Lee said they come in threes...

Scott Pollak

... and maybe he's right.

(Here's what Lee Gordon wrote on my other "Got one... Months later" thread:

"These things come in threes, so don't forget to keep us posted on the other surprise job you get between now and Monday." Wink

)

So funny story...
After getting two gigs from clients I'd totally forgotten about, I got a call yesterday from Oregon. The guy introduced himself, said he'd gotten an audition from me about, oh, 4 months ago thru V123 that he'd pitched to the client - along with Allen Scofield's. Said the client declined both of us, but this guy, Dave, kept me in mind and just had something come up he wanted to use me for; a spec proposal.

So why not.... here's what I sent him late last night.
4 months... ya just never know, do ya?

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Scott --
Love your voice and delivery, smooth and natural, as usual. But for this, I think I heard a little too much Southern in it maybe-- at least for Oregon. I don't know if that would make a difference, but perhaps for real estate -- do you think it's better to sound local to the area/more neutral?
Congrats on the continuing waves of gigs!

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007, 13:30 (GMT) Post subject:

You know, Diane, the reason the guy called me is because he said he wanted a 'distinctive sound' that WASN'T from that area; something other than - as he put it - the icky djs (or something like that), so I let a little Southern drip out of me there. It may or may not be what he wants. We'll see.

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007, 13:32 (GMT) Post subject:

Just curious, too... living in the South all my life, it's REALLY hard for me to HEAR the Southern in me. From the rest of you folks, how pronounced IS it in this read? I'm just curious. I know it's down-homey, which is what I went for, but is there a noticeable 'twang' or Southern accent that is too much? Like I said, when you LIVE it, it's hard to HEAR it.

Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Oh, well in that case, I think you nailed it! It's not twangy or anything, but you can hear the Southern cadence and pronunciation in it, on words like "center" and "elementary". I know a bit of my Brooklyn emerges every once in a while, especially when I try to be most natural.

September Day Leach · **Voice Talent** Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 1526

YAY!!! and Diane's right. It's cadence more than anything. I'd peg you as a Southerner in a heartbeat!

...oh, and thought I heard some of your stuff on WABE yesterday!!!! Very Happy

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007, 13:51 (GMT) Post subject:

Anthony Williams · **Voice Talent** Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 663

Again!

(SIGH)........ Wink

Congratulations Big Fella!

Keep up the good work Cool

Caryn Clark · **Voice Talent** Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 1000

YAY SCOTT!!! Awesome news!!!

And, to answer your question, yes, I can definitely hear your southern accent. Love it!!!

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Dina Monaco-Boland · **Voice Talent** Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 671

Oh that's wild-- that Lee predicted that!

Congrats Scott! That's gotta feel good!

To the all seeing Lee: What do you see in your crystal ball for the likes of me? You will now and forever be known as the psychic on this board. Of course you could've just been guessing but where's the fun in that?

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Congrats Scott!!!

I personally think that your southern voice sounds more trustworthy than those "icky yankee DJ voices". Ofcourse I have lived in TX, FL, and CA. Wink

Your read sounds nice...but I don't think I can afford any of those houses. LOL Rolling Eyes

David Oxford · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 505

David Oxford · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 505

Scott Pollak · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007, 11:35 (GMT) Post subject:

LOL... to all of you...

As far as Lee being the PSYCHIC of the forums... perhaps. Or would he be the PSYCHOTIC??? No, wait, I can think of a few others who might qualify for that honor.

Thanks for the feedback, too, on the accent. I try to homogenize up to a point so that I'll get the work, and I have to watch it on 'formal reads' (ESPECIALLY the NPR work I'm doing now!), but also, I yam what I yam and it hasn't seemed to hurt my workload. I'll admit I'm always surprised to land a narrative from across the country, or even for out of the country, when I KNOW I have a bit of an accent. But it seems to happen. As this client said, he was looking for a 'distinctive voice' and I do NOT want to blend in with the billions of other male jox out there.

David: I grew up initially in Texas, but for years hated the Cowboys because I was in Houston. But I'm happy for them now, despite the fact that they really didn't deserve to win Monday's game. Now if my other former hometown, New Orleans, could ever get it together......... And we won't even mention the Falcons now.