The Secret of Accrued
Audiobook Assets (Video 3)
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(YOU’RE WATCHING: VIDEO 3) The Secret of Accrued Audiobook Assets
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Nice job David
In the VO world, mentors tell us bookings for white actors 35-65 are very reduced. I see on the p2p jobs also that black actors are specified. I had personal experience with this with an acting job with (“national name show”) in 2020. As an opera singer, I must consciously reduce my diction to fit in with the “conversational” style. I sound white, Middle aged, neutral American with a hint of European, “beautiful voice.” I would like to be realistic if that ship has sailed.
While it may be true that more titles are available to minority voices than in the past, the overwhelming majority of them do not specify an ethnicity.
The most common specification for a regional accent is “General American” — which is pretty nonspecific but is ACX’s default selection that rights holders who are looking for narrators see….which means it’s “selected” by rights holders who know they want an American English narration but don’t have specific regional accent in mind.
In our third video (at the top of this page), Linda Roper’s voice comes close to the description you gave — sans the “hint of European.”