Need Help Learning American Accent

[daring pecan]

Hello,as the title says i need help with the accent since whenever i do an audition/impression in English no matter how good it is everyone says about the accent so it would be very helpful if someone can give some advices if that makes sense,thank you for reading

[rose umbra]

Oh lawdy! Umm... @daring pecan.... are you aware that you are now level 1? You're getting closer to... um.....
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[remote plank]

What's your current accent?

[mossy parcel]

American English is my native language, but I had to get rid of my thick southern accent so here’s what I noticed during that process for general “neutral” American:

-most t’s in the middle of words such as hearty or darting etc aren’t so much a hard “d” sound, it’s a subtle cross between a proper t and d
-I is pronounced eye, it might be tempting to exaggerate it as it can sound harsh to outside ears but less effort is more

I have more just slow typer rn bc at work

-it kinda has a trochee vibe, of course this can vary depending on the person but one thing that struck me was the somewhat consistent stressed syllable/unstressed/stressed/unstressed pattern

[mossy parcel]

-“ing” isn’t with a hard g, nor does it entirely omit the g. It’s like you end the word with your mouth in the position to make the g sound but you don’t fully go through with it

[daring pecan]

spanish

[daring pecan]

oooh i see! thanks

[fresh basalt]

What helps is that the Midwestern (Chicago,USA) accent is what we use in broadcasting. It's a neutral tone. Try to watch some news casts on YouTube. I know it seems silly but it helps with sounding out certain words.

[daring pecan]

do you know the name of some of them?

[remote plank]

I'm Italian. Two common issues both countries have with English is consonants that are too soft and a mouth that is too open when pronouncing most vowels.

Another thing to be mindful of is the weak form in your speech

Words like and, the, a, an, etc get frequently reduced between words when they are not important words in the sentence

That should be at least a start for you

There is a market for European or Hispanic accents in VO though I admit to not being overly familiar with them

If you're going for American accents then you should study American IPA phonetics.
If British then I'd study English RP IPA phonetics.
Ideally you get an interactive chart which shows all the sounds in that language and example words you can use to practice them with

I also strongly recommend trying to work in Spanish as well. Being able to work in two languages is enormously helpful, even if you want to work primarily in English.
Not only do you open yourself up to another huge market (the Spanish speaking market is very big), but you're also easier to people to communicate with and could do both the Spanish and English version of a single piece of content because this stuff often gets translated.