• the_grass_trainer@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, that’s some good input. I am playing Valorant, and someone asked if I was a VA. When questioned they said i have a generic sounding voice.

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      4 months ago

      My guess is they meant you sound like a “default character” voice (I feel like that sounds negative but I don’t mean it that way). Like if you were to be the narrator for a menu, a random character, the main character’s friend etc, your voice wouldn’t be distracting or feel out of place. Maybe the voice of an audiobook or online language course or something?

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          4 months ago

          Be grateful. I get told I sound like a child fairly often. I’m an adult man so it really does wonders for the ol self esteem when it happens.

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            Oh i wasn’t offended at all. I thought it was funny honestly.

            Also you should check out MC Chris. He makes music and money off of his childish sounding voice. Hopefully you find something of his inspiring.

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      If the idea tickles your fancy and you want to look into voice work more, please consider checking out LibriVox. It’s a website with tons of open domain audiobooks voiced by volunteers. Their volunteer section has a lot of good info.

      I don’t volunteer to read, but I greatly appreciate the work they do. They don’t accept donations anymore, but request people route to the Internet Archive. All green flags in my book.