This Is A Voice
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago -Voice experts and bestselling authors Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher have been chatting about voice for more than 20 years - this time they've switched the microphone on. Vocal technique? check. Musicals? check. The weird things you can do with your voice? check. Includes AMA on voice, singing, speaking, performance techniques, voice exercises and so much more.
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The Health Fix and the Vagus nerve - with GP & bestselling author Dr Ayan Panja
April 16, 2024 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBFor this World Voice Day Special edition of our This Is A Voice podcast we're delving into the Vagus Nerve and health diagnostics with one of the most influential GPs in the UK (Pulse Magazine), Dr Ayan Panja. Dr Panja is a GP (family doctor), podcaster, presenter on BBC World News and the bestselling author of "The Health Fix" Voice experts Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher share thoughts, stories and advice with Dr Ayan and bust some of the myths about singing, breathing and the vagus ne...
Breath, Pressure & Flow. Dos & don'ts of breathing for singers - balancing a voice for sound & style
March 19, 2024 18:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBDr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher on misunderstandings, misconceptions and personal insights about breathing and breath management for singing. Untrue statements, pressed phonation, relentless twang, breathy versus leaky tone, everything is up for discussion. Plus five areas where we can control breathing, and details on using two contrasting airstreams at the same time (introducing the "Granny Kiss"... With research from Ian Howell and Heidi Moss Erickson on back pressure and brain funct...
What People Say - From cringe-worthy review to powerful testimonials
March 05, 2024 18:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBCelebrating 90 episodes of our This Is A Voice Podcast! Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher share how they deal with a bad review - and this one's just plain rude. And they celebrate 20 years of their groundbreaking voice teacher Accreditation Programme. Welcome to This Is A Voice Season 9 Episode 1, the podcast where we get vocal about voice. 00:00:00 – Stodgy & Humble – the dynamic duo of voice training 00:01:20 – Unpacking a Cringe-worthy Review 00:04:49 – Dealing with Criticism - a Cataly...
Best of 2023 - Our top five podcast episodes
December 26, 2023 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBWe're rounding off the year with our annual Best Of selection. We broadcast 20 episodes in 2023, so we divided them into four groups of five and got our listeners (and watchers on YouTube) to vote for their favourite episode in each group. Then we chose the "WildCard" fifth episode ourselves. We're introducing excerpts from each of the top five episodes as voted for by you. If you don't want to know which episodes we chose, look away now... Top episode from January-March - Season 7 Episode...
The Singer's Safe Haven - Building confidence through compassionate coaching
December 19, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn This Is A Voice podcast S8 Ep8 Lisa Perks returns to talk about creating a safe space in the vocal studio for singers to discover their voice and individuality. Lisa shares with Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher insights and techniques to nurture each singer on their vocal and emotional journey 00:00 No room for shame 01:32 Discussing the concept of good disagreement 03:39 The power of asking 'Why?' 04:50 Patient empowerment in medical contexts 07:32 Research on the impact of shame on...
Season 8 Mini bonus - Polls for Best Of 2023
December 15, 2023 18:00 - 5 minutes - 4.1 MBWe're about to record our "Best of 2023" episode and YOU can help us choose. This mini-bonus episode of our This Is A Voice podcast contains four polls to help you choose your favourite episodes of 2023. There are 20 episodes to choose from and we've divided them into four groups of 5. POLL 1, January-April episodes https://forms.gle/7TsTsVcdVJpj5KZZ9 POLL 2, April-June episodes https://forms.gle/TKmgRchZcynFURqm6 POLL 3, June-October episodes https://forms.gle/A6oxVtdqesK4YdDG8 PO...
Overcoming vocal shame - how singing teachers & vocal coaches can support their singers
December 05, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn This Is A Voice podcast S8 Ep7 we're diving into the sensitive topic of shame in the singing world. In this wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Gillyanne Kayes, Jeremy Fisher and special guest Lisa Perks, we explore how shame can shape and limit a singer's journey, regardless of their background. Whether you're an amateur vocational singer or a seasoned professional performer, you need to know about this crucial hidden aspect of vocal artistry. 00:00 Shame used as a weapon 01:41 Lisa's ...
