Could you speak to “subtlety”... although this is a bad time to ask because you already beautifully answered with develop & trust your instincts, but anything you might want to add? Like how to avoid convincing ourselves that our over the top reads are completely all right for the author or project? I’m so used to over the top fiction that I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ if I have good instincts or not! I hear what you’re saying when I listen to the two narrators in Scorpio Races, for example, but that’s easy--it’s somebody else! When it’s me... I’m not sure I know... so I am tattooing your comments here on my brain (I hear this) and I work for that day that I “know”! Maybe it’s just when I’m satisfied and feel proud regardless? 🍉☺️🌻
Something to experiment with when you're doubting yourself, especially with an audition: Try it twice. Record the audition the way you want, as big as you want. Then record a second take, same section. Adjust the read. Pull back. Soften. Then, go for a walk. Come back and listen to them. What happens when you listen? Does one engage you more? If you really don't know, you can have a coach or a narrating buddy take a listen and weigh in. Things can be smaller in audio, but they don't have to be. There's a lot to be said for energy, vibrance, and 'bigness'. Try not to make decisions for the listener or the author. It can stop you from showing up as your authentic self, the performer you are.
I love this exercise - thank you for sharing! I hear a lot said about "less is more" in audio, and I appreciate your perspective that it doesn't have to be. Physically speaking I am not a large person, but once I am behind the mic (as I used to feel on the stage or when I write) I feel myself easing into all sorts of bodies and voices more naturally than anywhere else. Thanks again, Tanya.
Wow. This is gold!--the most centring thing I’ve read yet! 🙏🏆🧘♀️Thank you!! ⛹️♀️
Could you speak to “subtlety”... although this is a bad time to ask because you already beautifully answered with develop & trust your instincts, but anything you might want to add? Like how to avoid convincing ourselves that our over the top reads are completely all right for the author or project? I’m so used to over the top fiction that I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ if I have good instincts or not! I hear what you’re saying when I listen to the two narrators in Scorpio Races, for example, but that’s easy--it’s somebody else! When it’s me... I’m not sure I know... so I am tattooing your comments here on my brain (I hear this) and I work for that day that I “know”! Maybe it’s just when I’m satisfied and feel proud regardless? 🍉☺️🌻
Something to experiment with when you're doubting yourself, especially with an audition: Try it twice. Record the audition the way you want, as big as you want. Then record a second take, same section. Adjust the read. Pull back. Soften. Then, go for a walk. Come back and listen to them. What happens when you listen? Does one engage you more? If you really don't know, you can have a coach or a narrating buddy take a listen and weigh in. Things can be smaller in audio, but they don't have to be. There's a lot to be said for energy, vibrance, and 'bigness'. Try not to make decisions for the listener or the author. It can stop you from showing up as your authentic self, the performer you are.
I love this exercise - thank you for sharing! I hear a lot said about "less is more" in audio, and I appreciate your perspective that it doesn't have to be. Physically speaking I am not a large person, but once I am behind the mic (as I used to feel on the stage or when I write) I feel myself easing into all sorts of bodies and voices more naturally than anywhere else. Thanks again, Tanya.
Thank you.