From Julia Norton’s Voice Box What do actors, teachers, singers, lawyers & auctioneers have in common? They’re all professionals who just can’t afford to lose their voices. Singing teachers and those in close proximity with kids during lessons or classes are especially vulnerable to colds and sniffles. So what can be done? I’m sure you …
Well, no, but it can really help. We all know that the most important training a Voice Actor needs is ‘acting training’. While many VO’s already have at least a BA in theatre and as such would have likely learned some basic vocal technique as part of their training. Many more voice actors have come …
This last weekend was my young singers’ summer recital and they were breathtaking as usual. Despite my dog barking at a squirrel in the garden during a couple of the songs and my graduating star of the evening calling an hour before the show, sick in bed with sore throat and swollen glands, it was …
The 10 essential benefits of singing & performing…at any age. Read More »
I spend a lot of time in my comfy slippers, either in my vocal booth recording voice over, or in my home studio teaching others how to sing and use their voices. Last week however, I put on actual shoes and got out of the house! I know! Crazy right? And what a truly, lovely …
Ugh, I think we’ve all experienced that gut wrenching feeling when you’ve just said or done something that you instantly regret: ordering that third ‘Manhattan’, eating a second slice of birthday cake because the first piece was so good (the second never is though right?) or volunteering to organize the high school graduation night. Then …
I shouldn’t have done that. Is ‘regret’ a useful emotion? Read More »