Chapter 160 - One Person Karaoke (1/2)
People have dreams, and a lot of them too.
Only, some people worked hard for their dreams, and others didn’t. There were even more people who abandoned their dreams along the way.
Of course, dreams couldn’t just be accomplished through hard work alone. No matter how hard they worked, it was still based on their physical conditions. Otherwise, dreams will always remain dreams.
Take Meng Fan, for example, he also has many dreams. Among these dreams, the only one that suited his condition was becoming a manga artist. It was what he’d always worked towards, and presently, his dream was upgraded to becoming a well-known manga artist.
In addition to becoming a manga artist, Meng Fan had another dream. That was to become a seiyuu or a voice actor. For this, he was willing to work hard.
If he wanted to become a seiyuu or a professional voice actor, there were a lot of requirements to be met. For example, the ability to express and understand texts coherently and perform it well. This performance ability includes skills in different voices, articulation of different voices, tones, rhythm, control of volume, as well as basic vocal skills and basic techniques, etc. and the ability to express emotion.
To this end, Meng Fan had trained specifically before and had bitterly practiced pronunciations. His mandarin was very standard after all.
—As for Pao bro; he was too sensitive. It really wasn’t Meng Fan’s mandarin.
To be honest, if Meng Fan wanted to become a voice actor, it was not difficult. As long as he was passable, it’d be difficult to not have work with Meng Cai Wei as his sister.
Only during the process of learning slowly, Meng Fan came to realize that he was not talented at all in this aspect.
First, the texture of his voice was very average. It was only slightly better than a normal voice, not bad to listen to but not good either. Two, his emotional expression was very average as well. Although it could be improved through training, it would not go very far. Three, his vocal range and control were average as well. Even if he became a seiyuu in this lifetime, there would be a limited number of roles he could take on.
He could confirm it wasn’t difficult to become a seiyuu, and he’d have plenty of voice acting opportunities too, but the chances of him becoming a good one was very low.
Of course, Meng Fan did not give up after this realization, only changing it from a dream to an interest. In the past, he had dubbed some videos of characters suitable for his voice on 8th Station.
As for the previous dream of dubbing for a famous manga artist’s animation… It was a thought sealed in his heart.
Now that a task with +3 voice appeal has appeared, Meng Fan was suddenly tempted!
What did sound appeal mean?
A Seiyuu should undoubtedly be able to reflect the ability to vocally express emotions.
If a seiyuu could express the emotions of a role through their voice alone, then they were a great seiyuu.
Pitch, tone, sound quality, range, comprehension, coherence, expressiveness, etc. they all ultimately serve emotional expression!
If he became a seiyuu relying on natural talent, the most important thing was to have sound appeal!
Of course, if Meng Fan understood the skills required to sing, including basic skills like pitch, tone, sound quality, vocal range, etc. it also meant that increasing singing skill attributes would improve his basic skills. At the same time, it could be used in voice acting as well.
On the other hand, voice appeal was undoubtedly what all singers desire the most!
“Iron bro, what are you staring at, I’m dry.”
When the red-headed youth saw Meng Fan’s exasperated face without a microphone, he was worried. Worried that Meng Fan would keep singing.
And truthfully, what you’re most afraid of usually ends up happening.
“Oh, that’s great.”
Meng Fan muttered a sentence then put down the alcohol. Almost too flexibly, he shifted his bum towards the team member currently holding the mic. Smiling slyly, Meng Fan reached over and took the mic.
“Who took my microphone…?”