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Too Much Nose? Finding and Fixing a Nasal Voice Over Sound
Is your voice too nasal or blocked up? A thirty second pinch test tells you which, plus the soft palate drills that fix a honky read.
Voice Over Coaching Voice over coaching and technique: reads, vocal health, direction and practice routines to sharpen your craft.
Voice acting
Unclench: What Jaw Tension Does to Your Voice and How to Let It Go
Why a tight jaw tightens your sound, the NHS release moves that loosen it in five minutes, and when a sore jaw needs a dentist instead.
Australian Voice Over
A Perth Student Radio Finalist Has a Lesson for Every Voice Over Artist
A Perth TAFE student is up for an international radio award for giving a voice to people with disability. What it means for Australian voice over artists.
Voice acting
Gravel Before Breakfast: Getting Past Morning Voice Before a Session
Why your voice sounds rough first thing, what the research really says about it, and a first hour that gets you to the mic sounding awake.
Voice acting
A Straw, a Glass of Water and Five Minutes: The Voice Reset Clinicians Use
What straw phonation does for a tired voice, which straw to pick, the straw in water version, and a five-minute routine that fits around a recording day.
Voice acting
Same Note, Every Line: How to Stop Sounding Monotone
Why good readers go flat in the booth, why the shape of a line matters more than how high you pitch it, and five drills that bring a read back to life.
Voice acting
No Script, No Net: Why Improv Makes Better Voice Actors
Why improv training helps voice actors in real sessions, what research says about nerves, how to pick a class, and drills to try alone.
Voice Over Coaching
Clouds in the Booth: What Vaping Does to Your Voice
What the research says about vaping and your vocal folds, from lab tissue to a survey of teens, and a practical plan for voice actors who vape.
Voice Over Coaching
Is Whispering Bad for Your Voice? What Voice Actors Should Know
What voice clinics say about whispering, why a stage whisper strains more than a soft one, and how to record whispered reads without paying for it later.
Voice Over Coaching
Tight Throat After a Long Session? Meet Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Why a voice actor's throat goes tight and tired, the signs of muscle tension dysphonia, when to see a voice clinic and what voice therapy involves.