0933 – Confidence Vs. Cockiness

2023.07.22 – 0933 – Confidence Vs. Cockiness

Confidence is being pleased that you have been hired for the gig, proud that someone wants you to be the voice of their product, and certain that you can perform well.

It’s the difference between someone who sees the red light go on and thinks “I know, if I concentrate, and with good direction, I’m prepared and communicate this message”, and the VO who says “yeah, baby! Wait til they hear what I can do! I’m going to prove that they were right to hire me! I am the best at this, doncha believe it!”

Cockiness is being over-confidence in studio work. When you feel you are so experienced you don’t need to read a script through first as you’re “brilliant at sight-reading”; you don’t need to get to the studio in good time as “I know what I’m doing”.

It’s a little beyond the scope of this book about voice to talk too much about this kind of personality, just to say a trip in a script too many times could leave you out of luck and out of work. If you’re too bombastic, you may bomb. Beware of hubris: pride before a fall.

We have seen already how the position in which you hold your body affects the sound you produce. A lot of that is because of the amount of air that can be inhaled and exhaled as well as the use of the body’s resonators. It’s also because of how tension in the body, when it is being held in an awkward or strained position also affects the processes of air and sound.

But how you hold your body can also affect you psychologically.

And belief is important: a lot of affective vocal communication is about having the knowledge to support your task, and the confidence that comes from completing it successfully. And that that confidence will feed your vocal performance which in turn will further boost your confidence.

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