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.
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Can 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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