The Two Biggest Obstacles To Recording Your Own Audio

By Author: Jay Douglas
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The Two Biggest Obstacles to Recording Your Own Audio

By Jay Douglas

What stops most people before they even get started recording their own audio products?

Actually there are two things. The first is

My voice sounds like crap - listen, here's the truth. Everyone thinks THEIR voice sounds like crap! Even super star singers wish they had a better voice. And you know what they do? They practice to make it better. But you don't even have to do that much.

Let me ask you this. If you're a mom or dad, do you worry about how you sound when you talk to your kid? Does that stop you from telling them to take out the trash? Does it stop you from calling the bank to check on your bank balance? Does it stop you from picking up the phone and ordering a pizza? No?

So if your voice sounds okay to do those tasks then there's probably something else that's really bothering you about having your voice recorded.

How about, you're afraid of sounding stupid. I mean, no one wants to sound stupid. Me included. And you're afraid you'll sounds Stupid because you're afraid you ...
... might make a mistake.

So my experience tells me that it's not the fact you think your voice could be better. But the biggest fear for most people in having their voice recorded is that they feel like they might say something dumb, make a mistake and appear foolish.

What's the old saying, it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt?

Or something like that