The Voice and the Man behind It

Different voices compete with one another as the crowd, energetic and excited, are all busy chatting with each other while the event has not yet officially started. Suddenly, there is a cue from someone that the program is already about to start. The sounds of the different voices of people all around do not cease, still. The noises, which are composed of voices of people talking in different languages, remained until one distinct and powerful voice projected by the microphone is heard. All of a sudden, the world almost stops. Everyone turns to listen.

Actually, there are some reasons why such thing happens.

First, the voice which made the world stop is simply good-sounding. And as we know, human voice also has the ability to capture people’s attention, like the way a pretty face is capable of stunning people even at a glance. So, people are easily mesmerized through voices which really sound good which are usually referred to as pang-radyo or pang-DJ.

Second, apart from its good quality, the voice is also amazing in the sense that even if it is obviously coming from a single person, it is able to shift in character. At some point, it is normal and then it becomes something of an old man and shifts to a child’s and then to a monster’s voice and so on. It is as if it is coming from a computer that is programmed to produce different voices in just clicks.

Third, the voice really sounds familiar. Even if you do not exactly remember when or where you have heard the voice, you are sure, still that you have already heard it before—on the radio or the television perhaps? Also, if the voice is something that shifts in character from time to time, it can also be that some of the characters it tries to mimic are just famous personalities like celebrities, politicians, and other well-known figures in the society.

And of course, apart from problematizing how such thing becomes possible, it is also necessary to know whose voice we are talking about in the first place. And in this scene, the voice which makes the world stop is coming from none other than the Voicemaster, Pocholo Gonzales.

Already an icon in the art of voice acting and in the world of voice-over in general, the Voicemaster is the man behind literally thousands of radio and TV commercials and numerous animes, telenovelas, computer and video games, and other voice-overs heard everywhere.

No wonder, he gets people’s attention just through his voice. And like the reasons mentioned earlier, he has this power which is capable of “grabbing people by their ears” and eventually make them stop from what they are doing and instead, just listen to him.

His voice may already be too exposed in his field but how about him as a person? How about the Voicemaster himself? What is he like when no longer behind the microphone? Now, these are the things that we are going to look at. We are going to know more about the Voicemaster and discover more things about the real man behind the voice which is the mastermind in giving life and color to our favorite animes, telesnovelas, radio and TV commercials, computer and videogames, and other voice-over applications we know so much.