Voice Over Stinkaholic

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This week Voices.com is pleased to present Phyllis K. Day.
Phyllis K. Day: Hi, I’m Phyllis K. Day. This is probably not the first coaching podcast you’ve ever heard and it may not be the first one you’ve heard of mine. Perhaps, you listen to the before and after and still think that you’re just too new, too clueless or too awful to even begin to think about sending me a note for an eval because there’ll be no way that I could ever see any promise in you. After this podcast you’ll never think that again.
Today we’re going to talk about someone who was a newbie but has come a long, long way. Trust me, you can’t listen to this podcast and still think you’re no good. This newbie we’re going to get to know today is Matt. Matt is a perfect example of no matter how bad you think you sound, I know what’s underneath at all. That’s thanks to what I consider a god given gift of sighted sound which allows me to pill back the layers of your voice and hear what you really can do.
I guess the best way I can describe it is to imagine that you’re in a lake or swimming pool with a stone in your hand. The other hand is in the water, you drop the stone and it makes it sound like, “plop” and concentric circles radiate out. On one side you take your hand that’s in the water and you move it toward the circles until they eventually bumped into your hand and that edge of the circle is disrupted. The sound of the stone falling is the same but what’s different about the way I hear and the way you hear is that I can perceive the disruption that your hand made on one side of the circles. What you’re doing with your hand to disrupt the circles is your X and by identify your X that is the key element or elements that are covering your original voice, we can quickly get you sounding much better.
Okay, back to Matthew. He was a lot of fun to work with. He was full of enthusiasm, eager to learn. He had a quick laugh. He was smart yet humble and took constructive criticism so well that I felt comfortable saying something to him that I’ve never said to a student before. Here is the first audition Matthew sent me along with his MP3 chat.
Matt Clark: Who’s looking out for your 401k or 403b? We all know how confusing choosing investment option can be. We’re on your side. We’ve been providing 401k and 403b consulting services for over 16 years.
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Phyllis K. Day: It sounded like Matt was using nostrils to pronounce his words. That’s never a good thing. He was also pushing his breath out through his chest sort of in fits in starts. Remember the hand the concentric circle analogy? That’s how I saw it like he was pronouncing his words through his nostrils. After identifying from Matthew his X that is the miss use of his body parts. Here’s how it sounded.
Matt Clark: Just who is looking out for your 401k or 403b? We all know how confusing choosing investment options can be. We’re on your side. We’ve been providing 401k and 403b consulting services for over 16 years.
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Phyllis K. Day: But wait there’s more. I noticed in my way that Matt wasn’t using all the skin on his lips to pronounces his word. Granted the phrase, “Providing 401k and 403b consulting services” is a bit of a toughie. Yet, in this after, after clip he does an even better job of the piece.
Matt Clark: Just who is looking out for your 401k or 403b? In this economic climate, we all know how confusing choosing investment options can be. We’re on your side. We’ve been providing 401k and 403b consulting services for over 16 years.
Phyllis K. Day: After a few sessions Matt started nailing audiences and getting other work at local studios. Now here something Matt wants to tell you.
Matt Clark: Hi, my name is Matt Clark and I’m a recovering vocal stinkaholic. I was the most vocally challenged student Phyllis has ever had and you’re also going to hear Phyllis be very direct and opioniate in her critic. I give her full authority to say what she needs to say but keep in mind she only told me this after my voice had changed.
Phyllis K. Day: Matt’s before clip was the worst audition piece I have ever heard. Well, at fast forward about 9 months, he’s got a national spot running. I guess then if someone says to me, talk to the hand, I can.
Would you like me to identify your X? E-mail me at [email protected] and I’ll talk to your hand.
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