A Mouth of Many Voices
Back when I was younger, I had aspirations to be a voice actor. In some ways I still do, but those have been mostly superseded by the thrill that is being on the radio. I would practice different voices everyday, trying to get into accents and certain dialects. Some would work and others would not, as is expected when you're trying to gain exposure in this industry or even just simply get a start. How voice actors and actresses such as Frank Welker, Seth McFarlane, and even Nancy Cartwright can do it so easily floors me to no end. When I was on my high school's Speech Team Senior Year, it was mentioned to be by one of the coaches that not just one, but all of my voices sounded like, or at least had a little bit of my announcer's tone in there. I had to stop and think for a split second. Had the announcer's tone that I developed over the preceding four years crept up into my work as a Speech Team member? I went back and forth with the co...