When you get up to speak, people are judging you. That’s a fact that you cannot change. However, you can manipulate their perceptions and pre-decide how you want to be perceived. The problem is, you don’t have much time to do this. I say that people only need about 10 seconds of you to decide…
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You Only Get 10 Seconds
Forget The Fillers
We live in a world where we accept a lot of bad vocal habits as normal. When I speak with someone, even amazingly educated and insightful people, I hear them insert the non-word, “Um”, into their sentences repeatedly. It’s as if they are afraid to allow one moment of actual silence. Truth is, those annoying…
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Being and Creating a Character
When you step up to the podium, or in front of a crowd, or on the stage, you need to stop doing so as YOU! You have fears, insecurities, doubts and feelings of inadequacy… but so do we all. So how does someone manage to get past all of the normal phobias that come along…
Fake Melody
I always say that I want a lot of melody when you speak. I’m tired of people sounding like they are pianos with only one or two working keys. I define melody as a random pattern of connected notes that have words attached. If you are staying on the same notes over and over, called…
Chest Voice is KING!
I know that I speak a lot about the Middle Voice. So much so, that many of you might think that I love that voice more than any other. However, that’s not true. In fact, I love all three voices equally. In that honor, I want to talk about Chest Voice today. I think that…
Out of Your Nose
One of the most annoying vocal characteristics also happens to be the easiest one to fix. I’m speaking now about the sound of nasality. We all have a friend or two that sound like they have colds all the time. They have a certain nasal quality, a cross between Jerry Lewis and a stuffed nose….
The Proper Use Of Volume.
Spasmodic Dysphonia
Trial Studies on Spasmodic Dysphonia I came across an article that was written by one of my clients about a clinical study I did with SD patients. I thought it might help many of you to understand about SD, and also fix the problems if you suffer from it. Best, Roger In July, 2005, famous…
It’s All About Three!
The first thing you need to know about your speaking voice is that you don’t just have one, you have three major choices. Most people speak in the lower part of their natural range – we call that Chest Voice. There are, however, two other main voices you could choose to use. They are Head…
