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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0566 – Why Some Presenters Go ‘Headless’
Description: 2022.07.20 – 0566 – Why Some Presenters Go ‘Headless’The case for not wearing headphonesSome voice-overs don’t wear headphones when they record their spot, so they can be more ‘in the moment of the copy’ rather than feel as though they are ‘performing’, and monitoring their melody, pitch and breaths. The thinking goes, and I totally understand this, is that if you are giving yourself feedback and tweaking your performance every moment, maybe convincing yourself you sound great or poor, then you are not ‘connecting’ with the copy and helping it sound believable. It’s also easy to have the ‘I’m in a re...