Send us a text Gillyanne & Jeremy tackle two controversial AMAs in this episode: What they REALLY think about "thick and thin folds", and why the topic of vocal fold hydration is so confusing. Gillyanne and Jeremy go in depth into vocal fold behaviour, why the terms thick and thin are misleading, how we can change pitch and volume while singing, and which words they now use in their teaching. And in answer to four people's questions on hydration, Jeremy shares some of the research findings o...
May 28, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text Gillyanne and I have some more best bits we'd like to share with you, this time from Series 1 Episodes 6-9 and Series 2 Episodes 1, 3 & 5. Episode 6 - The Singer in the Room. Industry sounds, why my belt isn't your belt, and at what point a singer needs to be "fixed" in their technique. And we answer Joanna's question about students and "when do you give up?" Episode 7 - Stories Behind the Stories Part 2. Behind the scenes on the Oxford Handbook of Singing, Jeremy's transcript...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text Gillyanne and I have some best bits we'd like to share with you. Here are the best bits from Series 1, episodes 1-5 Episode 1 - How our online teaching changed during Lockdown, and does a singing teacher need keyboard skills? Episode 2 - What's the difference between a vocal coach and a singing teacher, and when we might swap clients Episode 3 - How Jeremy teaches songs to "customer not present" singers and how learning the notes is not the only way to tackle a song Episode 4 - Th...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text The theme for World Voice Day 2021 (April 16th) is One World, Many Voices . To celebrate being part of that One World of voice, we thought it would be great to hear the best bits from our vocal expert guests. We start with the first of our #LockdownHeroes, our SOVT expert Oren Boder Oren made four appearances altogether on Podcasts 10, 11, 13 and 14 answering your SOVT questions and sharing so many insights. James Sills, author of Do Sing and creator of The Sofa Singers, shared so...
Apr 16, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Gillyanne and Jeremy tackle the controversial topic of vocal registers M1 and M2 - what the M words actually mean The difference between M1 and chest voice The only way to find out where the mechanisms change (according to the research) Why registers help us navigate our pitch range (with examples) Why key is vital to registers in different genres Why mixing is not about the vocal folds! And Jeremy makes a sweeping statement about THE MIX With live demonstrations of M1 and M2 sing...
Mar 18, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text We're talking about Covid and voice, breathing and singing. Phoene Cave, music therapist, singer, trainer and developer of the Singing For Lung Health sequences chats to us about her life, singing for people who have chronic lung conditions, and what she thinks is the single most underrated skill for singing leaders. Why Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction is sometimes misdiagnosed as asthma What you need as a Singing for Lung Health leader (and why you need to know what your v...
Mar 04, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text Why we don't do "vocal coach reacts to" videos, and when we might The single most important difference between a singer and a singing teacher (and the simple reason why great singers might not be great teachers) Vowel shaping When to listen to the speaking voice of a singer and why Teaching two different people the same Belt technique And Jeremy demonstrates exactly what's being discussed with a line from a "legit" musical theatre piece Check out the Popup Workshops and Masterclas...
Feb 18, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text We're talking to Nic Redman and Leah Marks from the excellent podcast TheVOSocial How Leah and Nic got into voiceovers What a portfolio career means for an actor Voiceover genres Finding your niche Dream jobs Why Gillyanne and Nic are passionate about vocal education How Leah and Jeremy found podcasts as a playground for their talents And of course, What's in your mug? FYI The disaster that you hope never happens, happened. Yes, we lost all of Jeremy's original sound files. So the...
Feb 04, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Gillyanne & Jeremy open series 2 (and 2021) with chat about tea, purpose, happiness and coffins They share more on their legacy and how to incorporate legacy into your life, why they stopped selling books, Konmari-ing Vocal Process and getting rid of 1900 dead people. They also reveal plans for more podcasts and their guest wishlist Also in this episode: Gillyanne's the Queen's Blend tea comes from https://cupoftea.co.uk The Voiceover Social podcast with Nic Redman and Leah Ma...
Jan 21, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text We had so much material on SOVT techniques, straws and AMAs that we had to split it in 2! Here is part 2 of Oren Boder's return visit. All 3 of us answer questions on: Athletic vocal exercises - what does that mean? The difference between athletic, therapeutic and agility SOVT work A/C versus D/C backpressure and what it means for your vocal folds Lumpy runs and how to avoid them When not to use straws Why you might want to match your straw to a lower glottal impedance before buil...
Dec 10, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text By popular demand, #SOVT expert Oren Boder, creator of the SOVT Singing Straw, is back! We had so many more AMAs for Oren following our SOVT Workshop together that we invited him back for SOVT AMAs part 2 (part 1). In part 1 of this two-part return, Oren, Gillyanne and Jeremy answer questions on: what SOVT really is the difference between active and passive SOVT which way should you move - straw to singing or singing to straw the difference between airflow, subglottal pressure and...
