January 20, 2011 – 5:05 pm
“Vocal improvisation is more than singing,” said Rebekka Goldsmith during our recent Vocal Improvisation Singing workshop, “it also teaches you life skills”. At the end of our workout, I knew what she meant. Most of us improvise all the time: figuring out what kind of meal to make from leftovers, giving an unplanned speech, or putting [...]
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Tagged Acting, Authentic Voice, Bobby McFerrin, breathing, broadcasting, chanting, communication, conversation, free the voice, impromptu singing, improvisational singing, intention, natural speech, nonverbal communication, organic speech, real speaking, Rebekka Goldsmith, speaking voice, Terri Crosby, vocal warm-ups, voice exercises, voice personalty
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December 22, 2010 – 9:07 am
Now what? That’s me staring at a blank canvas. Lately it’s been harder than usual to start a painting, writing, or learning a new song. It’s the “blank” that happens before I begin which can seem like days or weeks. It’s a weird and uncomfortable place and an opening for my Critic to step [...]
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Tagged art, art gallery stephen pressfield, beginning, being quiet, blank canvas, communication, creative, creative spirit, creativity, free the voice, how to begin, jennifer waldron, organizing your ideas, paintbrush, painting, waiting
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October 4, 2010 – 1:00 pm
Excerpt from blog . . . “When I work with a client who believes they are not a good speaker, I have to nudge them away from their story. To do this, I use guerilla camera work.”
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Tagged Acting, authentic speaking, Authentic Voice, broadcasting, communication, conversation, creator role, David Emerald, drama triangle, free the voice, intention, jennifer waldron, natural speech, nonverbal communication, organic speech, personal stories, power of TED, public speaking, real speaking, Speaking Tips, speaking voice, speech coach, Teaching, victimhood, voice, voice exercises, voice personalty
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September 8, 2010 – 7:36 pm
Our stories are deeply ingrained and got created to serve a purpose. If I tell everyone I’m shy, then I won’t be asked to speak in public and I won’t have to risk failure and humiliation that might accompany that experience.
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August 11, 2010 – 4:00 am
Humming is a drug-free way to overpower your “monkey mind”. Daily humming starts your generator, warms your voice, and keeps the bears away.
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Tagged authentic speaking, Authentic Voice, build resonance, communication, free the voice, hearing yourself, jennifer waldron, mouth yoga, natural sound, on air voice, physical effects of voice, recharge voice, release voice, sound of your voice, speaking voice, speech coachingvoice tips, train your ears, vocal energy, voice trauma
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It works the same way for your voice. A good vocal warm up will gently loosen your muscles, rouse your voice, and move you from a quiet, grouchy, introverted, or the-cat’s-go- your- tongue mode to something more freeing. Let’s call this “yoga for your voice.”
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Tagged Acting, breathing, broadcasting, chanting, free the voice, intention, mouth exercises, on air voice, sigh, speaking, Speaking Tips, swallow, Tags speech, Teaching, vocal stretch, vocal warm-ups, voice, voice exercises, voice yoga, yawn, yoga
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For me, scripts are out. I don’t like them. If I use notes, I like them to be messy with scribbles here and there. Christina, on the other hand, likes a clean copy. I like to handwrite changes on my notes. Christina re-types them so they are clean and fresh.
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Tagged authentic speaking, natural speech, notes as pictures, organic speech, organizing your ideas, public speaking, real speaking, scripts, speaking notes, speaking topics
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Another reader’s response to the concept that authentic dialogue is like a container with useful empty spaces was this: “How does being quiet differ from ‘creating a useful empty space’ where authentic dialogue can emerge?”
AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE The other evening as I sipped my tea and listened to friends talk, I began to consider space as it relates to conversation. The dialogue that night wasn’t the kind that invites participation and my mind wandered to a few lines of poetry by Lao Tzu: Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where [...]
The most natural and obvious way you have to express yourselves is through your voice. You reveal much about your culture, education, emotions and vitality just through the sound of your voice. The word, “personality” comes from the latin “to sound through”. Our voice and our personality are inextricably linked. So, is it possible to [...]
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