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This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by David Goldberg.
Hello! Thank you to everyone who helped give me advice on my first read! This is my second attempt, so please let me know what I can approve on!
This time I tried doing it in my closet to get rid of some of that echo. On that note, for those of you who do use your closest as your workspace, how do you keep it from getting hot?
Hi Emily. I really like the positive and enthusiastic read. Your confidence with the material makes me feel like I can learn to read music! I think “accompanying” could be more articulated. Maybe the “R” in “Reading” at the very top is drawn out a bit more than it needs to be?
I used a closet for a bit and moved on to a space with sound panels. That has been more comfortable. But the sound as compared to your last recording is MUCH better. Well done!
Hi Tracy,
I listenend to your original takes as well as this one and it’s definitely been an improvement! I could really hear the smile in your voice for the in both baking and retail. Personally I thought the pacing and tone for the first retail read was more appropriate, even if it wasn’t considered conversational.
I Have just up loaded two new recordings one Commercial and narration. Please give feedback to know if I made any errors or not in diction and annunciation I would really appreciate it.
Hi Dillon. In the Toronto one I think the beginning and end sound like the works kind of run together. I think the end first phrase and the list at the end could use just a little more time to be heard completely.
Hi Dillon! For the Voice of the City piece – I have the same issue – you might want to slow the pace. Imagine speaking to one person as if having a conversation, that helped me.
Hey there Dillon – I like the ending to the 99ers recording and would suggest the beginning of the reading to be just a bit less charged and more empathetic for the subject (losing unemployment benefits). The second recording I thought it began well but the volume started getting lower towards the end of the recording which I don’t think was intentional. The pacing was also a bit fast and would suggest slowing down a little. I would also suggest that you make your statements more affirmative sounding as some of your statements sound as if you are asking a question because you end them higher in pitch. Eg. “we are all in the same boat”; and because boat is a bit higher it does not sound as convincing as it should.
Hey guys, I was curious if I could get some feedback on these two, especially regarding diction and pace. Also these being my first commercial and narration recordings, whether or not I’m getting a good grasp of the style and tone. The “A brief history” is the narration and the “Navy-pier” is my commercial. Thanks!
Hello Rory, in the narration, at the beginning, everything before “daily lives” were difficult to understand. I thought the diction and pace was right on time.
On the commercial with “Navy Pier” it sounded like a narration more than a commercial. Probably some smiling would help change it some. Again the diction was great, i think the pace can be picked up a little for the commercial.
I’d just like to start with I love your voice! It is very smooth and pleasant to listen to!
I’d say that it feels like there are some unnecessary pauses, such as “because…it’s not only about studying”. Pauses to me are used to emphasize the information you want the audience to remember, such as slowing down with X*X. However, with the sentence I highlighted, I only remember the “because” more than the slogan because the slow down puts emphasis on that.
Hey Keith, love this recording. Very smooth and alluring read. The only thing I would say is that at the ends of phrases some words are held out in a way that make it a little “too” alluring. What I mean by this is that at these moments the quality of your voice is more about how you sound rather than what you’re saying.
This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by RoryQuist.
Hi everyone!
I’m looking for some feedback on two recent brief recordings (the one on digital retail is a redo of a previous post). Thanks in advance for your time and your comments.
Hey Tracy, Love these recordings. I would say the tone is right for the reads but you can lean significantly more into it. For example, in baking let yourself smile or even laugh a little. The script literally says “psychological benefits” so what would those psychological benefits genuinely feel like? Beyond that pace and diction was great and super easy to listen to.
Hi Forum! I’m doing some practice copy and I’d be glad for feedback on this commercial read. I don’t have a home setup yet, so I’m looking more for input on the performance than on the technical aspects of the recording. Thanks in advance!
I liked this read! Definitely very low so had to crank the volume all the way up. But it felt friendly and light! The part with the ingredients I feel could’ve been read just a little slower to show emphasis on it. That’s my little feedback!
I am legit going to try to make these pops 🙂 Thanks. I liked your read and would suggest that you slow down just a tad to make it more conversational. I would also look to make more conversational sounding pauses. For example, after the intro question, there is no pause; it sounds like you go straight into the following sentence. There is also an unnatural sounding pause between “recipe” and “made”. And then you go straight from “cookies” into “these” where a pause may be a bit more conversational. I liked your tone and levity and thought the intro and closing were strong. FWIW I’ve been told to pretend that I’m talking to an old friend – and I even start my recordings with, “Well you know (name of person)” before I start to tape and then delete that initial part out of the recording.
Hi Toria, I’m curious what it would do to try really trying to impact / change the person you’re speaking to with your words. Is it possible to do that without losing your high status? Right now I think that this queen doesn’t seem to really care if the person listening heeds her warning, and I think it could help energize the text and raise the stakes if it did matter to her a bit more.
Also, this is a little thing, but I think it might sound higher status to say ‘ON-clave’ rather than ‘EN-clave’.
a couple more practice recordings – working more on the “who” in these since they aren’t quite worded like I’d have a conversation with someone. I know the “p’s” are popping a bit. Will have to come up with a solution for that. Thanks for your feedback!