The first time I remember being recorded and hearing my own voice was when I was 16. A friend knew a guy who worked for RCA records and he recorded a demo of me, in a construction-office trailer with a window-unit air conditioner blowing full blast in the background. It was dreadful and I cried every time I thought about it for the next week - I sounded as if I were singing on the deck of a ship in a full-blown gale. Later recordings (30 years later, YIKES) have eased the teenage angst of that experience but I never sound like I think I do, no matter how often I hear myself. I'm always surprised at the way I pronounce certain words. And no, RCA did not sign me...:~( .
E.