Act As If and Ye Shall Be In Great Voice - Or Not!

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Today's topic is how 'acting as it' can affect your voice. Listen to this episode to learn how 'fake it til you make it' can actually create vocal ability, and how acting on negative mindsets will sabotage your voice.
 
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Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Vanderbilt Voice Center
The Voice Keeps The Score
How To Beat Your Lizard Brain

Audio Branding - Interview With Jodi Krangle

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Today I interview Jodi Krangle… professional voice actor, podcaster, singer
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Jodi Krangle's story: She has been a voice actor since 2007 with clients from major global brands in a multitude of industries. But on her road uniquely traveled she has done everything from selling computers before computers were cool, diving into the internet and internet marketing very early on, becoming a singer/songwriter/performing/recording artist, developing an award-winning songwriter resource website called 'The Muse's Muse', and now has her own fascinating podcast called 'Audio Branding'. 
QUESTIONS I ASKED HER:
Did you set out to become a renaissance woman?  
Let's get right into the power of sound. You've really been researching and talking to thought leaders about this on your podcast. Take us into some of the ways sound vibrations work.
Some of our listeners may be interested in music therapy occupations. What have you learned about the power of sound for health, pain relief and healing?
Give us some examples of the power of sound to influence behavior, Why do you say it's the 'hidden gem of marketing'?
Take us into the world of voiceover. What do you like about it? What have been some challenges? What would you say to someone wanting to look into that career?
As we speak, the world has changed. Are you seeing vocal career opportunities change in the age of COVID-19? 
Besides a voice actor, you are also an accomplished singer and it looks like you've been working on your artistic definition! OK what is the Filk scene? 
What do you do when your internet is down?
How important do you feel it is for career vocalists to have a community around them?
JODI'S LINKS:
Check out her Voice Over website at www.voiceoversandvocals.com
BONUS: Get this for yourself: The Audio Branding Worksheet (and sign-up for Jodi's newsletter) is at www.voiceoversandvocals.com/resources/
Listen to Jodi's Audio Branding Podcast website at www.audiobrandingpodcast.com. 
JUDY'S LINKS:
If you want the best vocal training for stage and studio, schedule a lesson. Whether you're a singer or speaker, I can help you towards your goals of sound quality, performance impact and vocal health. 
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How Great Voices Make Strategic Use Of Space

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Today's topic is how great voices use space. Listen to this podcast episode to learn the different ways singers and speakers can benefit from various uses of spaces, commas, breaths and silence.
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Subjects covered in this episode include:
Separating run on sentences
Separating vocal and instrumental practice
Allowing space without filling
Embracing periodic silence
Disconnecting Completely
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
I'm Not Getting Married Today
Kristen Chenoweth: Breathe From Your Hoo Hoo
Beyonce': Halo
Lady Gaga: Star Spangled Banner
Getting Your Voice Back Exercises
Power, Path & Performance vocal training on disc
Penatonix: Sound of Silence

Interview With Diane Kimbrough - Part 2

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Today's topic is Part 2 of my interview with veteran live performance coach Diane Kimbrough. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to raise the level of your live performance staging.
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Contact Diane for vocal performance sessions at her website www.DianeKimbrough.com. If you’d like help with any vocal matter, get Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses.
Subjects covered in part 2 include:
Why Diane's approach is to practice the arena level show instead of the coffee-house show, and how that can benefit the smaller venue performance, too.
Training artists to work with a camera.
How being present with venue size changes how you perform live.
The circumstances for which a veteran stage performer needs to come back in for some live performance coaching.
Some of the worst things you can do on stage.
Mapping out talking points on stage.
How Acro Yoga helps Diane with her live performance coaching. How it benefits both artists and teachers of artists to keep learning and trying things we've never done before.
Why and how artists should watch awards shows.
How the mistaken belief that the audience is feeling what you're feeling can diminish your performance.
How and why to articulate clearly and use punctuation in performance.
Why it's important for best performance to understand and take on the responsibility of your unique artistic position on stage.
How important it is for an artist to work with a team that supports each member, and communicates to resolve any seeming differences so the artist is never confused.
NOTE: If you haven't listened to part 1 of this interview yet, be sure and check out my previous episode!

Interview With Mark Thress - Classical vs Contemporary Voice

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Today I interview Mark Thress… classical singer and teacher, voice science researcher, entrepreneur and colleague. He and I have been trading vocal lessons for about a year. Listen to this episode to hear us share our explorations and findings concerning the similarities and differences in contemporary and classical singing and teaching, as well as how cross-training can help both.
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Find Mark Thress and his services at his Facebook page, Instagram @MarkThress and website.
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
A video of one of our vocal lesson exchanges. (Watch us teach each other!)
Subjects covered in this episode include:
How we met and our intention behind trading lessons.
Similarities and differences between the genres of classical and contemporary singing.
How all art is about effectively and authentically communicating a message to the one heart.
Subtle technical differences in formal and contemporary genres in performance focus, creating volume, using self-compression, facial expressions, vowel lengths, vibrato, the need for mic technique or to fill the hall acoustically, conveying emotion without pushing.
How “less is more” in contemporary music, while continuity in sound is important in classical music.
Ways cross training can benefit both contemporary and classical voice.
Issues students typically have when trying to cross these genres and perform them authentically.
Using tools such as a trampoline or bosu ball to loosen the body and increase access to breath and tone, as well as a coffee straw or balloon for warming up.
How 'pulling' helps both contemporary and classical singing.
How both coaches have improved each other's voices.

10 Vocal Issues a Vocal Coach Should Fix

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Today's topic is 10 (plus a bonus) vocal issues that a good vocal coach should be able to fix. Listen to this podcast episode to learn what a good vocal coach can do to eliminate vocal problems, unblock limitations, enhance and protect your voice. Learn what kind of results you should expect of a vocal lesson.
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vocal range limitations
vocal strain
weak voice
numb performance
laryngitis
voice cracks
vocal control
pitch inaccuracy
style issues
the need for vocal warmups
mysterious vocal issues
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Vocal Strain
High Notes
Low Notes
Middle Voice
Numb Performance
More Feeling in Singing
Laryngitis
Pitch practice

How To Get More Feeling In Your Singing

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Today's topic is getting more feeling into your singing. Listen to this podcast episode for tips to increase your authentic emotional delivery of your songs.
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Subjects covered in this episode include:
Assess the level of your emotinal authenticity
13 strategies for singing with more feeling
Other side effects from singing with feeling (all good!)
How to get more help
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
numb, lifeless, flat, thin sound
Happy
I Can't Make You Love Me
songs written about dogs
6 disc vocal training package

The Danger of Meek Posture to the Voice

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Today's topic is The Dangers of Meek Posture to the Voice. Listen to this podcast episode for tips for warnings about singing and speaking with poor, slumped posture, and what to do about it.
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Subjects covered in this episode include:
Real stories ....Tall Recording Artist, Modest Female Singer, Cool and Shy Teenagers, Vocally Strained Elderly Singer, Victims of Abuse
What happens to the body and voice with meek posture
How to get yourself out of the slump
Situations where meek posture works
Bottom line thoughts
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Dowager's Hump
Adolescent male voice
The Diaphragm
Scoliosis
Kyphosis
Sling Blade