Gianni 2014-10-25 12:49:50

See, I thought it was going to be scary, and then you started talking about learning acting and I was like "Oh, it's not scary."

That's when it happened. You told me I had to read every day. READ.

The horror.

Gianni 2014-10-25 13:07:17

Oh by the way, thanks for completely making me shit myself and spill my scotch onto the cigarette I spat out lighting my mic on fire with that mention I got in the video. Total surprise. You may want to be careful how much you let your viewers think that you associate with me. Toxic reputation. There IS bad publicity in this world, and so I walk.

Good points in the video. I always tell folks that consonants are my personal key for monitoring crisp speaking and adequate vocal power. Not necessarily over-annunciating, but I know that when a consonant goes flaccid, especially at the end of a word, to toss the recording entirely unless it specifically pertains to that emotion/accent. Or not, if I'm drunk and don't notice it. Like I said, toxic reputation.

Keep up the good work Piper, you're an inspiration.

Gianni 2014-10-25 13:14:15

Yeah that's right, getting classy intoxicated before I go into work to help manage the stupidest and most hokey haunted trail experience you've ever cringed at. Thanks for the free advertisement though, you can be my pimp any ghoulish night.

WooleyWorld 2014-10-25 14:09:57

*record scratches, everyone looks at Amaranthus*

Zhon 2014-10-25 14:23:33

Greatly humorous.
I'm not a voice actor (nor will I ever be) but I had to get used to public speaking during my last two years of college to give demonstrations and whatnot (I was a TA for a few classes). Practicing with totally unrelated things does help you feel prepared and learn to improvise. I used to give spontaneous painting demonstrations to my cat.

Speaking of mispronouncing words - my girlfriend and I come from opposite ends of the state (I'm from Long Island, NY and she is from the upstate/central area) so we have a few words that we pronounce completely differently. I think that is bound to be the case when any two people come together. She pronounces "western" as "westrin".

Pink-Ninja 2014-10-25 21:13:02

You may think that supercalifragilisticexpialidocious dosen't come up often in everyday life but this is the second time I have heard it today... just saying :P

BrenthEMan 2014-10-28 02:54:09

You're now known unofficially as Pijper haha.

Bit 2014-10-30 00:17:43

I watched this video with my ears instead. I am such a rebel.

Natick 2014-11-01 03:32:16

i watched this video with my feet
#gitonmylvl

Lich 2014-11-14 20:03:41

#2spooky

Natick 2014-11-14 20:51:34

also, i don't get your sig :/

Natick 2014-11-14 21:06:01

i tried getting into d&d once but no, never with that system

NeonSpider 2014-11-14 21:27:15

I say "on" and "own" the same whereas lots of people would pronounce "on" like "ahn".

There are some pronunciations that bother me though. Pronouncing "orange" like "ore-ange" instead of "are-ange" just sounds so grating to me.

Also I guess general sound recording question, but how do you get a clear recording from the microphone instead of also picking up a bunch of static in the recording? Or you just have to have an expensive microphone or special hardware or something?

NeonSpider 2014-11-14 22:46:01

No need to apologize and that response is just perfect. I love technical details and I like it very much when people have interest in things involving technical details of some sort or other. It shows a sense of curiosity and a desire to know how things work, which are quite ideal qualities as far as I consider.

So basically it does require special microphones of some sort or other. I always pick up the static from the computer when I try recording, although sometimes it's worse than others. But nothing that I would say has professional sound quality. If the computer fans are being particularly noisy, yeah it's a lot worse. Do you think a USB microphone would work better than a microphone jack type?

solamander 2014-11-23 07:31:44

you look like this one guy i know

solamander 2014-11-24 00:45:36

nah he's not nearly as cool as you sweet cheeks

solamander 2014-11-24 03:28:05

who covered their ass in candy just to take a picture? how did they clean that off? what the hell man

VicariousE 2014-11-30 03:00:58

Happy (hopefully not too belated) birthday !! Nice pic the Fabs drew for you ;)

beowolf666 2014-11-30 03:30:52

I wonder if candy in the crack is as annoying as sand in the crack but anyway... Nice video and good info. The voice track started messing up though, but that may be my browser.

beowolf666 2014-11-30 03:32:39

oh I almost forgot and I know its probably late but... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!