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The Leadership Growth PodcastWhat is Executive Presence? Part 1Leaders “take up a lot of space,” says Peter Stewart.What leaders do in that space can be the difference between great business and people results–and bad ones.In today’s episode, Daniel and Peter tackle the topic of executive presence–how it’s evolved over the years, what it means today, and how leaders can develop and improve it so they show up with credibility and confidence.Tune in to learn:What a modern model of Executive Presence looks likeHow decision-making impacts Executive PresenceThe one thing leaders can do to establ...
2025-04-2230 min
The Leadership Growth PodcastThe Power of MetaphorWhat makes a good metaphor? Leadership experts Daniel Stewart and Peter Stewart dive into some of their favorite metaphors and discuss how to make them “sticky.” Hint: Avoid pop culture references.This inaugural podcast also features insights about how to improve organizational change, a discussion about high turnover at McDonald’s, and a trip down memory lane.Join us for this “historic” episode!0:00 – Introductions2:42 – Insight of the Week10:04 – Memory Lane17:18 – The Power of Metaphor30:14 – Lightning RoundResources:The #1 Missing Eleme...
2024-01-3032 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0315 – The ‘Question Intonation’2021.11.11 – 0315 – The ‘Question Intonation’Those who have a ‘sing-songy’ voice which goes unnecessarily up-and-down in tone (the ‘sea-sick syndrome’), can come over as patronising. It may sound ‘up and bright’ to them but to the listener it sounds cheesy and as though the presenter is on ‘auto-pilot’ without a care for the content of the message. Other presenters go up at the end of every sentence? Like this? Whether it’s necessary or not? Are they really asking a question? Or have they got into the habit … of really annoying their audience? This is called ‘up-speak’, everything...
2021-11-1104 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0308 – How Mis-Intonation Can Cause Mis-Direction2021.11.04 – 0308 – How Mis-Intonation Can Cause Mis-DirectionNot intonating the correct words can completely alter its meaning and tone, leading to a completely different message given to the listener. He said their action had made a walkout inevitable. Stressing the word “he” might suggest there are others who would disagree with this statement. He said their action had made a walkout inevitable. Emphasising the word said casts doubt on the truth of the statement, implying there are grounds for disbelieving it. He said...
2021-11-0401 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0295 – Contrasts Within Contrasts2021.10.22 – 0295 – Contrasts Within Contrasts Let’s make it a bit more fun, because sometimes there’s more than one contrast, or contrasts within contrasts! “Some dealerships give you a free vehicle wash with every service, we give an internal valet too … with every service and every winter tyre change.” Note the contrasts between “some dealerships” and “we” … “free vehicle wash” and “internal valet” … and “every service” and “every service and every winter tyre change”. “The union leader says more talks should happen tonight, before Tuesday's strikes. But his deputy says the deal already offered should go to the vote...
2021-10-2209 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0256 - Weight And Pitch in Intonation2021.09.13 – 0256 - Weight And Pitch in IntonationAn Introduction to IntonationIntonation is, then, the weight and pitch one puts on individual words or phrases that draw attention to their significance and thereby communicate the overall message. Correct intonation leads a listener through a story, with the reader an interpreter or trusted guide of the facts about what ‘makes the story, a story’. The reader of a newspaper is led around the printed page by its layout. Television approaches this with its graphics and strong visual element, but in radio...
2021-09-1302 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0200 - Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 30200 - Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 3 · Big Name Kitchen Electricalso Another way to signify importance of a words is to give initial capitalisations. That’s what’s happened here, but it’s unclear why. · AT STEWART’S!!!o Another punctuation combination: capitals and not one but three exclamation marks. Certainly, as the name of the store, the information is important, but it’s unclear how excited the reader needs to be when saying this name.· That’s up to 50% Off ALL.o The first word is in italics, suggesting that...
2021-07-1903 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0198 – Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 10198 – Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 1The marks ‘built in’ to the script by the writer should give you an idea of the intention behind the words, how they ‘heard the words’ in their head as it was being written. But sometimes the various bolds, underlinings, italicisations and CAPITALISATIONS and exclamation marks can be more confusing and contradictory rather than give reassuring direction!!!! (Direction: energised and excited.) Save BIG up to HALF PRICE off ALL Big Name Kitchen Electricals – AT STEWART’S!!! That’s up to 50% Off ALL.
