Does your voice give out on you? Or get hoarse or raspy? Achy, sore? Do you lose it after loud talking?
You might have, or be on your way to, a vocal injury. Let’s nip that in the bud!
continue reading“Talking from the diaphragm” is BS
Have you ever heard that you should “talk from the diaphragm” or “breathe from the diaphragm” for a powerful voice?
Well, it’s bull hockey.
Continue ReadingTWF (Talking While Female)
You know what I’m talking about.
As women, we have a series of gauntlets to run in order to be taken seriously as a professional, no matter the field.
Continue ReadingCan you “lose” an accent? Should you?
The short answer is, no, not really. The larger question is, are you sure you really want to?
Your dialect is a rich part of who you are and what you bring to the table. It would be a great sadness to really lose it. BUT, you are probably thinking, I am not always able to communicate effectively in a business setting.
continue readingFive things you forgot from your acting voice training
Memories of voice work can be ephemeral.
When I ask actors what they did in their speaking voice classes in school, I get answers like, “Um, we laid on the floor a lot”, “Well, we did a lot of yawning”, or “A proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot!”
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