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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Another point to consider:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">As people lose their hearing, they typically lose the higher frequencies. We have many patrons who cannot hear books that women have narrated and have an exclusion to that effect.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If I were going to select a woman narrator, I would be inclined to select one who has a more alto than soprano register.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Lewis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 08, 2018 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk@islemail.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Studiotalk] Narrators for Westerns or other titles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">NLS’s attitude is “a good narrator is a good narrator” and can thus narrate anything, regardless of the main character’s gender.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We still have volunteer narrators who think in terms of appropriate gender for specific titles / genres but I think ultimately, its more about getting the material available for patrons to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Of course there are patrons who only like specific gendered narrators, period. But in my mind, if I were a patron I’d rather be able to hear a book than not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We also have male narrators read Romance genre books. And our recordings of HANK THE COWDOG have been read by many narrators and interestingly have likely been read by more women than men.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My attitude has always been that I am not a “producer” choosing the best talent for particular roles / books. Rather, I’m an administrator, trying to keep a steady flow of new recordings for patrons to read.
I mostly let our volunteers self-select what they want to read next; only pushing them towards those high-demand books my Collections coworkers have indicated are a priority due to patron demand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> studiotalk <<a href="mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org">studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Coffman, Linden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 08, 2018 11:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:studiotalk@islemail.org">studiotalk@islemail.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Studiotalk] Narrators for Westerns or other titles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question concerning selecting books for narrator and in this case specifically westerns. As I have more females narrators available would you see a problem with having some of them reading westerns. I’ve always felt that the
male voice is what goes best with this genre, but I was wondering if it really matters that much. That also brings up another thought. Does gender matter that much in regards to what you have you narrators reading or not if the book is non-fiction or fiction
told in third person? Haven’t run across any guidelines on this. I’ve just been doing what seems to sound right. Suggestions? Advice?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F3864">Linden Coffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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