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Protect your studio from colds and the flu as you would safeguard your voice, advises voice talent J. Christopher Dunn. Or else, your studio will pass the bugs onto you. Here are 10 tips to keep your studio healthy this season …
Did you know that slouching puts pressure on your ribs, which affects your breathing – and how you sound at the mic? Don’t be a slouch! Speech expert Ann Utterback tells how to bring good posture to your voice overs …
Taking the first step to improving your health is perhaps the hardest, but there IS an eventual payoff, asserts voice actor Amy Taylor-Fernandez, whose shortness-of-breath wake-up call led her to the gym where she’s lost weight and become physically and vocally stronger …
VO ‘chef” Deb Munro – now in her new home and studio in Toronto – reveals how she handles the stresses of career and life. And in the process, creates a new income source!
Doing voice overs at all hours can keep your brain hyper and not ready for sleep. But your brain needs that sleep to clean out the junk and refresh. Voice specialist Ann Utterback offers 5 tips for getting more zzzzz’s ….
If your throat is hoarse in the morning, the cause might be gastric reflux, notes voice specialist Ann Utterback. Here’s what causes that condition and some simple cures. But long periods of hoarseness should also prompt your trip to an ear-nose-throat specialist …
Summer’s heat and humidity can do a “job” on your vocal health – so don’t make things worse with bad habits! Voice specialist Ann Utterback offers these tips for healthy voicing …
With the exception of thin, young-sounding voices, nasality is the most common resonance problem that voice specialist Ann Utterback hears from clients. Is there a cure? Yes. Understand this key part of your vocal anatomy …
The strain of running a voice over business can be exhausting – and lead to what voice talent and TV news anchor Dave Courvoisier coins “Voice Over Fatique.” Fortunately, Dave has a 12-step plan to avoid or climb out of the funk …
If your script calls for you to mimic a teenage girl, you might consider a glottal fry – the rage of fans of Kim and Zooey. But more likely, you’re desperate to rid your voice of an unwanted rasp. Voice specialist Ann S. Utterback, Ph.D to the rescue …