Breaking the bias - a conversation about transformative voice coaching with Anne Leatherland
November 21, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBJoin us in an insightful and empowering episode with our Associate Trainer, singing teacher and life coach Anne Leatherland. In Season 8 Episode 6 Anne returns to share her unique approach to helping women find their voice, both literally and metaphorically, in professional settings. We discuss the challenges women face regarding voice perception in the workplace and explore strategies for communicating with confidence and impact. Voice is a key component of identity, and we discuss ways...
Exploring Values and Beliefs in Teaching Voice, with Anne Leatherland
November 07, 2023 18:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBIn This Is A Voice podcast S8 Ep5 we dive into the fascinating world of values and beliefs with our special guest, Anne Leatherland of Vocal Intuition. We discuss how understanding your values can transform your teaching and coaching, help you to align with your true self and move your career towards a life that’s more fulfilling and enjoyable. Anne Leatherland started her professional life as a chemistry teacher. As a recreational singer she had no qualifications and did not go to “music c...
What matters to you? Putting what you love into your career
October 24, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBToday we're asking the question "What matters to you?" Do you already know, or do you need time to think about it? As singing teacher and vocal coach we can direct our careers to include doing what we love and what matters to us. In this episode we share the important things in our lives, what we MUST do for our own peace of mind. The parts of our individual careers that bring us joy. What brings you joy? Answers on a postcard... 0:00 Aiming your career 1:47 What matters to Jeremy - piano p...
Your voice & AI - tools for the singing studio
October 10, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBShe's back! Social media expert and app lover Karen Michaels shares her favourite tools for your singing studio We explore finding your "voice" (your social media persona) and how to write your value statement in 1 hour. Analysing who you love working with and shifting your business to embrace them. How to coach a song even when you've not heard it before. And Karen shares her three best apps for helping you in the singing studio. It's a cracking episode and we're rocking and rolling! ...
The Rise of ChatGPT - How AI is changing the voice industry. With social media manager Karen Michaels
September 26, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSocial media expert Karen Michaels joins us for a fascinating discussion on the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the world of singing, voice education and singing teacher marketing. Karen shares her wealth of knowledge on harnessing the power of apps and AI in your socials. We’re chatting about the importance of authenticity in your online presence, avoiding burnout on social media and curating your feeds to create a positive and inspiring online environment for your...
So where were we? Gillyanne & Jeremy talk past successes and future plans
September 12, 2023 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBWe've been off the air for two months - so where were we? And where are we going? In this opening episode for Season 8, we reveal our future plans for singers, singing teachers, choral leaders and theatre MDs 00:00 Our 80th podcast episode! 01:05 Our Teacher Accreditation Programme 02:14 Our discoveries on the Discovery Calls 06:10 SIXTY contact hours 07:32 Changes to our online singing teacher courses 08:45 In-person appearances and masterclasses 12:33 Podcast guest and AI 15:36 The inspir...
Is Beyoncé teaching you this week? Authenticity, rhythm & positive pedagogy with Louise Gibbs
June 26, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBPart 2 of our deep conversation with jazz singer, composer & educator Louise Gibbs. Has Beyonce been teaching you this week? Moving from imitation to authenticity, finding your "groove" and dealing with bad self-talk. ***Warning! Some swearing, mostly from Gillyanne*** 0:00 Dealing with bad self-talk 1:37 Artistry - who is teaching you this week? 3:53 Study practice rehearse perform 7:11 Being in the moment 9:50 Dealing with self-editing singers 12:04 Why Louise is a singer not a pianist 13...
Authenticity in singing - what is it & can you teach it? With Louise Gibbs
June 19, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBOur special guest for this week's This Is A Voice #podcast is jazz singer, recording artist, composer, educator and past president of the British Voice Association Louise Gibbs. It's a meeting of three practical minds in a deep & fascinating conversation about authenticity (for the singer and for the music), training authentic singers, exploring style envelopes and when to push their boundaries. 00:00 Being yourself to stand out 02:10 Why Gillyanne didn't like "I don't know how to love him...
Career Mentoring and Vocal Habilitation - secrets of our 1-1 private coaching revealed
June 05, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBWonder what we do in our private coaching sessions? It's a secret. We don't normally reveal what happens (or who we work with) but in this podcast episode we're sharing some of the techniques and "happenings" that make up a great mentoring session. Jeremy has a particular passion for mentoring other singers, singing teachers, Musical Directors, vocal coaches and choir leaders. He describes why his Career Mentoring sessions are becoming so popular. Where do you want to be in a year? A smal...