2021-07-1703 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0193 – Marking Up For… An Awkward Word0193 – Marking Up For… An Awkward WordMarking up for… an awkward wordTo flag troublesome terms (ones that might cause pronunciation problems, we looked at these before), consider drawing a box or circle around it, with a how-to-say-it guide just above. It’s back! It’s big! It’ll save you money!{Stewart’s Big Holiday Weekend Sale!}Big money deals from big household names!Krupps! Philips! Zanussi! And remember! Every sixth customer, gets an additional 16% off!Certainly, after marking-up, your script wil...
2021-07-1202 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0189 – Marking Up For… Inflection0189 – Marking Up For… InflectionMarking up for … inflection (more on the inflection, later)Where emphasis is the basic ‘thumping’ of a word, inflection is the gentler (and often more effective) tonal-lift. This is sometimes within a word. The former may be marked with an underlining, the latter perhaps with an arrow above, indicating the direction of the inflection.{Stewart’s Big Holiday Weekend Sale!} It’s so big – we need three days to fit it all in.Ends holiday Monday at midnight.And so we see that usually at the end of a sentence (and possibly slightly more at...
2021-07-0806 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0187 – Phrase Markings: A Practical2021.07.06-0187 – Phrase Markings: A Practical So you could spit a sentence into phrases, or cluster phrases with an elongated circle or bunch the words together by-hyphenating-them.Marking up your script in this way shows you at a glance that everything within the oblong has to be said as a complete thought. It’s less often used than some other mark-ups, and difficult to show in print but you can perhaps see how it may be useful in a situation such as these. It’s back! It’s big! It’ll save you money...
2021-07-0606 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0089 – The ‘Wood Man’ SoundBilabial sounds are made with both lipsWoodManBabySpy From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and vi...
2021-03-3003 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0088 – The ‘Every Fall’ SoundLabiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.EVeryFall From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voic...
2021-03-2901 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0087 – A ‘Thought Breath’Interdental consonants are produced by placing the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teethBreatheThought From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:
2021-03-2801 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0086 – ‘Top Dad’ But ‘Sad Zebra’Alveolar consonants are made with the tip of tongue TopDadSadZebraButterNopeLightFrom BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice fo...
2021-03-2703 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0085 – ‘Should Asia Read?’Post-alveolar sounds are articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the throat.ReadShouldAsia From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get...
2021-03-2601 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0084 – The ‘Yes’ SoundPalatal is the name given to sounds that come when the body of the tongue is raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). Yes From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on a...
2021-03-2501 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0083 – Cats Go SingingVelar sounds are created with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (known also as the velum).CatGoSingFrom BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image...
2021-03-2401 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0082 – The Uh-oh SoundI am fascinated by this area of phonetics!, so let’s take a look how different English-language word-sounds are formed and by what (sometimes very small) change in what articulators:Glottal sounds are made by obstructing the airflow in the vocal tract, the glottis.Uh-ohFrom BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the bo...
2021-03-2301 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0081 – Articulatory Differences in Language And AccentsNot every language makes use of all the potential articulators. You may know people personally or maybe a celebrity whose first language is not English and who perhaps has difficulty pronouncing the letter ‘L’. As an English speaker you will no doubt have trouble with some of the more back-of-throat sounds that our French, Spanish and German friends pronounce like natives (!). Even within a language there will be places where natives pronounce words differently (think of the dialects of a New Yorker, or someone from Yorkshire). It’s to do with the how and where we are brought up and th...
2021-03-2203 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0080 – Verbal GymnasticsSo, different sounds of speech are formed in different ways as the articulators do verbal gymnastics inside your mouth. Now say the phrase “My to-do list: quickly send that dog a letter”. And now say it really s-l-o-w-l-y, and concentrate on all the work that is going on in your mouth as you say this series of vowels and sounds. The lips purse, the tongue curls like a wave, tucks in behind the teeth and then arches at the back of the mouth, and air is syphoned through the mouth to create...
