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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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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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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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 [...]
October 16, 2009 – 12:09 pm
Stop right now. Call yourself on your phone. Listen to your voice message. Really listen. Before you say, “Is that really what I sound like?”, pretend it isn’t your voice. How would you describe the person you hear? What do they look like? Would you like to hear more? Do you want to spend time [...]