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I lost my radio virginity...
...and I missed it.
This morning I was on Radio Cumbria for a slot called Little Cumbria that I recorded late last month and I was not even aware until I received an email from a friend! I did manage to catch a repeat on the drive home but it is something quite horrific when you hear your voice on radio.
You can lister here by the way, I'm at 0:52.25
http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/p00dfs4s/
Comments
You didn't sound bad at all. I'd be a bundle of nerves, I couldn't do it at all...
Well done!
Ceka and I were discussing our 'voices' on Saturday - we never sound how we expect, do we?
There's a discussion on that topic on: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/555342
Christmas is over for another year. Trees and decorations are consigned back to the attic, the last of the Christmas cake is put out for the birds and all of the memories are stored safely on a DVD marked Crimbo 2010. Getting the camcorder out at Christmas time is a very popular way of saving those precious memories, from the excitement of children opening presents to that covert footage of Gran asleep in the chair after one too many sherries. And if you yourself were captured in the recording, the chances are your reaction would be, Blimey, do I really sound like that?
The reason that our voices sound so different on recordings from what our own perceptions are is that when we speak we hear the sounds and feel the vibrations inside our heads as well as hearing what comes our of our mouths. A recording instrument only picks up what comes out of our mouths and so we often sound more high-pitched and quite unfamiliar. You can see how this works by performing this simple experiment. Stretch a rubber band between your fingers and twang it. Now hold one end between your teeth and the other in your fingers and twang it. Just as our voices sound deeper to our own ears, the sound of the latter twang is far fuller than the first one. Anyway, now that the science lesson is over, back onto the article.
Oh and well done Emma - you sounded fine.
I've heard myself a few times, when I did a series on short story writing for Wiltshire Radio. I've been told several times I have a very good 'radio' voice, which helps when having to talk to others, like public speaking, etc.
Jenthom, see the earlier posts, it is true that the voice others hear is different from what you hear. Phones change voices, too. My father in law is pure Welsh on the phone but not in 'real' life.
It was nice to be able to do a blog about hearing myself on radio too. I agree Dorothy what people hear is very different from how you hear yourself
http://emmabragg.blogspot.com/2011/02/virgin-on-airwaves.html
I tend to write my name on my hand along with the name of the interviewer just in case I forget once that red light comes on...
I did have a fit of couching once halfway through an interview but it was a prerecord so we could stop and start again thank goodness.
My biggest fear is not hearing the question properly and giving the wrong answer.
Now I'm awaiting your slot ..
You sound very friendly and I bet you smile a lot ...
(I hate the sound of my voice on recordings)
That's good to know Dorothy. I hate my voice.