2021-03-2102 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0079 – The Elvis MuscleThe muscle with the longest name of any in the human body is right here connecting with the lips. It’s the levator labii superiosis alaeque nasai and its main job is to open the nostrils and move the upper lip into a ‘snarl-like’ expression, and so it’s sometimes called 'The Elvis Muscle’.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the...
2021-03-2001 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0078 - When It Comes To The Crunch, The Word ‘Crisp’ Is A Great Articulatory ExampleSay the word “crisp”. Easily huh? But it’s actually made up five letters, and five distinct sounds, which are each formed in a distinct way. So, now say “crisp” really slowly and deliberately, sounding out each individual part, and realise how various articulators move to create them.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book P...
2021-03-1903 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0077 – Why Your Tongue Is So Important In ArticulationThe tongue is not one muscle but eight. They run in all three directions: from front to back, from the sides to the middle and from top to bottom. Parrots’ thick tongues help them imitate human language (they mimic whatever is in their surroundings so they can show off their skills to a potential mate). Their other speech organs are very basic but they can make similar sounds to us by moving the tip of their tongue to certain points of articulation in their mouth in a similar way that we do.From...
2021-03-1801 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0076 – Your Multi-Function Mouth MuscleAlthough the teeth, lips and tongue work hard in synchronicity to convert sound in to words, the part played by the tongue is generally unsung. The mouth’s multi-function muscle is an Inspector Gadget of the human body:· Saliva production · Sucking · Eating and drinking · Tasting· Swallowing · Touching· Defending Oh yes and… speaking!From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.
2021-03-1703 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0075 – The Final Articulator Is Right Under Your Nose!The final articulator is right under your nose! The lips – mainly channel sound in its final moments before being heard by the world, whether it’s the soft breeze of a ‘fooo’, ‘wooo’, the caress of an ‘mmmm’, the buzz of a ‘vvveee’ … or holding a ‘p’ back for a split-second before it explodes.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the b...
2021-03-1602 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0074 – The Articulatory Gymnastics Of Your TongueAltering the shape and position of the tongue allows us to create sounds which we form in to words. We will see later in this chapter how the tongue twists and curls, arches and relaxes, and teases the teeth – tucking behind them and slipping between them – to create pronunciation. Even the basic exercise of saying the name of the AA Milne donkey character ‘Eeyore’, you will feel what your tongue does in just two syllables: it arches and relaxes at the back of the throat. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND...
2021-03-1502 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0073 – Weird Facts About Your TongueThe strongest muscle in the human body based on its weight, are the jaw muscles (‘masseters’). They can close the teeth with a force as great as 55 pounds (25 kilograms) on the incisors or 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms) on the molars. So relax the jaw when you can, let it drop to a slightly-open rest position (you can keep your mouth closed so you don’t look gormless!) and reduce the tension there and in the whole neck area. (Depending on how you measure ‘size’ and ‘strength’, other strong muscles are the heart, calves, gluteus maximus ‘bottom...
2021-03-1402 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0072 – How The Slightest Change Affects How Your Voice SoundsYou can of course, alter the shape of your oral cavity and its furniture (tongue and lips), and every alteration will change the kind of sound that you make. In fact, even a slight, temporary cosmetic change (such as dental work) will alter how you the sound.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the bo...
2021-03-1303 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0071 – How We Create Recognisable LanguageThe shape of your mouth and the position of the tongue in relation to the teeth and lips, determine each sound that we translate into recognisable language. Sounds from the larynx will just remain unintelligible mumbles and mutters unless they are formed into words. Words, and therefore ‘meaning’, are comprised of an often-complicated combination of individual sounds (phonemes), which are shaped by our oral ‘articulators’:TongueTeethLipsJawHard palate (the roof of your mouth)Soft palate (the roof of your mouth nearer the top of your throat) In the mouth, several split-second articulatory adjustment...
2021-03-1202 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0070 – The Tip Of The Tongue And The Teeth And The LipsSpeaking requires a complicated combination of ‘articulatory gymnastics’ to create what, on screen or paper, seems a simple sentence. After our brain processes the hieroglyphic word-forms, we instantaneously and sub-consciously order our diaphragm to send a supply of air across the vocal folds, which are tilted and turned to produce pockets of sounded-air which are sent up the vocal tract. Some of that air is diverted through the nasal cavity depending on what’s needed to create just a fraction of one individual word-sound. The rest is channelled through the mouth. From BBC pres...
