Now that we know the difference between obstructed and unobstructed sounds and voiced and unvoiced consonants, we’ll jump back into the practical side of articulation. This articulation training will make our voice sound clearer. Therefore, we’ll be asked to repeat ourselves less often, and we’ll save editing time. In other words, this training will save […]
This week, we will go through some necessary and exciting theories about sounds. After working with the basics of articulation, release and toning, the next natural step is learning about the sounds of words. In this show, we will divide our speaking sounds into two large groups, vowels and consonants, and we will dive into […]
A cold caught me by surprise during my holidays! So as I’m on the edge of coming back to total health, I decided to dedicate this episode to how to look after your voice during cold and flu season. We will go through some helpful tips to look after your voice and prevent getting ill […]
Today’s episode is a special one because I’m recording it directly from my holidays. Our last Ultimate Voice Getaway Retreat helped me realise how important it is to spare some time to stay away from our everyday lives, relax, and focus only on one thing. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – How important […]
Today, we will talk about the glorious, joyous, and crowd-pleaser tongue twister. We will go through my tongue twister do’s and don’ts, we will learn what kind of tongue twisters we should pick, which ones to avoid, how often we should change them, and much more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – Why […]
This week, it’s time to shake our soft palate a wee bit. We will perform a couple of exploratory exercises to help the soft palate stay flexible and responsive. We will base these exercises on two sounds, focusing on what we feel when we go through them. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – […]
This week we are continuing with our toning exercises for the articulators. We will focus on the lips, and I will share one of the most loved exercises I’ve ever known, the “Pout-Nana Cat’s bum-Clown”. We will go through these four exercises to help us gain responsiveness and clarity in the sounds we produce. What […]
In the last few weeks, we covered all we needed to cover on awareness and releasing the articulators. Now it’s time to move on, and today we will start learning about toning the articulators. We will begin with the tongue, and we will perform some explorative exercises to master the control of the tongue. What […]
I’m recording today’s episode on my birthday! We are also coming to the end of Back To Voice School Week, and I want to take this opportunity to thank all the participants, talk a bit about what we have done and what resources are still available for those who missed it. What You Will Learn […]
This week, I’ve decided to remind you of the main three things you need to check with your voice before autumn continues. We will go through a few things that you can ask yourself and that you can do to make sure you are in the right place for the rest of the year’s lessons. […]
Today, in the shortest episode of the history of this podcast, we will learn to release and stretch the soft palate. We will go through the benefits of stretching and releasing this movable articulator, and then we will perform a cheeky voice exercise to stretch and release the tension of the naughty kid in the […]
This episode is another instalment of our movable articulator release journey. We will learn how to release the lips to help us improve our vocal clarity and communication. We will talk about the benefits of lips release, and we will go through a simple yet effective lip release exercise. What You Will Learn In This […]
Today, we will work on the release of another movable articulator – the tongue. We will explore the tongue, analyse its connection with resonance and the quality of our voicing, and perform a tongue release exercise. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – The effects of tongue tension on our voicing and resonance – […]
In today’s episode, we talk about jaw tension, the different reasons that might cause it, and how to release it. Then, as an intro to jaw release, I will share some exploratory exercises to help relax the jaw, which is one of our main articulators. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – The possible […]
In this episode, continuing with our articulation series, we will talk about the two steps we need to take to warm up and get our articulators ready – releasing and toning. As usual, we will perform some exercises to explore different ways to release and tone our articulators. What You Will Learn In This Episode: […]
Today’s episode is about articulators and how they make sound. We will explore each one of our mouth’s articulators, their location, function, and the sounds associated with them. This episode is about raising awareness of the articulators, so we can make better use of them. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – The relevance […]
Today we will start the next stage of our voice prep journey. We’ve already worked on physical release, breath, resonance, bringing the voice in, and now we will start with articulation. As a first step, we will define what articulation is, how it can improve our voicing, and present every element involved in it to […]
This week, I’m answering a question I’ve seen asked a lot on the voice forums I regularly visit: how to make reading a script sound conversational. To answer this, I’ll share my four top tips to make reading a script sound not only conversational, but authentic and natural as well. What You Will Learn In […]
Celebrating our 30th episode, we will learn about balancing the resonance. We will start with a quick voice warmup, and then we will perform some explorative exercises that will help us access resonance qualities and learn to balance them. What You Will Learn In This Episode: – What balancing the resonance means and how it […]
After a slight digression on dealing with hay fever, we are continuing with our resonance training. In this episode, we will work on increasing our resonance awareness in order to find vocal variety and expression in our speaking voice. We will talk about primary and secondary resonance spaces, and we will practice some exploration exercises […]
