How significant are style and tone to a commentator?
JA You’ve got to have a voice that people like, or at least a voice that doesn’t make people switch off. If you grate too much, if you shout too much, if you get on a high pitch sometimes, that is all close to being a turnoff and people don’t want to listen to it. As for style, I prefer a style that is a fairly gentle flow and only rises when its really worth going high about, because people are usually listening while doing relaxed things like gardening, or they are driving the car, or pottering round the house, working online, so they don’t want to have someone yelling at them all time. It should be a nice, comfortable listen that just flows over you. You raise it a bit when something exciting happens; that way the listener knows even if he is only half-listening. It should be a nice comfortable listen that just flows over you. You raise it a bit when something exciting happens; that way the listener knows even if he is only half-listening Is there a danger of coming across as biased
How significant are style and tone to a commentator?