What happens in our singing lessons, 1-1s & Masterclasses? What we teach & why we teach it
May 29, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBYou've probably seen our books, you've listened to the podcasts, but you may not know what we really do in our 1-1 lessons and masterclasses. We're Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher, and we own and run VocalProcess. We'll be sharing with you some examples of what we do in our 1-1 singing and coaching sessions, and why we do it. 0:00 Building new brain pathways 2:28 Talking about our singing lessons 3:54 Being client led & power imbalance 4:40 The extremes and Guru Gone Mad 8:15 The purpo...
The most efficient ways to practise, plus finding your place in the world
May 15, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWhat's the most efficient way to practice? And how can you set up your singing students to practise successfully? Jeremy's been doing it for years but we had it confirmed by Kittie Verdolini Abbott at our latest conference - Jeremy talks Variable Practice! Gillyanne shares how she collected a multi-disciplinary team for her Round Table conversation at UEP in Turkey on voice problems, boundaries and vocal challenges. Things you need to tell a surgeon if you're having surgery of any kind. And ...
Why does anyone do "Professional Development"? We chat about Comfort Zone, transgender surgery, CPD & performance nerves
May 08, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBWhy DO we do professional development? We're already professionals! What IS comfort zone and when should we be in it or out of it? Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher chat about comfort zone, continuing professional development (CPD) and their most recent injection of new thoughts via voice surgeons and SLTs. Why they attended a phoniatricians' conference and what they learned about extreme voice (distortions), vocal tremor, transgender voice surgery and themselves. Part 1 of 2. 0:00 Int...
Vocal Surgery and Beyond part 2 - making the decision, going through surgery, how long before singing again
April 24, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBA World Voice Day Special In part 2 of "Vocal Surgery and Beyond", Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher interview singer Kate Bassett on why she decided to go for vocal fold surgery. Kate talks through the decision and the second opinion, and the sentence that helped her decide (it involves rucksacks) How the surgery went and how long she was on "voice rest" (it might surprise you!). The voice therapy sequences she used and how Gillyanne built on them to move from speaking voice to singing v...
Vocal surgery and beyond - a singer's experience Part 1: vocal injury, the signs & rehab
April 17, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBA World Voice Day Special. Jeremy and Gillyanne interview Kate Bassett on her vocal surgery and recovery. This year's World Voice Day topic is Your Voice Matters. In this 2-Part podcast, singer Kate Bassett shares her story of acute vocal injury, therapy, vocal fold surgery and voice rehabilitation In Part 1 0:00 stigma and vocal injury 5:13 how the vocal injury happened 6:48 what happened next 9:10 the missing piece of information 11:22 needing more than just voice rest 12.43 going to the...
Showing Up In The World part 2 - Refining your CV with vocal coach & career consultant Jeremy Fisher
April 03, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBWhat does your CV or resumé actually say about you? Is it up to date? Does it reflect who you are, what you want to do and who you want to work with? Expert vocal coach & career consultant Jeremy Fisher shares his process for rewriting your CV to attract the clients and jobs you want. Together Gillyanne and Jeremy discuss the right questions to ask, and share several examples of different CVs for teachers and singers. If you want your career to take off, you need to lead with your CV. List...
Showing up in the world. Self-promotion, websites and insults, or what are we doing right?
March 28, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBSelf-promotion can feel like a dirty word, but as a singing teacher, vocal coach, choir leader or vocal health worker positioned in the arts, how do you show up in the world? How important is a website today? What should you have on it? How "big" should it be? We've just updated and upgraded the https://vocalprocess.co.uk website (it's live today) and it's been a fascinating process. We reduced our mega-website (250+ pages) to about 20+ pages plus blogs, AND we've now (for the first time) ...
Classical v Musical Theatre part 2 - Advice, techniques and a rant
March 13, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBGillyanne & Jeremy answer more questions about classical vocal technique versus musical theatre vocal technique. Which is best, should you teach either or both, what do you teach students at different ages? Great questions submitted from our listeners too: How can I make "So In Love" stop sounding like Puccini? Do you teach a 16 year old classical AND musical theatre or choose one? With a new young MT student do you focus on legit or belting? Gillyanne talks about her PhD research into dif...
Classical versus Musical Theatre - which is healthiest to sing? Is there one vocal technique for both?