Nov 26, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher chat with another of their own #LockdownHeroes, James Sills. James is a passionate choral leader, the founder of The Sofa Singers, and the author of Do Sing. James shares how Sofa Singers ran from a quirky idea to international recognition (almost overnight), why singing together is vital for our wellbeing, and how his background shaped his view of music as an everyday essential. Do Sing is available in paperback, ebook and audiobook formats ...
Nov 12, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text SOVT expert Oren Boder answers six of the top AMAs we received on semi-occluded vocal tract exercises & science. We discuss: Why the angle of the straw in water might make a difference - 3.50 Why you might be bypassing the benefits of straws without realising it - 5.30 Why matching resistance of your straw to your personal glottal impedance is important, and when to break that rule! - 7.10 Understanding the relationship between the depth of the water and the resistance (as opp...
Oct 28, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher chat with one of their own #LockdownHeroes, Oren Boder. Oren is the creator of the SOVT Singing Straw (patent-pending), a brilliant variable length/width metal straw for singers and speakers. In part 1 of a 2-part interview, listen to Oren's story as he shares how he started, how he navigated the multiple stages of creating a brand new singing resource while in Lockdown, and how bringing your skills together can help you survive and thrive du...
Oct 22, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text "Okay, as you can tell, we have absolutely no idea where this podcast is going" Voice experts and authors Gillyanne and Jeremy riff about how they do what they do. The good and bad bits of being creative teachers. The three most important things that make us great teachers What it means to create 130+ resources in different formats Musical experience (and the difference between musical learning and application) Why we love words (and what type of books we read) Communication and c...
Oct 06, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text What are the turning points in your life? What drives you to make life-changing decisions? Vocal experts Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher share some of their turning points. What crisis led to their meeting? What Gillyanne said after leaving the Estill organisation What happened when Jeremy damaged his hand (twice) Why crises in your life might be good for you And what happened in Jeremy's worst audition ever Today's podcast is sponsored by Canu Publishing The Featured Resourc...
Sep 21, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher reveal more stories behind the stories on their vocal technique books. This episode focuses on two extremes written at the same time - the Singing Express series for children and the Oxford Handbook of Singing for academics. How we found our writing voice for each audience Behind the scenes on creating and filming Singing Express Collaborative writing (and why it took us 16 years to really make it work between us) Working with a team of compo...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Every singer is individual, with their own voice, skills and background. Does your singing teacher work with "the singer in the room" or do they try to fit you into their templates? International vocal consultants Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher break down working with different voices how important context is what they listen for in each voice the problem with "industry sounds" the difference between demonstrating and modelling different training timelines for different ge...
Aug 16, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Go behind the scenes as Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher reveal the facts, the myths and the realities of writing their first 2 books - Singing and the Actor, and Successful Singing Auditions. What did Jeremy do to make Gillyanne finish the book? Why was Singing and the Actor groundbreaking at the time (it might not be what you think) Why did Jeremy create the FOAL process for Successful Singing Auditions? What do Jeremy and Gillyanne recommend for writing your first book? All...
Aug 05, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text What makes good practising? How do we practise? Vocal coach Jeremy Fisher and singing consultant Dr Gillyanne Kayes chat about techniques, tips and hacks for getting your singing practice focused and effective. Learning, memorising, things you need to practise, putting it together - they are all different. How do you help singers to know what to practise and how to practise - what's the difference between understanding what to practise and experiencing what to practise? What does ...
Jul 22, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text What's the best way to learn a song? Voice experts Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher chat about four different ways to learn a song from scratch, how to use YouTube to learn a song successfully, why it's not so easy for singers to change key, and why teaching singers the melody from the piano isn't a good thing. AMA: 10 minutes to learn a song - HELP! What to focus on if you only have 10 minutes. Sponsored by CANU Publishing, publisher of #1 bestsellers including Jeremy's lat...
Jul 10, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Married couple Dr Gillyanne Kayes (singing teacher) and Jeremy Fisher (vocal coach) thrash out the differences & similarities between the two jobs. Vocal warmups in singing lessons, singing as a visceral act, what the job is, performance coaching, voice building, the BIG FOUR in singing, and collaboration. AMA A typical 40 minute lesson - how long on the warmup/song/techniques? Sponsored by CANU Publishing, publisher of three #1 bestsellers including Jeremy's latest book "Why ...
Jul 08, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text In our first podcast episode, vocal experts and bestselling authors Dr Gillyanne Kayes (Singing teacher) and Jeremy Fisher (Vocal coach) chat about all things voice. AMA! How we started, writing the book This Is A Voice for the Wellcome Trust, surviving the cancellation of all our international courses during Lockdown, creating the Online Singing Teacher Training (and selling out three times). Every episode will include AMA (Ask Me Anything), and we have a whole musical box tin of...
Jul 01, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1
