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Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice

Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode!And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is...

0600 – Vocal Confidence Through Familiarisation With The Script And Situation

3 mins; August 22, 2022

0599 – Vocal Confidence Through Familiarisation With Yourself

3 mins; August 21, 2022

0598 – Vocal Confidence Through Relaxed Breathing

1 min; August 20, 2022

0597 – The Vocal Confidence Quotient

1 min; August 19, 2022

0596 – Work Variety To Increase Your Vocal Experience

1 min; August 18, 2022

0595 – Why We Sound Different In Our Headphones

3 mins; August 17, 2022

0594 – Wrapping Up Presenting Unboxing Videos

2 mins; August 16, 2022

0593 – How To Practice Ad Libbing Skills

3 mins; August 15, 2022

0592 – How To Practice Talking To Time

5 mins; August 14, 2022

0591 – The ‘Two Brains’ Skill You Need To Master

2 mins; August 13, 2022

0590 – How To Practice Sight-Reading

2 mins; August 12, 2022

0589 – How To Practice Script-Reading Accuracy

1 min; August 11, 2022

0588 – The Cheeky Hack To Sound Like Other Voice Artists

1 min; August 10, 2022

0587 – Life’s Free Voice Training Opportunities

4 mins; August 09, 2022

0586 – 10,000 Kicks To A Better Voice

2 mins; August 08, 2022

0585 – The 3-P Formula For A Better Voice

2 mins; August 07, 2022

0584 – How To Be An Auto-Cutie 3

4 mins; August 06, 2022

0583 – How To Be An Auto-Cutie 2

3 mins; August 05, 2022

0582 – How To Be An Auto-Cutie 1

2 mins; August 04, 2022

0581 – Prompts On Using Your Voice With A Teleprompt

5 mins; August 03, 2022

0580 – Video Call Voice Confidence Tricks

3 mins; August 02, 2022

0579 – Why Video Calls Lead To Vocal Loading

3 mins; August 01, 2022

0578 – How ‘Zoom Dysmorphia’ Affects Your Video-Call Voice

4 mins; July 31, 2022

0577 – How To Prepare Your voice For Video-Calls

3 mins; July 30, 2022

0576 – Why Video Calls Are Exhausting

3 mins; July 29, 2022

0575 – Why Voices Are Raised On Video Calls

4 mins; July 28, 2022

0574 – The Zoom Settings To Make You Sound Better

4 mins; July 27, 2022

0573 - … And What You Can Do About It.

3 mins; July 26, 2022

0572 - How You Hear Affects Your Video-Call Voice…

3 mins; July 25, 2022

0571 - How You Sit Affects Your Video-Call Voice

5 mins; July 24, 2022

0570 – How Appearing On Video Calls Affect Your Voice

3 mins; July 23, 2022

0569 – A Piece On Earpieces

2 mins; July 22, 2022

0568 – What To Think Of When Buying Studio Headphones

1 min; July 21, 2022

0567 – Headphones: The ‘One Ear On, One Ear Off’ Style

2 mins; July 20, 2022

0566 – Why Some Presenters Go ‘Headless’

