Authentic New Zealand Voiceover Artist

Things may not be all they appear to be

Over the years South East Asia has been awash with counterfeit designer brand products. You probably never imagined an Armani suit could be that cheap? Or the flashy pair of Nike sneakers the guy is selling came from his friend’s factory.

Bangkok and Hong Kong were rife with imitations. Even in squeaky clean Singapore, you stood a good chance of being accosted by a friendly tout with the call of “Copy watch! Copy watch?”

This was more likely to happen in the centre of the island republic on Orchard Road outside Lucky Plaza. Or walking along Scotts Road, near the pedestrian overpass.

Even many of the pretty girls plying their trade by night were not always what they appeared to be. A fact many an unwary customer only realised when they discovered their sweet little painted doll came equipped with a “bonus package”.

It’s sort of like a “Sports Barbie”. The one that comes complete with bat and balls.

What you hear is what you get

It’s not just clothes and watches in the rip-off basket. Music has long been a victim of this fraud. In the night markets of Hat Yai, Thailand you could score a discount issue of a recording featuring Nirvana’s greatest hits.

Then back safe in the hotel room home you realise the CD cover is a photocopy. Worse still, the music includes the sound of passing motorbikes and the faker’s kids playing around in the background! 

Dear old Tchaikovsky could also be misrepresented. The copy of Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” in B Minor, Opus 74–IV. Adagio Lamentoso which was purchased in good faith may not sound as polished as you had hoped.

That’s when you find out it was not performed by the London Philharmonic or the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, but instead it’s an unknown artist recorded playing a synthesised arrangement on a Kurtzweil keyboard.   

The voice on the ad may not be genuine

When you’re searching for an Authentic New Zealand Voiceover Artist you need to be sure of getting what you ordered.

Voices can be easy to imitate. Everybody does Humphrey Bogart.  Although in the film Casablanca he never said the line “Play it again Sam” it’s the jumping off point for every mimic. A bit like the fake Sean Connery “Surely Shirley” or a Mick Dundee “That’s not a knife…that’s a knife”.

The unique qualities of an New Zealand accent are difficult if not impossible to reproduce for those not born and raised in New Zealand.

Unwary Producers can fall for something that sounds like it was recorded by an Authentic New Zealand Voiceover Artist only to suffer the ignominy of an amused audience.

When you’re looking around for the genuine item, the true blue New Zealand voice, that fair-dinkum, bonza, beaut sound of the land down-under, beat a path straight to www.mediagroup.co.nz