Culture Alert! Stand Back!

Robert Jadah · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 2627

It's Culture Time, folks; enough already with Uncle Toby's Tire Emporium and PhurrBall Cat Food.

The gracious Diane Havens and I continue our mammoth project of reading the entire body (it seems) of English literature for an educational web site.

(In fact, I'm up to my headphones in large projects. I'd give half a larynx for a nice small jobbie.)

Here's a joined-in-progress snippet from today's 10-minute marathon: the ghost of Hamlet's father.
It's from a play; you know...literature. By this Brit guy who just couldn't shut up: Bill something or other.

Verily On!

Anthony Williams · **Voice Talent** Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 663

Whatup R JAY!!!!

Very Gravely Sounding!! applaus

All I have to say is VOICE ON!! My Brotha VOICE ON!!

Allison Scussel · **Voice Talent** Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 928

Awesome work RJ.. and kudos to Diane Havens for adding the extra added flare at the end. As Forrest Gump would say,
"You are like Peas and Carrots".
Laughing

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Thanks, Allison -- but it's not the best example of my work on this project. Hey, Jadah -- don't make me post my Gertrude now!!!

Anthony Williams · **Voice Talent** Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 663

HAHAHAHAHA

Hey Diane, Lets hear that Gertrude.
PLEASE!!!!

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008, 16:26 (GMT) Post subject:

Good stuff, but RJ, why does it sound like you're under water? I'm serious... is this a really low bitrate file or did you add some phasing FX to this?

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Okay, Anthony, since you twisted my arm. This is still a work in progress, but here's a clip from my most recent take.

Scott -- Robert is Hamlet's father's ghost so the fx are appropriate to the scene.

Anthony Williams · **Voice Talent** Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 663

"From Julius Caesar"

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!

Diane - You have my ear. That was a nice Gertrude! applaus

Tom Pagnotti · **Voice Talent** Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 220

My daily routine as a V/O guy consists of saying inane things like “Member FDIC”, “Please play responsibly” and the ever popular “Greatest hits of the 80’s, 90’s and today” so it’s refreshing to hear somebody performing true art.

It takes a true artist to make Shakespeare compelling (to me anyway)… Congratulations to both of you. Nice work!

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Tom --

What a truly lovely thing to say.

But let me say that, for me, it is not so difficult to make such melodic and beautiful language sound compelling; I find it much more challenging to make bland ad copy and tedious business language sound compelling.

That's what you, and many others here, do so well. And for that, I applaud you.

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Allison Scussel · **Voice Talent** Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 928

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Too cool....I want to do Taming of Shrew when you guys are done with Hamlet.....I studied at the Globe in England you know. strichauge

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

I LOVE this kind of thing! and you two are a great combo for it! hmmmm....might need to go nominate another couple for Best Voice Team at the Voiceys!!! Wink