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Rajiv Hasan
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I got lucky recently with this take on an 'English Professor' read for a marriage guidance job. (Put the knife down, darling...  )
I also had some interest from a radio station in New Zealand after they heard one of my cricket songs. It probably won't make any sense to most of you, but I'll post it anyway, just for a chuckle.
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Maggie's Voice
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Rajiv Hasan
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Thanks Connie & Maggie. Glad you were amused as well as bemused!
Maggie - I think you may have mistaken my pompous Yorkshireman (Geoffrey Boycott) for a gentleman from North of the Border! 
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Robert Jadah
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007, 03:38 (GMT) Post subject: |
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You're our treasure, Rajiv.
Those were astonishingly accomplished. Much genuflecting and general tugging at the forelocks....
Voice On!
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Rajiv
You continue to amaze me. What a lovely cricket song--I was expecting the insect, but that's a Yank for you.
Love to hear more. Thanks for sharing!!
Lori
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Rajiv.... so are we to assume since you're posting these on this forum that you landed these? You were mildly opaque with the way you worded it. If so - and I have no doubt you DID land them - no surprise and WAY TO GO! They obviously know great stuff when they hear it!
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Rajiv Hasan
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Robert, Lori, Scott - thank you also for your kind words. (Just as I was starting to respond to the egomania treatment, as well.   )
Maggie - you're quite right about the Scots rolling their 'rrrr's, but it's not a trait that's entirely exclusive to those North of the border. Having said that, in this case, the Yorkshire 'r' comes out as more of a rapid 'd', so 'cricket', for example, becomes 'k-d-ickeet'. Trust me - that's how Geoffrey Boycott speaks!
Actually, one of the things I love about Britain is this vast range of accents found across such a relatively small island nation. I'd love to have seen the look on my mother's face when, having been raised on plumb-in-the-mouth, Noel Coward-style English in her Indian youth, she arrived in the North East (Southshields) - where they speak one of the broadest regional dialects you could imagine! It would be great to master all the accents one day, but it might take a few lifetimes, methinks...
Scott - yes, I did indeed 'land' jobs with both of these auditions - though in rather contrasting ways...
The 'English Professor' part was a recent V123 posting, but the cricket song is a different story. I wrote the original version of the song over ten years ago and sent it - together with a tape of sports impersonations - to a well-known English impressionist, Alistair McGowan, who liked it enough to get me in as a regular on his national BBC radio sketch show for a couple of years. Then, a couple of weeks ago, a guy from a radio station in New Zealand heard the song (and various other impressions) on one of my web-links and subsequently expressed an interest in working with me.
(Hope you're still awake after all that!)
Anyway, thanks again, for the kudos. Your enjoyment is my delight. 
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Rajiv...I chuckled extensively!!! Just my style. That was brilliant, sir - a VERY convincing Richie Benaud and a great Boycott. I really enjoyed it and am a pretty big cricket fan (we won't talk about the last Ashes mate  ). Very impressive.
The English Professor was awesome - a very believable character and some lovely nuance there.
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ok, that was just FUN!!! 
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Rajiv Hasan
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Cheers Matt and September - glad you enjoyed it!
...And you're dead right, Matt, we won't mention the Ashes...
All the best,
Rajiv
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