Looking for someone to record spoken word in 1950s midatlantic accent

[mashers]

Hi all,

I want to include some spoken word in a track, and I want it in that classic 1950s American transatlantic movie accent. If you're not sure what I mean, here's a video explaining it:

I'm English, and while I could probably fake it, I don't think I could do the accent very convincingly, and I don't really have the right resonance for it.

The passage I want is a short piece about the evolution of the human brain. I want it to sound like an old documentary or infomercial type thing. There's also a one-bar phrase which needs to be spoken in a particular rhythm. If you have the voice and can speak with this accent, and would like to collaborate on this, please get in touch. I can't pay you and the track will probably only be heard by a handful of people, but will give credit and link to your profiles.

If you're interested please DM me or reply to this thread and we could perhaps chat on Skype/Facetime/Discord/whatever and figure something out. Thanks in advance!

[mashers]

Oh, another great example of this that springs to mind is at the beginning of the song "Yes It's F**king Political" by Skunk Anansie - the guy at the beginning who says, "tonight, we discuss the phenomenon of hooliganism".

[Wobbleburger]

Try checking www.fiverr.com

[mashers]

Good shout. I'd never looked at that site before, but they do indeed advertise gig voiceover work, and the fees are very reasonable. Thanks!

[dhruan]

What do you want recorded (maybe offer a passage with hints on tone)? Might like to give it a stab just for my personal entertainment (if nothing else).

[WongoTheSane]

Don't we all want that kind of spoken word! One trick I've found is rip voices from old copyright-free movies. Those have fallen in the public domain for various reasons (lack of renewal, flawed copyright notice, etc). It's a bit time consuming because you have to find sentences without background music, or background noise, and then they're not always sentences that fit your purpose, so in the end you pretty much have to watch the whole movie, but sometimes you can find some gems. Here is an explanation of how/why those movies have fallen in the public domain, how you can use them, and a list of said movies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... ted_States

You can then search for the files themselves by typing the movie name in Google. I got a few nice Vincent Price sentences this way.

[mashers]

Don't we all want that kind of spoken word! One trick I've found is rip voices from old copyright-free movies. Those have fallen in the public domain for various reasons (lack of renewal, flawed copyright notice, etc). It's a bit time consuming because you have to find sentences without background music, or background noise, and then they're not always sentences that fit your purpose, so in the end you pretty much have to watch the whole movie, but sometimes you can find some gems. Here is an explanation of how/why those movies have fallen in the public domain, how you can use them, and a list of said movies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... ted_States

You can then search for the files themselves by typing the movie name in Google. I got a few nice Vincent Price sentences this way.

Thanks! I'll check that list out. There is a specific topic I want as this is a song with lyrics, and the narration needs to fit with the concept of the song. I will check that out though, as perhaps there's something there I can plunder.

[ejanuska]

Just fake it and put a high pass filter on it.
It helps if you drink a bottle of scotch and a pot of coffee while smoking unfiltered cigs.

[mashers]

Just fake it and put a high pass filter on it.
It helps if you drink a bottle of scotch and a pot of coffee while smoking unfiltered cigs.

I’m not American and although I can do a decent accent, it wouldn’t sound as good. Also, I use my voice in the track and it would be obvious it was me. I want it to sound sound authentic.

I advertised on Fiverr and am now discussing it with someone, so I’ll report back

[brand]

Just fake it and put a high pass filter on it.
It helps if you drink a bottle of scotch and a pot of coffee while smoking unfiltered cigs.

I’m not American and although I can do a decent accent, it wouldn’t sound as good. Also, I use my voice in the track and it would be obvious it was me. I want it to sound sound authentic.

I advertised on Fiverr and am now discussing it with someone, so I’ll report back

I agree: I have seen some British actors on shows doing an American accent. And some are really good at it. But a lot of times I can tell. Like in the below Blandings episode (at 19:50 for example, or take my advice and watch the whole episode, because it's hilarious), Veronica's husband Jimmy, (Nick Hardin) -- I'm pretty sure he's British, but there's something about his American accent. Don't get me wrong- It's very good, but still... I think it's not that easy.

[Lempface]

Just fake it and put a high pass filter on it.
It helps if you drink a bottle of scotch and a pot of coffee while smoking unfiltered cigs.

I’m not American and although I can do a decent accent, it wouldn’t sound as good. Also, I use my voice in the track and it would be obvious it was me. I want it to sound sound authentic.

I advertised on Fiverr and am now discussing it with someone, so I’ll report back

This is pretty interesting!! Please report back and hopefully let us hear it when you get it.

[bitley]

Yeah! Cool thread!

[juniper]

Hey!

I registered just to post in this thread.

I could do this for you for free.

If you like it you can use it, if not no loss for you.

[pushedbutton]

[rgdaniel]

[mashers]

The track is done! I'm really happy with it. See this thread for details

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