As I said, I'm now working with a prison corrections officer. I'm also working with a client who runs a non-profit that addresses political issues in the state of NJ. I'm also coaching my mom, who's in an academic club, and has to deliver a paper on the Julio Claudian emporers of Ancient Rome.
All three have one thing in common. They need to project there voice to command different levels of interest and authority. To do this, they must achieve volume without hurting their vocal systems.
For the prison guard, he needs a deep, loud, room filling sound. He needs to achieve this sound without sounding angry. This is where this type of training extends beyond using just volume. If he uses too much volume from the wrong place and comes across as angry or emotional to get his sound, guess who's over the barrel that night.
The non-profit ladies have to hold the room's attention with a tone of voice aggressive enough to keep them focused, and gentle enough not to be aggressive if their attention wanders. My mom has the task of talking for 30 minutes without seriously hurting her vocal cords as a result of not being used to talking for such a long period without a break.
Much more goes into making an effective voice than the actual voice itself. There's eye contact, body language, fullness (as opposed to just loudness), inflections, pauses, facial expression, movement, etc.
I teach clients how to access all of this. The best way to do this is to use real life like situations with exercises and drills inside them. The non-profit ladies are working on "Good morning ladies and gentlemen" by singing it to access the proper anatomy. We go up and down the keyboard. They then say it with the same technique, only this time they are speaking it in the way most true to their real life situation.
Prison guard guy is using commands he uses in his day to day and making exercises out of them. These phrases and commands use different vowel/consonant formations. We do "lock in/lock out", "left/right/left/right", "lights out", "chow's up" (for meal times), and more.
My mom uses the new "I am a bull-horn" phrase. We're trying to access her voice deep within to take the stress out of her vocal cords, and allow her to achieve high volumes by sounding deep, in control, and not like she's yelling. Bullhorns don't product a yelling sound, they simply provide a louder sound. That's what we want from our voices.
I teach my clients how to access all of this with their diaphragms, abdominal muscles, facial muscles, and throat muscles.
All three have one thing in common. They need to project there voice to command different levels of interest and authority. To do this, they must achieve volume without hurting their vocal systems.
For the prison guard, he needs a deep, loud, room filling sound. He needs to achieve this sound without sounding angry. This is where this type of training extends beyond using just volume. If he uses too much volume from the wrong place and comes across as angry or emotional to get his sound, guess who's over the barrel that night.
The non-profit ladies have to hold the room's attention with a tone of voice aggressive enough to keep them focused, and gentle enough not to be aggressive if their attention wanders. My mom has the task of talking for 30 minutes without seriously hurting her vocal cords as a result of not being used to talking for such a long period without a break.
Much more goes into making an effective voice than the actual voice itself. There's eye contact, body language, fullness (as opposed to just loudness), inflections, pauses, facial expression, movement, etc.
I teach clients how to access all of this. The best way to do this is to use real life like situations with exercises and drills inside them. The non-profit ladies are working on "Good morning ladies and gentlemen" by singing it to access the proper anatomy. We go up and down the keyboard. They then say it with the same technique, only this time they are speaking it in the way most true to their real life situation.
Prison guard guy is using commands he uses in his day to day and making exercises out of them. These phrases and commands use different vowel/consonant formations. We do "lock in/lock out", "left/right/left/right", "lights out", "chow's up" (for meal times), and more.
My mom uses the new "I am a bull-horn" phrase. We're trying to access her voice deep within to take the stress out of her vocal cords, and allow her to achieve high volumes by sounding deep, in control, and not like she's yelling. Bullhorns don't product a yelling sound, they simply provide a louder sound. That's what we want from our voices.
I teach my clients how to access all of this with their diaphragms, abdominal muscles, facial muscles, and throat muscles.
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