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0940 – YOUR ‘GET A BETTER VOICE’ SYMPTOMS AND PRESCRIPTIONS
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 28, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.29 – 0940 – YOUR ‘GET A BETTER VOICE’ SYMPTOMS AND PRESCRIPTIONS Although requirements for broadcast, presentation and voice-over work has changed over the years, less ‘announcer’ to more ‘natural’, you do still need a certain amount of vocal strength and a versatile, pleasing voice ...
0939 – Emotional Stress After Vocal Injury
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 27, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.28 – 0939 – Emotional Stress After Vocal Injury Emotional Stress After Vocal Injury The flip-side of emotion causing changes to the voice, is when vocal damage then affects you psychologically, perhaps because of: · Sadness about the injury and how long recovery may take, i...
0938 – How Emotions And Trauma Affect How You Sound
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 26, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.27 – 0938 – How Emotions And Trauma Affect How You Sound Tears and crying They may be tears of joy, sadness, relief or something else, but tears can create vocal problems: · Crying affects your vocal folds · Snotty sinuses swell · Long sobs (from a particular i...
0937 – Studio ‘Corpsing’
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 25, 2023 23:01 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.26 – 0937 – Studio ‘Corpsing’ Corpsing This is when you collapse in uncontrollable fits of laughter, perhaps from a perfectly innocuous remark by a colleague, and you can’t get over your ‘fit of the giggles’. The BBC Radio Four newsreader Charlotte Green tells a great story on the ...
0936 – Breaking News
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 24, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.25 – 0936 – Breaking News Breaking News Stories News readers need to be cool under pressure. There are occasions when a story breaks just before, or while you are on air and it has to be covered immediately. In such circumstances, a news presenter has to tread a difficult line between...
0935 – Stopping Silly Script-reading Slip-ups
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 23, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.24 – 0935 – Stopping Silly Script-reading Slip-ups Other mistakes Don’t let yourself get in your own way! Knowing some of these will help you avoid them in the first place. · Slow down if you can, and you’re likely to make fewer mistakes · Consider that you may be going...
0934 – If It *Does* Go Wrong
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 22, 2023 23:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.23 – 0934 – If It *Does* Go Wrong IF IT DOES GO WRONG The Number One Rule Never swear anywhere near a studio. By keeping to this, the chances of you swearing on air are greatly minimised. It is not just main studios that have microphones and the ability to ‘go live’ - many productio...
0933 – Confidence Vs. Cockiness
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 21, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.22 – 0933 – Confidence Vs. Cockiness Confidence is being pleased that you have been hired for the gig, proud that someone wants you to be the voice of their product, and certain that you can perform well. It’s the difference between someone who sees the red light go on and thinks “...
0932 – Beta Blockers To Help Studio Nerves
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 20, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.21 – 0932 – Beta Blockers To Help Studio Nerves Beta-blockers Perhaps one of the last resorts to cope with mic fright is the use of drugs.[1] That could be drink, tobacco, (il)legal drugs such as cannabis, or some doctors prescribe beta blockers, which are usually for conditions like...
0931 – Look After Each Other
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 19, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.20 – 0931 – Look After Each Other VOICE BOX Look after each other If you see a colleague going through an anxious moment, support them by being positive. Helpful phrases are ones such as: “I want to help you...” “How can I support you?” Less helpful phrases are: “Don’t wo...
0930 – Earn Your ‘On Air’ Miles
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 18, 2023 23:01 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.19 – 0930 – Earn Your ‘On Air’ Miles Earn your ‘on-air’ miles Of course, overcoming a fear of failure comes from experience: your miles at the mic. When I was still at university, I’d spend hours on hospital radio and then my local station, sometimes just sitting in a studio, seei...
0929 – Gobble Up The Feedback
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 17, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.18 – 0929 – Gobble Up The Feedback Feedback A constructive debrief is part of the ‘Plan and Prepare, Execute and Reflect and Evaluate’ feedback loop. (More on this in episode #629.) Such a ‘post performance review’ (never use the term ‘post-mortem’ as it has so many negative connotat...
0928 – Warming Down
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 16, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.17 – 0928 – Warming Down After The Studio Session Warm Down Exercises Hear episodes from #804 for specific exercises but doing these are part of the process to build confidence for next time. After all, if you don’t warm down and then end up hurt, it won’t inspire you to speak on m...
0927 – What To Do In The Moment When The Nerves Feel Real
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 15, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.16 – 0927 – What To Do In The Moment When The Nerves Feel Real VOICE BOX What to do in-the-moment when the nerves feel very real? STOPP: S – Slow down Pause and look and take it in. T – Take a breath And then in the event, calming breaths, relax your mouth with lip trills ...
0926 – ‘Park’ Perfection
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 14, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.15 – 0926 – ‘Park’ Perfection Think about: · Your single listener across the room: it will help you focus your attention on reassuring realities rather than lurking fears · The fact that the audience can’t harm you. They have turned on to hear what you have to say, to ge...