March 06, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBVoice experts Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher share their thoughts about classical versus musical theatre. Is there one technique that works for both? Is one inherently healthier to sing than the other? Should we be teaching different genres to young singers? We have comments and questions sent in by our This Is A Voice podcast listeners too - there are some strong opinions! We share our own backgrounds and talk about knowing yourself. And why recognising the "filters" through which ...
This Is A Voice Best Bits part 2 - Impostor Syndrome, The BREATH, the Creep Challenge & Daleks
December 19, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis is part 2 of our Best Bits from the last 4 series of This Is A Voice podcasts! We've got four glittering presents for you, beautifully wrapped under the tree. 1. Impostor Syndrome (S3 Ep1) - the dictionary definition of imposter and why it isn't impostor syndrome - different types of impostor syndrome by Valerie Young, based on the work of Clance and Imes. Which one are you? - Why we recognise different types of imposter syndrome in our own lives 2. THE BREATH! (S3 Ep3) One of our ...
BEST BITS part 1 - Vocal folds & hydration, voice habilitation & breathy-light
December 12, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBThe last time we did a Best Bits was 43 episodes ago! So here are three of our favourite episodes from the last 18 months (part 1) 1. Vocal folds and hydration (S2 Ep9) - why singers have to be careful how MUCH water you drink (with a real-life horror story) - different types of dehydration + research into hydration and the effects on your voice - And which country has a different idea of how much water is enough 2. Songs, Lyrics and Life with Georgia Mancio (S2 Ep10). One of our perso...
Authenticity in singing & teaching CCM singers - with Dr Marisa Lee Naismith
December 05, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBDr Marisa Lee Naismith is back talking to Gillyanne & Jeremy, and we get a bit heated! How to work with authenticity in singing and finding a student's "mode" (1.00). Our own reactions to witnessing authenticity in our classes (we're all different - 4.50) Marisa takes us step by step through a lesson with a CCM (contemporary commercial music) singer plus what to listen for and what to ignore (9.25) Why Jeremy thinks there's an expert on the song in the room (and it's not us - 13.20) Th...
The reality of PhDs and vocal pedagogy with Dr Marisa Lee Naismith
November 28, 2022 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBEver wondered what it's like to do a PhD in vocal pedagogy? Or how that PhD might translate into teaching singing? Want to know exactly why we think classical vocal training doesn't work for contemporary commercial music singers? We go deep with Dr Marisa Lee Naismith, author of Singing Contemporary Commercial Music Styles, a pedagogical framework: How difficult is it to juggle the work of a PhD, family life and a full-time business? Marisa and Gillyanne compare notes (3.00) Why is CCM pe...
Change your pitch, change your meaning. Vocal exercises from This Is A Voice book
November 21, 2022 17:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBFeed the dog! Changing your pitch patterns can help your listeners understand your emotions and meaning. In this week's This Is A Voice podcast (Season 6 Episode 12), expert vocal trainers Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher use the sentence "Feed the dog" to showcase different pitch patterns and meanings. We read out the instructions from the second half of exercise 26 (page 84 of This Is A Voice) and show you step by step how to change meaning, intonation and interest in your speaking vo...
What's your pitch pattern? Exercises from This Is A Voice & our Warmup App
November 14, 2022 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBNo? Yes! What makes a voice more interesting to listen to? Tone? Volume? Pitch patterns help your listeners understand your emotions and meaning. In this episode, expert vocal trainers Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher riff on pitch patterns and meaning in speaking voice. Exercise 26 on page 84 of our This Is A Voice book is a brilliant vocal technique exercise for improving your speaking (and singing). We go step by step through the instructions and demonstrate how the exercise works i...
Coaching Austin Butler for Elvis & training teachers - Irene Bartlett returns
November 07, 2022 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWhat does a movie musical vocal coach do? Singer and pedagogue Irene Bartlett is back to chat with vocal trainers Gillyanne & Jeremy about coaching Austin Butler to sing Elvis in the latest movie, and how she works with singing teachers in the Pedagogy Programme at Griffith University in Brisbane. What was the first thing Irene needed to do when meeting Austin (or any singer) for the first time? (3.00) What is she listening for when working with professional singers? (6.53) How do we know ...
