I hear voices

But not in that crazy 'need to see a therapist' kind of way. I mean in the way that my job requires me to listen to voice talent for a radio commercial.

The weird thing is that after a while, they all sound the same.

So here's how it works:

You write a radio script, send it off to voice talent managers, they rifle through all the voice talent they have on file and forward voice samples to you that they believe best fits what you're looking for. Then you sit down and start listening to voices.

Maybe you've written a funny radio commercial and the voice type you had in mind was Jim Carey. You'd then tell the voice talent manager that you're looking for a Jim Carey-ish type voice. Young, humorous, fresh. It's all about the adjectives. And the more you give the voice talent managers, the more they can pinpoint the exact voice you're looking for.

But some of them are just so boring. I mean put-me-to-sleep boring! Some of them sound as though they are about to read the morning news. You know the type, the tone goes up and down like gas prices. Almost sing song. And that's not good.

So, let me get back to my voices.