2 mins; July 19, 2022

0565 – SQUEAEAEAL!! Headphone Volume And Feedback

2 mins; July 18, 2022

0564 – How Wearing Headphones Improves Your Voice

1 min; July 17, 2022

0563 – The Weird Things About Hearing Yourself Through Headphones

3 mins; July 16, 2022

0562 – Three *More* Reasons You Need Studio Headphones

4 mins; July 15, 2022

0561 – Three Reasons You Need Studio Headphones

3 mins; July 14, 2022

0560 – From Microphones To Headphones

1 min; July 13, 2022

0559 – Using A Mic, Right

1 min; July 12, 2022

0558 – Studio Bacteria

2 mins; July 11, 2022

0557 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Sibilance

3 mins; July 10, 2022

0556 – Pop Screens and Filters

3 mins; July 09, 2022

0555 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Popping Ps

3 mins; July 08, 2022

0554 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Off-Mic Audio

1 min; July 07, 2022

0553 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Mouth Noise

1 min; July 06, 2022

0552 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Interference and Hum

3 mins; July 05, 2022

0551 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Hiss

2 mins; July 04, 2022

0550 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Echos

1 min; July 03, 2022

0549 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Recording Distortion

1 min; July 02, 2022

0548 – Mic Muck-Ups Solved!: Clicks

3 mins; July 01, 2022

0547 – Listen Out For These Common Microphone Muck-Ups

3 mins; June 30, 2022

0546 – Noise-Gates and Ducking

3 mins; June 29, 2022

0545 – Equalisation, Compressors and De-Essers

4 mins; June 28, 2022

0544 – Studio Tech That Could Make Your Voice Sound Great

2 mins; June 27, 2022

0543 – Mike’s Mic Problem: A Case Study

2 mins; June 26, 2022

0542 – Your Mic Levels Mixed With Music

2 mins; June 25, 2022

0541 – Your Mic Levels With Headphones

2 mins; June 24, 2022

0540 – Mics At Noisy Events

4 mins; June 23, 2022

0539 – The Magic Balance Between Mic Position, Projection and Recording Levels

3 mins; June 22, 2022

0538 – Maddening Over-Modding

4 mins; June 21, 2022

0537 – How To Fix A Recorded Level That’s Too High… Or Low

5 mins; June 20, 2022

0536 – Automatic Level Control

3 mins; June 19, 2022

0535 – Why A Studio Engineer Wants To Know About Your Breakfast

3 mins; June 18, 2022

0534 – “A Bit For Level, Please”

2 mins; June 17, 2022

0533 – Don’t Interfere With the Sound Engineer

2 mins; June 16, 2022

0532 – Why You Need To Love Your LUFS

4 mins; June 15, 2022

0531 – Loudness Standards

2 mins; June 14, 2022

0530 – How Recording Levels Affect Your Voice

1 min; June 13, 2022

0529 – What To Wear ‘On-Mic’

1 min; June 12, 2022

0528 – On-Mic Breathing

3 mins; June 11, 2022

0527 – The Off-Chance of Being Off-Mic

1 min; June 10, 2022

0526 – Speaking On Mic

1 min; June 09, 2022

0525 – Finding The ‘Sweet Spot’

3 mins; June 08, 2022

0524 – How To Get The ‘Barry White’ Effect

4 mins; June 07, 2022

0523 – Why Six Inches Is A Great Length

1 min; June 06, 2022

0522 – Microphone Headsets

1 min; June 05, 2022

0521 – Reading Scripts From A Screen

3 mins; June 04, 2022

0520 – The Mic-To-Mouth Position

3 mins; June 03, 2022

0519 – Mic Stands, Arms and Mounts

5 mins; June 02, 2022

0518 – Types Of Mics

4 mins; June 01, 2022

0517 – What You Need To Know About How Mics Affect Your Voice

4 mins; May 31, 2022

0516 – The Clap Test For A Better Voice

1 min; May 30, 2022

0515 – Treating Your Studio: At The Very Least Do This

6 mins; May 29, 2022

0514 – The Difference Between Sound ‘Proofing’ and Sound ‘Treating’

2 mins; May 28, 2022

0513 – All About Acoustics

6 mins; May 27, 2022

0512 – How The Studio Space Affects Your Voice

4 mins; May 26, 2022

0511 – What’s Stuff About The Studio Got To Do With My Voice?

2 mins; May 25, 2022

0510 - Your Voice In The Studio

2 mins; May 24, 2022

0509 – Vocal Variety

3 mins; May 23, 2022

0508 – Your Injection Into The Output

4 mins; May 22, 2022

0507 – Personality and Rapport

2 mins; May 21, 2022

0506 – Stop Thinking What You’re Doing

1 min; May 20, 2022

0505 – Rehearsing Conversationality

6 mins; May 19, 2022

0504 – A Giveaway That You’re Reading

2 mins; May 18, 2022

0503 – 20/21 - Suspensions and Stumbles

1 min; May 17, 2022

0502 – 19 - Unlock the Full Stops

3 mins; May 16, 2022

0501 – 18 - Play With Your Voice

3 mins; May 15, 2022

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