What is good singing? Dr Irene Bartlett chats to vocal trainers Gillyanne & Jeremy about vocal health, technique & style
October 31, 2022 17:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBWhat is good singing? Singer and pedagogue Dr Irene Bartlett joins vocal trainers Gillyanne & Jeremy to talk about good singing, function and style. It’s an honest conversation between vocal trainers separated by 10,000 miles but together in spirit. Is it divisive to separate classical, CCM and Musical Theatre music? Irene has a great one-sentence answer to this (2.40) Is there a difference between classical singing lessons and musical theatre singing lessons? How do classical singers reac...
Consonants, false vowels and "I have so much more space"
October 24, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBGillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher chat about putting their flagship vocal training course fully online for the first time, and describe the amazing content on each day of the course. And this episode they focus on consonants and false vowels, with an incredibly simple vocal technique to create more resonating space for awkward consonants, allowing you to match resonance more easily while singing words Discover why Jeremy says there isn't one way to breathe. And the thing you shouldn't do w...
Vocal trainers break down how consonants work - instant voice coaching online!
October 17, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB#ThisIsAVoice Vocal trainers Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher show you how to find easy and accurate consonants in your songs. It's like having private singing lessons but with the very best vocal coaches! Jeremy and Gillyanne go deep into vocal articulation and the effect consonants have on vowels when you sing. When is a t not a t? When does an s become a z? What are your favourite singing genres and does it make a difference to the way you make your consonants? Watch Jeremy give a ...
Consonants, Ventriloquism, Darci Lynne and Creep
October 10, 2022 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBVocal pedagogue Dr Gillyanne Kayes challenges vocal coach Jeremy Fisher to show how a ventriloquist can sing words clearly. Using @Darci Lynne 's excellent Creep video https://youtu.be/KB-390oClpw, Jeremy breaks down the movements needed to sing all the vowels and consonants in the song without moving your lips. Judge for yourself how well Jeremy does singing the first four lines of the Radiohead song Creep - does he move his lips? Can you follow the instructions and do the same? All the ...
Consonant awareness, tongue twisters & singing
October 03, 2022 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBGillyanne & Jeremy are back demonstrating the exercises in the This Is A Voice book. This week they're kicking and elongating consonants. Gillyanne takes Jeremy through Exercise 24, Consonant Awareness, in the Speaking Effectively section. Breaking down the plosives! Jeremy speaks and sings tongue twisters with two different ways of using the consonants. You'll hear why one way is better than the other for singing in a non-classical style, and what changes Jeremy has to make to sing in a mo...
Somatic exercises, trauma, nerves & polyvagal theory with Petra Borzynski
September 26, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBPetra Borzynski, singer, cognitive behavioural therapist & somatic vocal coach, is back with Gillyanne and Jeremy for more wisdom on dealing with emotion. Teacher boundaries, the difference between trauma and emotional discomfort, and why you don't need to be your student's therapist. There are questions on somatic exercises for performance nerves, and Jeremy shares what he did to deal with the extreme nerves in his workshop at the PEVoC conference last month. And a question on which exer...
Triggers, trauma, working when you're wobbly. Dealing with emotions in the studio w/ Petra Borzynski
September 19, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBOn the day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral, Petra Borzynski, cognitive behavioural therapist & somatic vocal coach, joins Gillyanne and Jeremy for some expert wisdom on dealing with emotion. Singing is an emotional act. And we sometimes need to sing, or to teach singing, when we're emotional. How do we deal with our own wobbles, and when should we deal with the wobbles of our singing students? There are questions from listeners on anxiety in singing lessons - when do we hold the space for peo...
PRESENTING at an international voice conference - the scary bit!
September 12, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWhat's it like to PRESENT at an international voice conference? Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher presented at PEVoC14 in Tallinn, Estonia. Gillyanne's first Round Table organisation, and Jeremy's first solo Workshop The nerves, the outcomes, the feedback, the content, the preparation We reveal all! Check out some of Jeremy's video examples from his workshop "Get On, Sing, Get Off" · Glottal onsets/offsets: Beyonce - Single Ladies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY ...
