I’m told I do a terrible Bostonian. Too cartoony and brash. I’ve never been to Boston so I don’t know what the appropriate levels of cartoony and brash are. So I’ve been working it from the other angle. To use my normal voice as a baseline and slowly incorporate the accent onto the ends of words. (“CVS Phahmahcy”). I’ve confused at least one technician so far. Gotta branch out into Canadian/Minnesotan and Georgian.
I gotta get my fun in when I can, right?
Lately I’ve been entertaining the idea of being a voice actor. Like amateur stuff. Like motion comics for amateur artists or audiobooks. I’m told I have a good “radio voice” based on how I page patients to the pharmacy. And with two octaves, I can maybe do two or three different characters without leaving my usual range. This would be so much easier if I were more worldly or at least had a more diverse group of friends to chat with. Then I could pick up more voices. It’s harder than I thought it would be. 8 weeks in “Ohio” and I still can’t do that accent. But few can.
I also recently concluded that I’m a baritone. At least when I sing. Or a low tenor. Someone with expertise on this, please correct me if I’m wrong, but since I’ve recently committed my singing to silicon for the first time, I was considering picking up the piano again. Step 1: Piano Man by Billy Joel. (Step 0: pick up a keyboard from someone). Then practice.