PULL, Don't Push SOVT Exercises for Breath Work

SOVT, or 'semi-occluded vocal tract' exercises, IF done with good form, can significantly improve vocal ability and vocal health. In this episode, I show you why and how you should PULL them instead of Push them, like most people do. See this episode on YouTube for video demonstrations of these exercises.
Other Links mentioned:
Marci D. Rosenberg article
Ingo Titze article
Balloon phonation exercises
Mark Thress
Book a lesson with me
My vocal training course

Weird Vocal Exercises That Blend Registers

In this episode I teach vocal exercises I designed using voiced consonants and vowels to help singers AND speakers blend their chest and head registers. Doing these exercises also helps you eliminate vocal breaks, add more resonance and range and ease vocal strain. These benefits occur as we take the voice across the passagio from chest to head voice while pulling and morphing the syllables. It's weird, but it works!
LINKS: 
National Library of Medicine
Power, Path & Performance vocal training course 
Speaking Voice Technique video course 
Book a vocal lesson with me 
Signup for free vocal health tips 

How I Teach Voice, How YOU Learn

With all the vocal coaches out there, do you wonder what vocal training you can trust to work best for your voice? Here is a short episode that will tell you why I know what I know as vocal coach, and how YOU can use my training to radically transform your voice with more ability, health and messaging impact than it's ever known.
If you need a better, healthier, or more effective voice, I'd love to help you:
You can check out my vocal training courses, contact me about vocal lessons, and sign up for my 9 page ebook 'Vocal Health Tips' (my gift to you), all on my website: https://judyrodman.com.
 
 

Vocal Strain: 18 Causes & Fixes For Your Tired Voice

Vocal strain, also known as vocal fatigue, is the leading cause of vocal problems, limitations and vocal damage for both singers and speakers. In this episode, I'm going to give you the top 18 causes of vocal strain that I see, and tell you how to fix what's making your voice so tired. I'm also going to share the audio of a short vocal lesson I did where my student's vocal fatigue was eliminated immediately after I put her at the wall. 
Links mentioned:
The full video of Silvana's vocal lesson 
My ebook on Vocal Health
Food enzymes I use https://amzn.to/3r0jE5c (Amazon pd link)
The Easy Way To Stop Smoking book https://amzn.to/3PA5Jgm (Amazon pd link)
Speaking Voice Technique online course
Interview with Gina Thurston
Interview with Angela McCuiston
My story of vocal recovery after endotracheal tube 
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Vocal Exercises To Smooth Vocal Glitches

Listen as I demonstrate a weird but highly effective vocal exercise that helped me get my voice back, and that I use with my students to smooth out glitchy areas in their vocal range. My thanks to vocal coach Mark Thress for sharing the scale with me, which I find best to do in this slow-motion way, morphing the syllables into each other to create flexibility and stability in the vocal apparatus. 
Find out more about my services for your voice at JudyRodman.com

Mat Kearney Interview - Making Pop Music Matter

Mat Kearney went from skater kid/soccer playing/free-style rapper to multi-platinum selling pop artist with over 2.5 billion streams. One of my earliest vocal students, Mat took his voice and his messages seriously, and has become one of the best live performers out there. Listen in and be inspired to dig in deep to your own creative expression.
Find Mat at https://matkearney.com/
Find out how I can help you with YOUR voice at https://judyrodman.com/. While you're there, download my free 9-page report on vocal health!
I also invite you to join me for discussions about all things vocal at the Facebook page for this podcast.

The Benefits of Practicing Character Voices

One very effective type of vocal exercise is imitating character voices. In this episode, I demonstrate some of these crazy exercises and explain the why and how behind the training so you can try them, too!
Links mentioned:
The article 'Are you a good mimic?'
Victoria DeAnda article on mimicing vs imitating
The video on 'Voice Breakdown' 
All Things Vocal Blog & Podcast Group
For more or to contact me, go to www.JudyRodman.com 
 

How I Lost My Voice (So You Don’t Have To!)

Losing your voice from vocal performance is NOT necessary IF you prepare yourself and your voice for the performance you need to do. Here's the cautionary tale about how I DIDN'T prepare for a vocal marathon, trashed my voice and what I did to get it back in time to finish the marathon strong! Listen for tips to avoid losing your own voice from overuse. 
BONUS: I mention a new vocal recovery exercise that I will be teaching in a free workshop to be held Tuesday, June 14th, 2022. Contact me and I'll send you the link! (Yes, there will be a replay if you can't attend.)