The Long Term Voice
Whether you are a performer, a teacher, a sales executive or a spruiker you are an elite vocal athlete and your whole self – body-heart-mind – is the vocal instrument. I encourage everyone, at every level, to warm up the voice for […]
Covering All the Bases: 5 Essentials Elements of Warming Up
It’s pretty much known that I am a warm up freak. I love warming up. I love finding new ways of warming up. I love getting other people to warm up, hence the development of the Being in Voice smartphone app. I have […]
The Art of Editing
Last week, I finally finished editing my thesis document, and emailed it to my supervisors for their approval (or disapproval…) I’m sure it can still be improved upon, and I will accept their comments and suggestions with good will, but I am […]
Warming up for an Execution
I have the great honour of being, temporarily, part of an ensemble theatre company for a pretty special production. “Mary Stuart” was written by the German poet, playwright and philosopher Friedrich Schiller around 1803, and while it is considered part of German […]
These days I seem to hear just about everybody in film or TV dramas performing at least 80% of the time “off voice”, speaking in a semi-whisper, or creaking or croaking. I can’t bear it. It’s the fashion, I’m an old fogey, […]
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