0925 – Pause and Breathe, Focus and Relax
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 13, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.14 – 0925 – Pause and Breathe, Focus and Relax Pause and Breathe High levels of adrenalin affect the body’s chemistry for violent action which it doesn’t get. Burning off energy by filling your blood with oxygen will help you replace this missing activity. A bout of steady breathing do...
0924 – Pre-Performance Routines
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 12, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.13 – 0924 – Pre-Performance Routines Pre-performance routines Having a routine reminds the mind of what’s coming next: a live show or a session recording. We’ve spoken about all of these before: A mental warm-up, perhaps on the bus or train on the way to the studio or sitting i...
0923 – Positive Self-Talk
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 11, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.12 – 0923 – Positive Self-Talk During The Studio Session – or pre-performance routines immediately before Positive self-talk Remember that you were chosen for your talents ahead of everyone else. So really, the hardest bit is over! You have to have as much confidence in yourself as th...
0922 – Step By Step Positive Songs
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 10, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.11 – 0922 – Step By Step Positive Songs Listen to a Positive Song Music is a great emotion-bringer, so when you get up on your ‘big day’ pick one that gives you positive energy and brings a smile to your face. This could be something from your childhood or a recent song that you can’t...
0921 – Nutrition and Hydration
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 09, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.10 – 0921 – Nutrition and Hydration Nutrition and Hydration Eating gives you the fuel to stay focused and keep going under pressure. Healthy food of a single ingredient (so fruit, vegetables and so on), is preferable to processed additive-ridden ready-meals which can affect your gut...
0920 – Rest and Relax
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 08, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.09 – 0920 – Rest and Relax Preparation – Your Voice We have covered plenty of exercises to help you have a strong, healthy and agile voice, both in how it sounds and also how it sounds with particular words, scripts, the intonations and emotions. Remember two of my philosophies on th...
0919 – Does Practice Make Perfect?
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 07, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.08 – 0919 – Does Practice Make Perfect? Preparation - The content - Be familiar with the script, the format, the role, the studio tech … If you’re not prepared, you will know it, even deep down. Prepare, and prepare for the unexpected: what to do if there’s breaking news, you have to...
0918 – Counselling For Mic Fright
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 06, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.07 – 0918 – Counselling For Mic Fright Psychological help and counselling If your jitters are more serious and long term, therapy or cognitive behavioural therapy[1] may help discover the reasons, put things into perspective and suggest long-term coping strategies. If your fears re...
0917 – Have a No-Stress Rehearsal
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 05, 2023 23:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.06 – 0917 – Have a No-Stress Rehearsal Have a Mental Rehearsal Visualise success – Research shows that our brain reacts the same in a real situation as in an imagined one, so do what athletes do and start training your brain into thinking positively and practice seeing yourself perfor...
0916 – Remind Yourself Why You Care
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 04, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.05 – 0916 – Remind Yourself Why You Care Remind yourself why you care Why is this broadcast, podcast or voice-over opportunity important to you? Tell yourself, out loud, how excited you are about this what it is that you, the product, or your guest are about to share with listeners....
0915 – Renaming and Reframing Mic Fright
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 03, 2023 23:01 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.04 – 0915 – Renaming and Reframing Mic Fright Re-naming and re-framing: Positive self-talk Our physical reactions to different emotions are often similar. Think how you feel when you’re excited and when you’re frightened; both emotions may result in increased muscle tension, tremo...
0914 – Be “Channelin’ The Adrenaline”!
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 02, 2023 23:01 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.03 – 0914 – Be “Channelin’ The Adrenaline”! “Channelin’ the adrenaline”! Remember, if you are nervous, it shows you care. You want to perform well, you want to be careful and professional, not slipshod and slapdash. Of course, the presence of some of these chemicals can give you the ed...
0913 – Know Your Nervous Triggers
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - July 01, 2023 23:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.02 – 0913 – Know Your Nervous Triggers OVERCOMING MIC FRIGHT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER YOUR STUDIO SESSION BEFORE Pre-performance routines the weeks and days beforehand Those ‘butterflies’ in your stomach? They’re normal. But you have to teach them to fly in formation, like a ...
0912 – Your Mindset At The Mic
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - June 30, 2023 23:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.07.01 – 0912 – Your Mindset At The Mic INTRODUCTION Performance anxiety is rarely researched and so we understand very little about the specifics of this complex condition. We know some hacks… but we also know that long term mental health is very serious. Again, consult a medical professi...
0911 – Your Guests’ Nerves
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice - June 29, 2023 23:01 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings2023.06.30 – 0911 – Your Guests’ Nerves Don’t forget the guests They get nervous too. The presence of a microphone can cause some people to panic. Perhaps that’s not surprising in some situations: pouncing on an unsuspecting member of the public in the street, shoving a microphone in their fac...
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