2021-03-1102 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0069 - Giving Your Larynx A ‘Wake-Up Workout’Scrunch your shoulders, stretch and yawn. The latter warms up the throat, particularly important for breakfast newsreaders whose first words uttered that day may be on air! Do not let that be the case with you - sing in the car on the way in to work. Give your larynx a ‘wake-up workout’: gently see how high and low you can go. One of the greatest ‘resonance helpers’ is basic relaxation. Being in this state mentally as well as physically, will enhance your sound by diverting it to the resonance chambers. (You’ll have noticed these more...
2021-03-1002 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0068 - How To Discover If You're A 'Nasal Whiner'· Here’s how to check if you are a ‘nasal whiner’. Lightly pinch your nose at the bridge (the top bony part) and say “Sing a song of sixpence”. When you pronounce the ‘ng’ sounds you should feel a slight buzz on your fingertips. That’s just what should happen when you say this sound. Now say “Ba ba black sheep”. If you can still feel the vibration on the ‘ba’ sounds, then you may potentially have a nasal problem.· Say “Ahhh, London’s stunning onion dungeon” a couple of times really s-l-o-w-ly. Pay particular attention to the sounds and how you make them and where th...
2021-03-0907 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0067 - How To Reduce Neck Tension To Help Your VoiceTo reduce tension in your neck, carefully drop your head to your left shoulder and hold it there for a few seconds, then bring it back carefully to its normal, central position and hold it, before dropping to the right shoulder, and back. Then drop your chin to your chest and then tip your head back.As with any of these exercises stop if anything feels uncomfortable. Repeat this left, right, back, front routine a few times. Now, drop your head forward and roll it to each position (right shoulder, back, left shoulder...
2021-03-0804 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0066 – Society's Attitudes To High and Low Pitched VoicesSociety seems to usually want a tone that is of a lower rather than a higher register. It is claimed that they are “easier to listen to” and “carry more authority” but there seems little scientific evidence supporting the hypothesis that we are programmed to prefer such a tone. However, it seems to be true that men and women with a slightly lower tone are often called upon as presenters and voice-over artists, in a way that those with higher pitches are not. No longer deep booming voices, but rounded and pleasant and full of character...
2021-03-0702 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0065 - Pitch PerfectYour pitch, or register, is your ‘vocal frequency’, basically how high or low your voice is. This is affected mainly by the body you inhabit, mainly your vocal folds but also links with your frame and yes, your breathing and resonance cavities too. Nervousness contracts and tightens muscles throughout your body, including the throat, and that will cause the average pitch of the voice to rise, maybe leading to a strangled sound… As we keep seeing, everything is intertwined!There are some tweaks to your various vocal controls that you can make to give...
2021-03-0602 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0064 - Hypernasal and Hyponasal Velopharyngeal Dysfunctions.Hypernasal speech is the classic ‘nasal voice’ when more air is expelled through your nose as you speak, causing additional resonance.The similarly named hyponasal speech or ‘denasality’ is when there’s little air getting through your nose while you speak, which reduces the amount of resonance in your voice. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of...
2021-03-0505 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0063 - Here's What We Knows About The NoseMost people have no idea that much of their sound is affected by their nasal cavity. If you want to check out the effect it has on your tone, close your mouth, say a long ‘nnnnnnn’ sound and gently hold a finger over each nostril. Here’s another ‘trick’ to discover how much nasality your voice has: say ‘ahhhh’ and hold your nose, and your voice should continue almost unaltered. If it does change then you may have excess sound going through your nasal cavity. That may not be a problem at all, and will...
2021-03-0404 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0062 - How 'Sounded-Air' Through Your Nose Affects Your VoiceBreathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. You feel the movement that happens at the back of your throat? That’s the velum swishing open and closed to divert air in through one hole (OK, two!) and out through the other. Now imagine that happening with sound leaving the body. Most of the time the curtain is closed, so the majority of the sound is diverted to the mouth, but occasionally it swishes open so we can make the sounds ‘m’, ‘n’, and ‘ng’. Say “my new song”, and you will hear and feel what happens...
