0510 - Your Voice In The Studio

2022.05.25 – 0510 – Your Voice In The Studio

This Part of the book is divided into three chapters. First, we will look at the different equipment in the studio. Don’t worry we won’t be getting too technical and talk about the transmission chain, but there are a few bits of kit in a home or pro studio that you need to know about and about how to use it right to make the best of your voice. For example, there’s no point doing breathing exercises and great resonance if you don’t know which side of a mic to speak into (yep, it happens), or have ‘headphone howl-round’.

The second chapter looks at your performance in the studio, with techniques such as ‘reading ahead’; and ‘cold reading’ – when you have to sight-read a script just handed to you. We’ll take another look at confidence and what kind of preparation can help in that, and also about feedback given to you by other people… and feedback you give to yourself.

Chapter three in this Part then moves on to the production of a spot or a show: the process of being directed and how those ‘behind the glass’ will help you give your very best vocal performance. After all, if you know in advance what they want then you are more likely to be able to provide it – fast and to a high standard.

This chapter also looks at different kinds of reads: for example, how a book narration differs from a ‘voice of god’ announcement’ at an event and what some of the different skills are.

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