanye

still cleaning up the drums so it's not perfect, but sounds pretty good

Jews Did Irene (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 September 2011 05:11 (fourteen years ago)

sorry, link:

http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/laughterintheeyesv2

Jews Did Irene (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 September 2011 05:12 (fourteen years ago)

Meanwhile, my brother just produced this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4e_iwQZxwQ&feature=player_embedded#!

Jews Did Irene (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 September 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)

that's nice, man. seems like it's set up for a vocal, rather than being a stand-alone thing? love the samples (not really feeling that open hi-hat though?).

hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Saturday, 10 September 2011 14:57 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, definitely intended as a track for vocals. Noted about the open hi-hat. I think I need a better hi-hat sound. Have kind of a limited palette atm.

Jews Did Irene (Hurting 2), Sunday, 11 September 2011 04:33 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

I don't think I ever posted this. It's the only surviving video I know of of my old band -- a set we did at Southpaw in Brooklyn. The sound is bad, the video is bad, you can't see me at all, and it wasn't our best night, but I guess it's more or less what we sounded like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92VmZl-EVVw

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:58 (thirteen years ago)

shameless plug, but this is my podcasting voice:

http://jodycast.podomatic.com/entry/2013-01-18T18_15_01-08_00

les yper-fem (get bent), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 23:16 (thirteen years ago)


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