2021-03-0305 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0061 - Use Your Soft Palate To Kick The CanIf you put your tongue-tip just behind your top teeth and trace it back along the roof of your mouth for an inch or two, you will feel your hard palate the ‘roof of your mouth’. A little bit further back (be careful you don’t gag or choke!) and you will feel the texture change. Where it does is the start of the soft palate. It moves and helps you say sounds like ‘k’ as in ‘kick’ (or better, ‘king’) and ‘ng’ as in ‘sing’, and ‘g’ as in ‘gas’ so say “kicking the can along to the gas station”. The sof...
2021-03-0203 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0060 - Be An Experimenter With Your ResonatorsWe can help the ‘resonator areas’ (the nasal cavity and oral cavity) to work to their full potential as the sound waves enter (or try to enter) them. And today we'll run a few experiments to hear the different effects that the cavities or resonators have on the sound you make.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the...
2021-03-0105 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0059 - Making Tweaks To Your 'Voice Recipe' One of my favourite Bolognese recipes[1] includes garlic, rosemary, basil and bay leaves. Each one of them adds to the overall flavour. In an orchestra, each instrument adds a quality to the complete sound. In the human body each of the elements I mentioned a few days ago, and especially the mouth and nose resonators – and the amount of ‘sounded air’ going through them – adds to the timbre. [1] https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/best-spaghetti-bolognese-recipe From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help...
2021-02-2803 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0058 - So What is Timbre (And Mucus!)?The vocal tract produces lubricatory mucus - 97% water and 3% mucins, non-mucin proteins, salts, lipids, and cellular debris. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4048736/ From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:...
2021-02-2702 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0057 - So What Is 'Tone'?THE VOCAL LISTYour physique plays a large part in shaping our voice. These include:· Your overall frame – often larger people have more resonant voices· Your hormones – we know how puberty affects the male voice, but so too can menstruation and menopause· Lung capacity – which gives us confidence to get to the end of a sentence, which in turn relaxes us· Size, strength and health of the vocal folds – partly to do with your sex· The shape and size of resonators in the chest, throat (larynx and pharynx), and mouth and nasal cavities· ...
2021-02-2604 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0056 - So What Is Speech?If ‘voice’ is the sound we make, then ‘speech’ is manipulation of those sounds by our mouth, tongue and lips to create understandable words. If a listener has to work hard to ‘decode’ your message and understand what it is you are saying, they have less headspace to process the actual content.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Pet...
2021-02-2504 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0055 - Off With Their Head!At this point in the process, you have sound but no actual voice. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels.· To show you...
2021-02-2403 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0054 - Use It WellIt’s interesting to note that you don’t need a lot of breath for a good voice, just to use it well. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better v...
2021-02-2303 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0053 - What Happens When You ShoutThe folds collide harder when you make a louder sound such as projecting, shouting or singing, and they collide more often the higher your pitch whether speaking or singing.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main...
2021-02-2204 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0052 - Party BalloonsYou’ll get an idea of what’s happening in your larynx as you speak if you imagine holding the neck of a blown-up party balloon and letting the air out bit by bit: different sounds are made as you release your pinch.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focu...
2021-02-2102 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0051 - The Guy Who Fractured His Throat!More on these stories here: https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/lions-frank-ragnow-fractured-throat-injury and https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/profootballdoc/sd-sp-pfd-henry-anderson-throat-surgery-colts-1109-story.html From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice...
2021-02-2003 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0050 - Your Speaking PipeSome of the cartilage of the larynx creates the bump on the front of the throat, commonly known as the ‘Adam’s Apple’, behind which are, stretched across the trachea, membranes or tissues known commonly as the ‘vocal cords’ (or more accurately ‘folds’), just the size of a thumbnail.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the...
2021-02-1905 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0049 - Factoid: Smell and SwallowHumans used to be able to smell and swallow at the same time… and even though we lost that ability, we kept another very useful one, which is centred on our throats.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels wi...
2021-02-1801 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0048 - A Focus on PhonationYou may have used the phrase “it’s gone down the wrong way” when you choke while eating, probably as a result of talking with your mouth full! It’s the epiglottis, a flap in the throat that normally diverts air or food/drink down the right tube, closing to stop food from entering the windpipe and the lungs, and opening during breathing, allowing air to flow to and from the lungs.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a strong...
