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Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher chat about putting their flagship vocal training course fully online for the first time, and describe the amazing content on each day of the course.

And this episode they focus on consonants and false vowels, with an incredibly simple vocal technique to create more resonating space for awkward consonants, allowing you to match resonance more easily while singing words

Discover why Jeremy says there isn't one way to breathe. And the thing you shouldn't do when practising breathing for singing (5.02)

Check out the process for vocal diagnosis that we've been using for years but have only this year shared with our teachers (8.48)

Why we think academia and singing teaching don't really mix (10.23)

Our definition of nasality (we created an entire DVD on voice techniques for nasality) and why it's confused with "forward tone"

And why the Creep Challenge in our episode on ventriloquism sparked an interest in false vowels (and how to make them easier)

They describe how the Pandemic was a positive influence on their teaching, and what it's like to work with a group of people from completely different backgrounds.

More instant vocal coaching from two of the best vocal trainers


The 5 Days to Better Singing Teaching course online, with all these voice techniques and a LOT more, is here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/5-days-to-better-singing-teaching

For more information on nasality check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 16 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews
https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

For real 1-1 attention on your own voice, book a voice coaching session in the singing studio with Jeremy or Gillyanne
https://drgillyannekayesjeremyfisherinspirationsession.as.me/schedule.php

If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort23.

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#ThisIsAVoice Vocal trainers Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher show you how to find easy and accurate consonants in your songs. It's like having private singing lessons but with the very best vocal coaches!

Jeremy and Gillyanne go deep into vocal articulation and the effect consonants have on vowels when you sing.
When is a t not a t? When does an s become a z?
What are your favourite singing genres and does it make a difference to the way you make your consonants?

Watch Jeremy give a clear definition of the difference between vowels and consonants (7 minutes in)

Why is where we PITCH a consonant so important for musical style and vocal technique? Hear the demonstrations 11 minutes in.

What's the physiological difference between a B and an M? And what does your soft palate have to do with creating consonants? Check out the answers 26 minutes in.

It's like instant vocal coaching online with two of the best vocal trainers.

All the exercises are in our book
 "This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice"
 https://amzn.to/3uSw66c in the UK
or https://amzn.to/3EvCBS6 in the US

Jeremy's info on Belting The Money Note is in the book "Why Do I Need A Vocal Coach? Stories, tips and hacks from the studio of a voice expert"
https://amzn.to/3Vzgccn in the UK
https://amzn.to/3s2vngS in the US

The 5 Days to Better Singing Teaching course online, with all these voice techniques and a LOT more, is here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/5-days-to-better-singing-teaching

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews
https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

For real 1-1 attention on your own voice, book a voice coaching session in the singing studio with Jeremy or Gillyanne
https://drgillyannekayesjeremyfisherinspirationsession.as.me/schedule.php

If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we've opened the Accreditation for Cohort 22.

Sign up for the Vocal Process newsletter https://vocalprocess.co.uk/build-your-own-tilting-larynx/

We've also got this! ↓
The Vocal Process Learning Lounge https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/

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Vocal pedagogue Dr Gillyanne Kayes challenges vocal coach Jeremy Fisher to show how a ventriloquist can sing words clearly.
Using  @Darci Lynne 's excellent Creep video https://youtu.be/KB-390oClpw, Jeremy breaks down the movements needed to sing all the vowels and consonants in the song without moving your lips.
Judge for yourself how well Jeremy does singing the first four lines of the Radiohead song Creep - does he move his lips? Can you follow the instructions and do the same?

All the exercises are in the chapter on Ventriloquism and Mimicry in our book
This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c 

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

Book a coaching session with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://drgillyannekayesjeremyfisherinspirationsession.as.me/schedule.php

If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - check out 5 Days to Better Singing Teaching here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/5-days-to-better-singing-teaching

Sign up for the Vocal Process newsletter https://vocalprocess.co.uk/build-your-own-tilting-larynx/

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The Vocal Process Learning Lounge
https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/

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Gillyanne & Jeremy are back demonstrating the exercises in the This Is A Voice book.
This week they're kicking and elongating consonants.
Gillyanne takes Jeremy through Exercise 24, Consonant Awareness, in the Speaking Effectively section.
Breaking down the plosives!
Jeremy speaks and sings tongue twisters with two different ways of using the consonants.
 You'll hear why one way is better than the other for singing in a non-classical style, and what changes Jeremy has to make to sing in a more legato classical style. 
Discover which famous actor elongated his consonants in an iconic role in a British film series. How elongating consonants can add an extra spice to your diction.
And why Jeremy thinks of diction and intelligibility as very different experiences for the audience.
17 minutes of vocal expertise that'll change the way you do your words.

This Is A Voice book is here https://amzn.to/3UFEPng in the UK and here https://amzn.to/3Se1uFQ in the US

The new online course "5 Days to Better Singing Teaching" is here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/5-days-to-better-singing-teaching

Join the Learning Lounge for more on diction, intelligibility, performance techniques and vocal exercises here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

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Petra Borzynski, singer, cognitive behavioural therapist & somatic vocal coach, is back with Gillyanne and Jeremy for more wisdom on dealing with emotion.

Teacher boundaries, the difference between trauma and emotional discomfort, and why you don't need to be your student's therapist.

There are questions on somatic exercises for performance nerves, and Jeremy shares what he did to deal with the extreme nerves in his workshop at the PEVoC conference last month.

And a question on which exercises might stimulate the vagus nerve, and a discussion on polyvagal theory.

Also why you don't need to be an expert in every field (and what Jeremy thinks causes that problem). And building a network of like-minded experts around you.

