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Private Coaching – the Inside Gen

Flloyd Kennedy 9 May 2012 Voice broadcasting, communication skills, film, performance, presentation skills, public speaking, radio, self expression, training, tv, voice, voice overs

So, what actually happens when you undertake private voice coaching with Being in Voice? Well, first of all, you get my undivided attention, addressed to helping you to achieve your goals. I provide you with a personalised program of exercises, beginning at the foundational, basic level, ensuring that you understand – first and foremost – what your voice ACTUALLY is, and how it works, so that you may undertake the exercises with full awareness of what you are doing, and how it relates to your achieving your goals.

As you become comfortable with the exercises, we extend them into more and more challenging areas, so you know that you are progressing, that your voice is becoming more powerful, more open and more available for the creative expression you are looking for.

Once we’ve got you established with a healthy, sustainable program for your voice, we begin to integrate the specific skills training you are looking for, whether it is for performance in theatre, film, tv, radio, or radio broadcasting, public speaking, voice overs, seminar presentation, or just to be more comfortable as a human being capable of communicating and expressing your thoughts to others.

You learn each new set of exercises on the floor, doing them with me, experiencing the physical reality of what your whole body is doing, and how your voice is sounding in those circumstances. After your class, I write up my notes on what we did in the class, and email them to you, along with handouts setting out the exercises. I also place these in your very own Dropbox folder, along with some mp3 files in which I talk you through some of the exercises. These are available to you for 6 months after the class. (At some stage in the next few months, these will also be available as an iPhone app).

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New Tricks for Extending Vocal Life

Recently, I was invited to run some workshops for 4RPH, Radio for the Print Impaired, to give their volunteer announcers some advice on how to avoid vocal strain, improve their clarity and generally help them to get the most out of their voices.

We were absolutely delighted with the large number of people who committed three hours of their time – as well as all the hours they devote to the actual broadcasting – to learn some new tricks.

Of course, there are no tricks involved. And a little knowledge is no dangerous thing. On the contrary, helping these wonderful people to understand exactly how their voices function is the first step to helping them realise more of their vocal potential. They are mostly my age, and older, with a few young sparks in the mix. Some have been broadcasting for over 20 years, others quite new to the profession.

I was able to demonstrate to them how they can regain some of the tone they may have lost over the years, ensuring that their voices are healthily maintained for many years to come, and also help them to access more range and colour in their voices with some very simple posture work, and vocal exercises.

Here are some comments from participants:

I enjoyed it very much and have a much better understanding of how my voice box is made up and how vulnerable it can be when used incorrectly.

Pleasant, engaging leadership. Participant involvement.Well worth while : excellent PR for the station : makes volunteers feel valued.

Your demonstrations of voice properties explained the theory clearly. The distribution of the concise fact sheet after the workshop reinforces the tuition process well.