2021-02-1701 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0047 - How A Paper Straw Can Help You Be A Better BreatherBreathing in and out through a paper straw in your mouth will force you to concentrate on your breathing.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio...
2021-02-1602 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0046 - Vocal Yoga - Take The HissInhale until you are comfortably full, then slowly exhale with a long ‘ssssss’. Then repeat, increasing the time you’re inhaling and hissing, aiming to go longer with each hiss until you find yourself beginning to run out of breath.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your v...
2021-02-1502 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0045 - Vocal Yoga For Breath ControlDo you run out of breath or feel your voice doesn’t have enough support? These exercises will help you get air in, extend your breath for a consistent, confident sound and so support your voice to the end of sentences.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on...
2021-02-1401 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0044 - Cleaning While BreathingWhen we exhale, we are not exhaling all of what we have just inhaled: some stays in the lungs. So some people believe it’s a good idea to cleanse lungs of that ‘stale’ air and in so doing, energise the body.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclus...
2021-02-1301 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0043 - This Could Be The Best Sport For Voice PerformersAs we have seen you have to be comfortable in letting sufficient air drop in to your lungs after one sentence, so it can power the next. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:
2021-02-1200 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0042 - How Breath Control Will Help You Breathe Less Often And Less ObviouslyBreath control will… give the ability to breath less often, and less noticeably, so you can time your breaths to coincide with the natural breaks in your speech.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:...
2021-02-1103 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0041 - Get A More Relaxed SoundY’know breathing is a reflex, the most natural thing in the world. But panic, such as a new situation or studio, a big story, the number of viewers … stops us breathing naturally.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video chan...
2021-02-1002 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0040 - How Breath Control Will Help You Get A Stronger VoiceBreath control will… give you a voice that’s stronger and more confident, rather than thin and breathy.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video...
2021-02-0902 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0039 - A ‘Belly-Breathing Bonus’!If your voice has more support it will have more ‘expressive agility’ to make your message more engaging.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video...
2021-02-0802 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0038 - Vocal FryUsing vocal fry (sometimes referred to as ‘scraping the barrel of the voice’) reducing your ability to project and have colour, and using it for too long will cause your voice to tire. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video chann...
2021-02-0705 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0037 - Breath Control For BroadcastersThe slow relaxation of the diaphragm controls your airflow in a measured and consistent way. Such breath control will:· Give you more ‘vocal fuel’ for longer sentences and proper intonation, avoiding mumbling and ‘tailing off’ · Give you a voice that’s stronger and more confident, rather than thin and breathy· Give a more relaxed sound· Give the ability to breath less often, and less noticeably, so you can time your breaths to coincide with the natural breaks in your speech.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is...
2021-02-0603 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0036 - Breath Control - IntroductionIf you practice ‘fast-snatch, fast-release’, it can lead to gabbled sentences and a garbled meaning, and so we need to be able to control the air as we exhale it.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main...
2021-02-0505 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0035 - How To Know If You’re An Abdominal Or Clavicular BreatherSit up straight and place a hand on your abdomen and the other in the centre of your chest. Then breathe in deeply and you should find the abdomen rises and then the chest expands and then on the exhale the abdomen falls and then the chest falls. So, you’re creating little waves with your body as you breathe. Such ‘leading from the abdomen’ helps create calm. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radi...
2021-02-0403 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0034 - How Diaphragmatic Breathing Will Work WondersDiaphragmatic breathing:· Relaxes the larynx which means you can speak for longer without getting hoarse· Brings in more air so you can get to the end of a sentence without running out· Better breathing gives you more confidence leading to a more relaxed body and a slightly lower register· Your shoulders are not rising and falling with each breath, a possible distraction for viewers· Your neck is less tense and so muscles and veins won’t be as obvious, again, noticeable on screen.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A...
2021-02-0302 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0033 - Breathing Out Is Like Pushing Air From A LiloThe air comes into the body ideally through the mouth or ideally the nostrils. It is natural to breathe through your mouth when presenting or in general conversation, as it is faster, but air breathed in through your nose is warmed, humidified and filtered before it travels to your lungs.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book...
