Podfic Question

[aunt_zelda]

I dunno if this is something there’s enough of a sample size to poll about, but, well, here goes.

I’ve done some podfics. Not a ton, and I have a huge list and a great microphone just waiting for more, I wanna do more, but anyways, I’ve done some podfics.

When I’m feeling anxious and nothing seems to be distracting me or helping, know what has yet to fail?

Listening to my own voice.

I feel like that must be egotistical or something. But it works.

Everyone else I’ve talked to about doing podfics LOATHES the sound of their own voice. Hell, there’s even actors who can’t watch their own movies. And yet here I am, curled up, working off an almost-anxiety-attack, listening to a recording of myself pretending to do Harry Dresden’s monologues in a fanfic.

Is this something anyone else does? I’m curious.

Comments

[etoiledunord.livejournal.com]

(*wavehi*!)

I don't loathe the sound of my own voice, but I can't listen to my own podfics (what few I have done) to relax. I'm generally quite happy with how they turn out, but listening to them reminds me so much of the recording process, and I second-guess myself a lot, and I remember things like how it took me five tries to get the flow of that sentence right, how there was a typo in the text that I had to debate about changing, etc.

I would actually quite enjoy it if I could listen to my own work to calm down, because that would mean that I can make my own little calming down packages, like with different lengths or genres of fic depending on what I needed. And I actually do use recitation to calm down sometimes (Lukcy's monologue from Waiting for Godot is a favourite of mine for that), so it makes sense that listening to spoken text could help, too. So I certainly don't think you should feel egotistical for listening to your own work. It's just a matter of putting your brain through a paced-out thought process that feels familiar and that you like. Nothing wrong with that.