It's an incredibly deep and useful episode for singing teachers, singers and performers alike.


You can see Gillyanne being (but not sounding) nervous and how she deals with it at the beginning of her Round Table at the Pan European Voice Conference here https://youtu.be/76w9dvWr9kw

Petra Borzynski's work is here -
https://www.youtube.com/user/singingtuition
https://www.facebook.com/singingsense
Mental Health in the Performing Arts Studio course - https://singingsense.com/products/mental-health-in-the-performing-arts-studio/

Voo breathing Peter Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zAseaIyFA 

Polyvagal theory -
   Organising principles: https://integratedlistening.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/infographic-organizing-principles-of-pvt.pdf
   20 page primer: https://integratedlistening.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/polyvagal-primer-from-clinicalapplicationofpolyvagaltheory-3.2019.pdf
   Video: https://youtu.be/ec3AUMDjtKQ

Resources from Gillyanne and Jeremy -
This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c 

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge 

Book a coaching session with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://DrGillyanneKayesJeremyFisherInspirationSession.as.me/

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On the day of Queen Elizabeth's funeral, Petra Borzynski, cognitive behavioural therapist & somatic vocal coach, joins Gillyanne and Jeremy for some expert wisdom on dealing with emotion.

Singing is an emotional act. And we sometimes need to sing, or to teach singing, when we're emotional. How do we deal with our own wobbles, and when should we deal with the wobbles of our singing students?

There are questions from listeners on anxiety in singing lessons - when do we hold the space for people's feelings and when do we hand over to a professional therapist.
Petra shares some of the red flags to look out for.

And how can we make our studio a safe space for people who might have experienced trauma? 
Petra's answer might surprise you.

A hugely useful episode for singing teachers, singers and performers alike on the subject of anxiety, nerves and trauma in singing.

Petra Borzynski's work is here –

https://singingsense.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/singingtuition

https://www.facebook.com/singingsense

Mental Health in the Performing Arts Studio course
https://singingsense.com/products/mental-health-in-the-performing-arts-studio/

Resources from Gillyanne and Jeremy -
This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson.
Click and scroll down the page for the free previews https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

Book a coaching session with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://DrGillyanneKayesJeremyFisherInspirationSession.as.me/ 

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What's it like to PRESENT at an international voice conference? 

Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher presented at PEVoC14 in Tallinn, Estonia. 
 Gillyanne's first Round Table organisation, and Jeremy's first solo Workshop
 The nerves, the outcomes, the feedback, the content, the preparation
 We reveal all!
 
 Check out some of Jeremy's video examples from his workshop "Get On, Sing, Get Off"

·       Glottal onsets/offsets: Beyonce - Single Ladies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY  from 40 seconds in

·       Yodel/flip onsets/offsets: Lizzo - Cuz I Love You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjPqsry7no   First 10 seconds, and last 15 seconds

·       Yodel/flip onsets upwards: Soulounge featuring Roger Cicero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grfw54YagYQ  from 20 seconds in

Find out more about Jeremy's Onsets and Offsets in the Learning Lounge (Best Practice Update course) here https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge 

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Experiencing the voice conference.
Gillyanne & Jeremy join the Pan European  Voice Conference in Tallinn, Estonia and share their experience of the city, the speakers, the voice science papers and the behind-the-scenes moments.

https://www.pevoc2022.ee/ Catch up on this year's PEVoC in Tallinn, Estonia
https://www.pevoc2024.com/ For the next conference in Santander, Spain

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In this wide-ranging episode of This Is A Voice Podcast we chat with singer, author, musician and teacher Cate Frazier-Neely on:

• Working in the trenches - what it's like to be a singing teacher with an eclectic career (2.01)
• Jeremy's first terrifying job with Scottish Opera and how he stayed just one step ahead of the singers (5.00)
• The difference between playing a piano part and an orchestral reduction for singers - Jeremy is very clear on this! (6.30)
• Gillyanne's and Cate's personal experience of voice problems - what happened and how they solved it (14.00)
• The role of the singing teacher in voice rehabilitation, and the "no-man's land" between the SLP and the singing teacher - crossing lanes, staying in lanes, reactions from the medical profession. (19.12)

It's a funny, deep and moving episode, and a real meeting of minds across the Pond.


Cate's website https://Catefnstudios.com

This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c

Singing Through Change - Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond https://amzn.to/3IQ9Kb9

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge

Book a coaching session with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://DrGillyanneKayesJeremyFisherInspirationSession.as.me/

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We're joined by Cate Frazier-Neely, singer, author, pedagogue, collaborative pianist, composer and multi-instrumentalist, for a meeting of minds across the Pond.
We chat about
-musicality v musicianship
-how we wrote the beatboxing chapter in our This Is A Voice book
-working with spoken and sung voice
-four different types of air supply
-translating voice science into practical teaching (and Jeremy's pet hate)
-diction and audience cues
-gradient in voice exercises
and soo, soo much more.
If you want to hear us shoot the breeze with a like-minded singer/teacher/musician, check this video out!

Cate Frazier-Neely’s website
 https://Catefnstudios.com   

This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c

Singing Through Change - Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond https://amzn.to/3IQ9Kb9

Jeremy analysing the Verdolini paper on Skill Acquisition for Singers https://youtu.be/utNmfLG8A0w

Exercise for the four different air supplies in beatboxing from This Is A Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4Jd5pJVYQ&list=PLYDwxiBt-MOUOXHmnryApAumew79wgxGj&index=10

The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews
https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge