Tag: voice

Brief Encounter with an Archetype
‘I enjoyed your workshop yesterday very much. It felt a bit like Commedia del Arte without masks and without having to keep to your character’s stereotype. Using text with these archetypes was a great exercise towards “truthfulness” of the lines. As an […]

Anatomy of the Larynx
Something technical, just for a change. My colleagues at VASTA posted a link to this tutorial on Facebook, and it is just the most wonderful resource: one episode in a collection of clear, detailed tutorials on the anatomy of the larynx. I know […]

Preparing for a Vocal Marathon – Part I
Today I was working on Skype with a new client, who asked me for exercises to help her cope with the challenge of a 28 minute narration (voice over). This is a long time for an untrained voice to sustain colour, flexibility […]

The Voice, the Whole Voice, and Nothing But the Voice
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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