Couple of days ago I took a session for my team members on the application I have been working on for months. I was so comfortable in that application and that made me confident. Every time I take sessions, I wanted it to be the best. I prepare my presentations slides taking more effort and time and finally when I am done it puts a smile on my face... a satisfied smile. So that is how I prepared even for this session. As expected the session went well. I was so convinced that I presented the application with the best of my knowledge to the team. All said and done, I was curious to listen to the recordings of the session. I did hear and that totally freaked me out. What I expected to hear was a confident voice (cos that’s how I think my voice is) and what I heard was a nervous child-like voice. And that’s when I wondered how the team listened to it for such a long time:(. When asked to the team, they said “we dint feel the difference. That’s how you usually talk. Very childish” That baffled me!!!
Why does your own voice sound different from the way others hear it?
Google gives lot of answers for that. Biologically, when you talk, it is your head that changes the sound and makes you hear a deeper voice than other people do.
Others only detect the part of your voice that is transmitted through the air. However, your skull and flesh conduct sound as well, so it’s you who will hear a combination of the airborne sound, and the sound that travels directly through your head to your ears.
But that doesn’t convince me!!! It should sound as you expected in either ways right? How come there are many people who call themselves great singers? Are they over-confident? Do they really like their voice from inside and outside?
The next time I take sessions, it would make me conscious and that would make me not so confident!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
U r gifted wit a childish voice.
ReplyDeleteDont become too conscious n spoil it. U r good.
yup. it freaked me out too..when I heard my voice from a recording! In a way its interesting to get another perspective!
ReplyDeleteDont be so self conscious.Childish or not, that's who you are! Be proud and stubborn of that!!! ;-)
Try listening to it until you get used to it and being conscious about it really helps. Most successful singers do that and it helps them modulate a little to make themselves sound better.
ReplyDeleteAnd before doing all that you should attach a small clip of your voice recording here. You'll go a long way forward in making this international :-P
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys... points noted !!! :-)
ReplyDeletejust be natural nivi.. be wat u are.. thats wat makes u confident & not how u sound like,..
ReplyDeleteyes sir.. sure :)
ReplyDelete