The Power In Your Voice

🌟 Mark used my Vocal Power 12 Radial Mind Map and booked 2 national commercials!  Chevy Silverado and Black & Decker!  Way to go, Mark!   Congratulations!! 🍾⁣⁣
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Swipe right ➡️ to see the tool that helped Mark book those spots -  my Vocal Power 12 Radial Mind Map. ⁣⁣
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🎬 Has a director ever said to you, “That was a great read, but can you try it another way?” Sure, but depending on how many times you’re asked that question, when you’re put on the spot - you may temporarily forget the countless options you have as a voiceover artist.  I was asked that question 27 times in 1 session! 😳 They ended up using my first read. 😬What?!?! You know what I’m talking about. 💯⁣⁣
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The Vocal Power 12 came out of the 1st phase of my research on the theory I created called Sonic Vocality, which explains how actors use their voices to create characters.  It highlights and categorizes 12 of the most common and powerful vocal elements people use to hear, receive, and understand the voice. Mark calls it “the wheel.” 🎡Others call it “the circle.” 🟣I designed it as a radial mind map, 📍but no matter what you call it… it works! 👏🏽⁣⁣
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Anyway, all you have to do is spin the wheel (mentally or physically) and adjust one of the Vocal Power 12 elements at a time. Or, you can try any number of other combinations! All you really need to start is 1 for a totally different read.  Mark chose to play with breath, and he’s booked 2 national commercials and gets short-listed on a lot of projects.  I’m telling you….💯 it works!⁣⁣
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The Vocal Power 12 is one of many tools and techniques I share in The Elite Voice Master Blueprint. You can use it in so many different ways, it’s a very versatile tool.⁣⁣
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DM me to schedule a time to chat & see if you’re a fit. Invest in your voice now so that it will serve you AND others a lifetime!⁣⁣
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🥱 Yawning - It’s sooooo good for your voice and it’s probably something you do every day without realizing the benefits! Yep...yawning! 🥱🥱🥱⁣
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Here are a few reasons why yawning is good for your voice.⁣
🔴 Yawning gives you a big quick infusion of air & more carbon dioxide is expelled when you exhale.   ⁣
🟣 Yawning fully opens up the space in your buccal cavity (mouth). As you open your mouth, the back of the soft palate rises, which makes more space allowing for a fuller more resonant voice. ⁣
🟡 As you yawn, the hinge of your jaw opens and releases tension allowing you to relax, which provides greater flexibility for the articulators. ⁣
🟢 Your muscles and joints flex, lung tissues stretch, and blood is forced to your neck, face, and brain to wake you up and increase awareness. ⁣
🔵 The deep breath of a yawn forces spinal fluid to flow downward and the quick cool air intake through the mouth cools the brain. ⁣
🟠 Yawning can equalize pressure in your ears by opening the eustachian tubes relieving discomfort and making you hear differently, which impacts the sound of your voice. ⁣
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〰️ Bottom line is… Yawning is really good for your voice because it jolts your respiratory 🫁 system and helps your resonators and articulators 💋😬👅release to function more efficiently. Researchers found that you’re 6 times more likely to yawn when you see someone else do it. It's contagious and uncontrollable. 🥱Sociologists call it social mirroring & say we like to imitate others.  See, hear, mention, or think about a yawn and you’ll yawn. ⁣
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Include a few into your warmup, or when you need to relax your jaw or facial muscles before recording. 🎙 Your voice will be more open and resonant.  If you need a little help, take a look at my feline friends 🦁🐯in this post… they can be very yawn-inspiring. ⁣
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Open wide, get some air, release any tension and say, “Ahhhhhhhhh”⁣
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Feels good, right? 😀⁣
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