2021-02-0202 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0032 - How To Breathe ProperlyIt’s easy! Even a baby could do it. In fact, they do, and so did we all until many of us ‘unlearnt’ it!From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a bette...
2021-02-0103 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0031 - How To Breathe *Badly*!It’s the military-type ‘stomach in, chest out’ way of breathing that makes the shoulders rise … and creates a pain in the neck, literally. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice...
2021-01-3102 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0030 - Why Breathing Is The Key Thing‘Breathing for broadcasters’ – how to do it properly; what ‘breath control’ is and how it will help you on air; how to cut down on ‘breath-snatches’; the various ways breath can help your voice sound richer and fuller; how CO2 can help your on-air COnfidence; breathing exercises; loads more tips and a few ‘voice coach’ stories… and the best sport for newsreaders to do.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voi...
2021-01-3003 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0029 - How To Perfect Your PostureHere’s how to perfect your posture.Have your feet shoulder-width apart and in line with your hips. Rock slightly on your soles so you feel a good balance between pressure on your toes and your heels. Your feet should feel ‘grounded’, with your big and small toes and your heel feeling in contact with the floor. Your back should not be ram-rod straight (there are natural curves in the back for a reason, to support parts of the body at different parts of the abdomen and torso), but it should still feel upright. Consider that the spine...
2021-01-2902 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0028 - Make A Stand For A Good VoiceBetter breathing leads to less tension and more confidence, which is often the boost you need to get through your on-air miles.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better vo...
2021-01-2802 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0027 - Reading Off ScreenWhen you are sitting, your guts, stomach (and your large lunch) are displaced, and pushed into the dome of the diaphragm, restricting its ability to work properly. Standing allows things to settle back into a better place, and so help your breathing technique. If you need to sit and things feel a bit tight, then loosen a belt or undo a button to feel easier… just do it out of sight, and remember to do them up again later.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a sh...
2021-01-2702 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0026 - A Quick Shout Out To ProjectionWith radio and TV we are speaking to people we can’t see and yet they are sometimes many hundreds of miles away. To our prehistoric brain this doesn’t make sense. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with...
2021-01-2602 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0025 - Sitting For a Video PresentationSitting close to someone else with that person’s ear maybe two feet away, they may not project their voice quite as much as a sound engineer would like.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main ai...
2021-01-2506 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0024 - The Confidence Shot From Your ChairThe chair you are sitting on can give you a ‘confidence shot’, or a ‘confidence shock’.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels.·...
2021-01-2402 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0023 - Sidebar: The CoccyxThe coccyx is commonly referred to as the tailbone, is at the bottom of your spine, and is the remnant of the tail that our ancestors had several million years ago. Indeed, other mammals have a similar bone and still have a tail, such as horses.The term coccyx is derived from the ancient Greek for ‘cuckoo’, as the last three or four bones of the coccyx resemble the beak of that bird.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you...
2021-01-2301 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0022 - De-stress To Sound Your BestConsider that altering the settings on your chair is a little like altering the ‘settings’ in your physical stance or sitting position. A notch or two changes the backrest, a turn of the wheel to alter the tilt of the seat, a slight alteration of the armrest … Now review your own position: shifting your feet forward an inch or two, moving your body weight onto your bottom, raising your head a ‘notch’ or two. A series of slight alterations to ‘man and machine’ will relax you, create more confidence, and produce a better sound.From BBC presentation t...
2021-01-2202 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0021 - Get Air-Care From Your ChairMost presenting roles happen from a seated position. And you can get a lot of help with sitting and therefore breathing by having an ergonomically adjustable chair. Every model is slightly different, and they can be quite expensive, but get one on which you can alter various parts of the mechanism.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the...
2021-01-2105 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0020 - How Mental Pressure Can Affect Your VoiceAir comes from breathing depends on breathing and muscle control, muscles which are almost always holding your hold body in a state of ‘relaxed tension’. Mental pressures are soon shown as ‘bad’ physical tension (for instance in your stomach, shoulders or jaw), which will affect your posture, breathing, and voice.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's...