What's It Like Being At A Voice Conference? PEVoC part 1
September 05, 2022 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBExperiencing the voice conference. Gillyanne & Jeremy join the Pan European Voice Conference in Tallinn, Estonia and share their experience of the city, the speakers, the voice science papers and the behind-the-scenes moments. https://www.pevoc2022.ee/ Catch up on this year's PEVoC in Tallinn, Estonia https://www.pevoc2024.com/ For the next conference in Santander, Spain
Vocal health, accompanying and working in the trenches, with Cate Frazier-Neely
July 25, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this wide-ranging episode of This Is A Voice Podcast we chat with singer, author, musician and teacher Cate Frazier-Neely on: Working in the trenches - what it's like to be a singing teacher with an eclectic career (2.01) Jeremy's first terrifying job with Scottish Opera and how he stayed just one step ahead of the singers (5.00) The difference between playing a piano part and an orchestral reduction for singers - Jeremy is very clear on this! (6.30) Gillyanne's and Cate's personal ex...
Musicality, training and a meeting of minds, with Cate Frazier-Neely
July 18, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBWe're joined by Cate Frazier-Neely, singer, author, pedagogue, collaborative pianist, composer and multi-instrumentalist, for a meeting of minds across the Pond. We chat about -musicality v musicianship -how we wrote the beatboxing chapter in our This Is A Voice book -working with spoken and sung voice -four different types of air supply -translating voice science into practical teaching (and Jeremy's pet hate) -diction and audience cues -gradient in voice exercises and soo, soo much more. ...
Finding your brand - our process for choosing a new brand
July 04, 2022 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBWe asked you for your opinions of six different logo designs. Wow, you did not disappoint. Your comments were brilliant, hilarious and outstandingly rude. In this episode we share the beginning-to-end process for choosing a new logo and brand look, and the worst of the comments you made the design brief we wrote the advice we were given (some great, some bad) the design competition we set up choosing between the 353 designs we received the feedback on six of the designs (OMG!) how we...
Hobby, Job, Career, Vocation - what are you doing with your life?
June 27, 2022 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThe work-life balance might be easier to find if you know the difference between hobby, job, career and vocation. Jeremy & Gillyanne chat about Jeremy's new blog post, based on a video by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love. What our hobbies are and why I discovered I was messing them up Why a job isn't a career, and what the real purpose of a job is Why I was worrying (needlessly) about my lack of career and how I discovered I already had one Why people working in...
Acid Reflux and what to do about it, with Specialist SLT Tor Spence
June 20, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBShe's back! Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Tor Spence returns with in-depth advice on the bane of a singer's life - ACID REFLUX. What acid reflux is and what it does Two types of acid reflux and why treatment for one might not work for the other Nocturnal coughing, upper and lower sphincters and soluble fibre We talk about LPR, GERD, PPIs and pepsins, and how effective Gaviscon (and other alginates) are And if that wasn't enough, we're talking noses. Nasal breathing and its ben...
Why I love coughing with SLT Tor Spence
June 13, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBSpecialist Speech & Language Therapist Tor Spence joins us for a chat. She's become an expert on coughing - what it is, how we can control it and what it does to your voice. We break down the physiology of a cough, and describe the technique of mindful coughing. Tor also talks about the process of vocal diagnosis, both within the ENT structure and "sight unseen" in the 2-week wait clinic. Find out what the cycle and the seesaw have to do with coughing, and why Jeremy loves filtering in diag...
The Breathy-Light Archetype exercises from our This Is A Voice book
May 23, 2022 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIn the second episode of a new series, Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher take you through the two Breathy-Light Archetype exercises from the bestselling book This Is A Voice Jeremy demonstrates different versions of the breathy-light archetype at different points in his vocal range (covering almost 2 octaves), and Gillyanne uses the archetype to narrate part of "Arthur The Rat". Find out the upgrades we now add to the written exercise, and why we'd change some of the instructions We've left...
The Straws and Bubbles exercise from our This Is A Voice book
May 16, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBIn the first of a new series, Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher take you through the Straws & Bubbles exercise from the bestselling book This Is A Voice Find out the upgrades we now add to the written exercise, and why we'd change some of the instructions Listeners share their successes using straw exercises including tackling anxiety and singers with PTSD And Gillyanne discusses some of the SOVT facts she discovered at last week's PAS7+ conference from Brazil, including why SOVT exercises ...
Golden Nuggets 16th April World Voice Day Special
April 16, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThis special podcast episode celebrates the annual World Voice Day. The motto this year is "Lift Your Voice". We are Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher, and we're chatting about our #1 bestselling book on vocal technique, This Is A Voice. Hear how we were commissioned to write the book, which exercises people love, and how we practise our own exercises. We'll take you through one podcast listener's favourite exercise - Toothbrush Talk - so you can hear how to do it, and what effect can h...