Will it be ‘meow’… or… ‘ROAR’? NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Android apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv You’ve probably heard the phrase… ‘Act as if and ye shall be.’ Or the less… Read More » about ‘Act As If & Ye Shall Be’ In Great Voice – or Not!
Vocal Technique
Everything Affects Your Voice… Including 11 That Might Surprise You
What sets your voice off in the wrong direction? NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Android apps PLEASE REVIEW at RateThisPodcast.com/atv How does your voice feel today? Great? Not so? Well, there might be a… Read More » about Everything Affects Your Voice… Including 11 That Might Surprise You
Rehearsal Voice vs Performance Voice – Why The Difference Matters
Ironically yes, you can practice performance voice in rehearsal… just add the heart you’re singing to! NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Android apps We humans have a lot of different singing and speaking… Read More » about Rehearsal Voice vs Performance Voice – Why The Difference Matters
Tongue Tips for Singing and Speaking – Updated 2020
NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Android apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv The tongue can get us in trouble, in more ways than one. Its base or root muscle is attached to the… Read More » about Tongue Tips for Singing and Speaking – Updated 2020
Introducing BALLOON Phonation Exercises
In this post, I’m going to introduce you to a brand new type of vocal exercise I’ve developed using a balloon, an alternative to the straw phonation exercises created by voice scientist Dr. Ingo Titze. Watch the embedded video demonstration featuring my friend Mark Thress. Watch Video: How Balloon Exercises Were Developed Vocal coach Mark… Read More » about Introducing BALLOON Phonation Exercises
How Imagination Creates the Speaking and Singing Voice
NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps Support this podcast with your review! (💗!) RateThisPodcast.com/ATV Remember making up stories, finger-painting abstract art, playing with your imaginary friends? If you… Read More » about How Imagination Creates the Speaking and Singing Voice
Three Keys To Unlock Your Most Powerful Voice
Want some of this?? Read/listen on… NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps and more Would you like to have a stronger speaking or singing voice? OK, first we need to talk about… Read More » about Three Keys To Unlock Your Most Powerful Voice
How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space
How boring would space be without the defining stars, clouds and holes? Same goes for the voice! Continuous, uninterrupted, un-marked sound is just… noise. The holes… what’s not there… and the separating marks can define and give meaning to what is there. Oh yes… great singing and speaking make great use of space! Listen and… Read More » about How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space
Interview with Alexander Technique Practitioner Peter Jacobson
Frederick Matthias Alexander was a Shakespearian actor born in Australia in 1869 who developed chronic laryngitis and lost his voice. When doctors couldn’t help him, he dedicated a few years to experimentation and discovery – and got his voice back. His tremendously effective healing work is now used for a plethora of body dysfunctions and… Read More » about Interview with Alexander Technique Practitioner Peter Jacobson
Why It Can Be So Freaking Hard to Change Vocal Habits
Let’s erase your ‘IM-‘ OK? NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear. Available also on iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio, Android apps Habits are incredibly important. Habit puts action on ‘automatic’ so the brain doesn’t have to consciously take the steps to complete… Read More » about Why It Can Be So Freaking Hard to Change Vocal Habits