2021-01-2003 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0019 - The 'Back Against The Wall' ExerciseAn exercise I have used with clients is to:· Have your back against the wall…· with shoulders and buttocks touching it too· Position your feet nearly touching the bottom of the wall, maintaining a good ‘grounded stance’, supporting your body on each complete foot (rather than the ball or the heel)· Now bend the knees and slide down the wall maintaining your posture as best you can.· Then reverse the movement and (if you can!) slide up the wall. On both occasions, try not to use the wall as a support (so don’t push into it), but use it as a...
2021-01-1905 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0018 - Is Your Spine Fine?Your spine affects your breathing – and you’re probably already starting to see now how all of your body is interconnected in helping you produce a good voice.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:
2021-01-1805 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0017 - ScreamingHumans known how to breath instinctively, it’s a natural responsive thing to do. Individually since our first few seconds on Planet Earth we have filled our lungs and screamed!But now we’ve got to unlearn all the bad posture and breathing habits we have picked up on that journey from bawling baby to baby broadcaster.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.
2021-01-1701 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0016 - Proper PostureYour voice is powered by air. And a good voice is supported by ‘good’ breathing and muscle control.To speak effectively, you use your entire body, not just your ‘voice box’.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels...
2021-01-1605 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0015 - You've Been Doing It All Your LifeAfter breathing, there follows a hugely complex system of linguistic gymnastics involving your vocal cords, tongue, teeth, and palates to form sounds as directed by your brain’s ‘memory bank’ of ‘what sounds in what order, make a sensible sentence’. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal...
2021-01-1502 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0014 - A Basic Understanding Of the Mechanics Of Voice“Human beings live in what is probably the most sophisticated, complex living organism that’s ever walked on the face of the earth. What we can do with our system, or mind, our voice, the sounds we can make, are beyond any other creature. What we have is truly remarkable.” Peter Jacobson From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the boo...
2021-01-1402 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0013 - Use Your PhoneYou may need an audio or video recording app on your phone, and probably an empty house! A word of warning: if you have not heard your ‘recorded self’ before you may be in for a surprise. That’s because we are used to hearing ourselves ‘internally’ because the effect that the various ‘sound-tunnels’ and vibrators in the skills have on the voice that we are producing ourselves. Only we hear us this way. Everyone else hears us the way you will hear you on tape. It feels awkward at first, but it’s a barrier you have to get past in orde...
2021-01-1304 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0012 - Train Like UsainProfessional athletes like Usain know that a good warm-up can make a significant difference in terms of both injury prevention and running efficiency. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better v...
2021-01-1203 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0011 - The ExercisesIt takes time to get out of a rut and plough a new furrow. You need to identify the muscles and develop them. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better v...
2021-01-1102 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0010 - What’s in the Book 2If you have some natural talent, and a persevering personality, then this book gives you the plan to develop your best voice and to use it on-air.Understand the voice and how it is created, ‘from lungs to larynx to lips’How to achieve a better speaking voice with more energy, expression and enthusiasm How to ‘read out loud’ from a script to sound as though you are chattingScript-reading skills – how to engage your audio audience and keep them listeningBalancing authority and personality, formality and friendlinessThe keys to mastering pitch, pause, pauses and projection (without shouting!)Improving on-air delivery w...
2021-01-1003 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0009 - Who I AmI have ‘been there and done’ audio and video presentations for decades.From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels.· To show you how to read o...
2021-01-0904 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0008 - “Every Fourth Word”In this podcast series, I’ll explain why the “every fourth one” advice is wrong, and instead show you which words should be lifted and subdued. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a bet...
2021-01-0802 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0007 - What’s in the BookYou’ll go from just talking to actually communicating. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels.· To show you how to read out loud confi...
2021-01-0703 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0006 - How Nerves Affect The VoiceWhen we come to present a podcast or YouTube video, or step into a studio or onto a stage, what happens? From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the samename, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channelswith two main aims:· To get you a b...
2021-01-0602 min
Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice0005 - What is a ‘Good Voice’?A ‘good voice’ is one that communicates to us, one that shows some personality of the owner. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclusively on your vocal image on audio and video channels with two main aims:· To get you a better voice for audio and video channels...
2021-01-0102 min