Total Voice
Express Your Truest Self
by Kate DeVore
Filed Under: Being Heard, Breath Support, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Singing, Vocal health, Vocal Injury, Voice for Stage, Voice Therapy, Voiceover
“I would have warmed my voice up before the call but I didn’t know how!” This was the confession of a friend recently. So let’s make sure that doesn’t happen to anyone else!
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Filed Under: Being Heard, Breath Support, Myth Busters, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Singing, Vocal health, Vocal Injury, Voice for Stage, Voice Therapy, Voiceover
Vocal fry is a creaky sound that many of us make at the end of a sentence (at least occasionally), and some people use throughout their speech (the Kardashians brought this into the limelight). A lot of people consider it unprofessional and problematic, but is it?
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Filed Under: Accent Modification, Dialects for Stage, Voice for Stage, Voiceover
I have developed a niche specialty within the world of dialect coaching, and that is helping British actors (or anyone interested) to sound authentically American.
Perhaps I am especially well-suited to this because my native dialect for the first few years of life was, in fact, English. My mom is English and I have a deep understanding of both British and American accents. So here are a few tips specifically for the Brits.
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Filed Under: Being Heard, Breath Support, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Stage Fright, Voice for Stage, Voiceover
In the past week this topic has come up in two different contexts for clients. One example is what you might expect, a professional speaker who noticed that he could hear his breaths during a TED talk. The other, perhaps less obvious, is someone who has been doing a lot of job interviews and noticed that she can hear herself gasp for air when answering questions.
Different settings, same problem: tension causing audible inhales.
continue readingby Kate DeVore
Filed Under: Accent Modification, Being Heard, Breath Support, Dialects for Stage, Myth Busters, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Singing, Stage Fright, Vocal health, Vocal Injury, Voice for Stage, Voice Therapy, Voiceover
I just learned that I have made 50 posts on this page over the past few years. These posts cover everything from “diaphragmatic” breathing to allergies to vocal health/injuries to projection to learning accents to hoarseness to owning a room. In case you missed any, here’s a complete list:
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Filed Under: Being Heard, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Voice for Stage, Voiceover
They say variety is the spice of life and as usual, “they” know what they are talking about. When it comes to giving talks or lectures, vocal variety is an essential secret ingredient for a compelling presentation.
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