British voice actors on the internet are not really in massive demand so i decided i needed to perfect my american accent.
Do i sound american? or like a british boy faking it?
http://www.thethoughtradar.com/AGS/american.mp3 (http://www.thethoughtradar.com/AGS/american.mp3)
I can't hear the Britishness... I'd say you sound like a young American.
well thats what i was aiming for i guess..
I think we should bring back the voice acting comp.. its good practice.
Sounds alreet to me but then I'm English so I doubt that counts for much.
A little bit dodgy on words like "go" I think, like you don't quite know what to do with it.
But yeah, if I didn't know otherwise and heard that I wouldn't guess the voice was not really American.
I'd say it's a mixture between american and british.
It almost sounds american ('normal' american--as you'd hear a hollywood actor speak), but then the british soaks through. :P
I'm Canadian.
The line "I have a new band", you can really hear the british. Mostly because the D was completely missed. But the rest aren't too bad.
Now that I think about it, with the last two lines ('compass point', and 'maybe I should just go'), I'd say you almost sound like a native indian.
Anyway, I must say that I do like your voice. It's got this professional quality to it.
Awesome.
<3 ur voice.
Agree with what the before comments have stated. You say 'Band' more like 'Bond' when if you're american (especially southern twangy) it comes out more like you would say 'Ann" like in 'man'.
I wish I could do british. British accents are coolest.
maybe i should stick with being british and hope people need villains :p
Quote from: ShonenAiGuy on Wed 25/11/2009 20:25:06
Awesome.
<3your voice.
You're so kind. 8)
Yes, if I didn't know you were putting on the accent then I definitely wouldn't know. Incidentally there is a branch of linguistics that deals with accents (dialectology). I saw on the TV about this man who imitated his father's voice over the phone to withdraw thousands from his pater's account. Upon smelling a rat the police drafted in a dialectologist to study the phone calls. He spotted the slips in accent, and sunshine was locked away.
Quote from: ShonenAiGuy on Wed 25/11/2009 20:25:06
I wish I could do british. British accents are coolest.
Just look down your nose at everyone and you've got it! ;)
Was this prompted by my rather unreasonable demands, by any chance? :P
I think it's generally really good, except for the few words that people have pointed out already. It's not very identifiable as being from any part of America either, just a generic accent with that slight British inflection. I find that it lends a very pleasant quality to the delivery, like that of a well-educated American boy.
ha ha not specifically you, no :p
Although i didnt really manage to disguise my britishyness in your audition either :p
To me, it sounds like a Canadian that's moved to the midwest. But if I met you on the street, I'd believe you were an American.
It sounds good, aside from a word here or there that sound a bit off, like "band" and "compass." Otherwise it's pretty convincing.
I think it's convincing enough to fool about 95% of your listeners. The part where you'll start stumbling though are chiefly british words (things we just don't say here in the US) and words with drastically different pronunciations. You'll have to be careful to avoid the loftier words or find an American friend to set you straight. Overall though, provided you've had no formal coaching I'd say you're off to an impressive start!
Also, it might help to hear you speak the line in your normal voice to hear the differences in pronunciation and accent.
Im British, so probably counts for nothing, but, i thought it was good. Not just as an accent, but as an acting piece. I could see myself believing in this character.
I think it's already been said, but the line " I have a new band " was very British, well maybe just the word 'band'. Most American accents I've heard, over-pronounce the d (not a crit on the usa, I <3 the American accent).
But over all, I think it rocks!
You pronounce "I have a new band" British because you have a "yod" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_consonant_cluster_reductions#Yod-dropping) in new, that is, saying it like [nju:], instead of [nu:].
Even though many American varieties don't drop the yods, it's probably a short-cut to make it sound really typical American.
The word "compass" would probably sound more American if you made the first vowel sound slightly longer, and shifted it a bit towards the /a:/ in father instead of the "short O" /ɒ/.
This is described here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_the_low_back_vowels#Cot-caught_merger)quite well.