Story By: Serena Osei Boahemaah
Media Personality and Entrepreneur, Jay Foley has said that there is nothing like a good or bad voice and that huge revenue can be generated from the use of our voices.
Speaking with Valerie N. Danso on the Entertainment Segment of the GTV Breakfast Show on Thursday, June 2, Jay Foli explained that every voice will fit a particular project.
“This is the rule, once you can speak, you can always train your voice to fit a certain particular kind of product. So we do have people who sound perfect for diary products, we do have people who sound perfect for beverage products, we have people who sound perfect for trailers…you name them…”, he inferred.
As a voiceover artist, the entrepreneur gave the difference between voiceovers and voice acting with instances like the automated voice that we hear when we trying calling a number, the voice we hear in buses that are run in European countries that seek to give directives when people are on board, and even in some kinds of documentaries and people are really making huge sums from that.
“Interactive voice recordings, when our take your phone, ‘your call credit is…”, someone said it, someone was paid, right? It’s huge revenue, there’s huge employment in there and is your voice”.
As a voiceover artist for over 18 years experience, he iterated that there’s nothing like a good or bad voice. Every voice can be trained or guided.
“You do not need to have any magical voice to act off as a voiceover artist. Once you can speak, simple…So never limit yourself”, he said.
Watch the full interview below;
Showbiz: All you need to know about voice acting#GTVBreakfast https://t.co/sgXxlnFq6r
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