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2021.09.23 – 0266 – Un-Colouring Words And the counterbalance to colouring or lifting a word or phrase, is ‘un-colouring’ or dropping a word or phrase. It’s part of ‘throwing away’ unimportant information, and is just as important as highlighting the ‘best bits’. Without one, there would not be the other.  People do not process every word you utter in their heads - they listen only for key words that unlock the meaning of the sentence, and they interpret words that you leave alone (or un-stress or un-colour) as ‘filler-words’. We will look at more examples of this a little later, but in those phrases above, the key words which are coloured, are: “tell”, “ready” “is” and “watch out”. These words give meaning to the utterance. The un-coloured words are “now”, “him”, “is”, “he”, “where”, “he”, which are filler words, helping keep the grammatical structure of the sentence. The mortar rather than the bricks.  The key words are like coloured bricks, all subtly different. The mortar holding the bricks together, is the same colour. The bricks build the ‘wall of the meaning’, the mortar gives it structure. Inaccurate intonation is one of the most common symptoms of a fake read: mis-colouring creates confusion. Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.22 – 0265 – The Intonation Colour Chart Intonational ‘colour chart’;There are four basic levels: Level 4 - Special Stress – more energy emphasis  Level 3 - Primary Lift - slightly raised in range Level 2 - Home Base – your natural resting ‘mono-tone’
Level 1 - Finality - low pitch  This is how that framework can be used: [1]·        Statements of fact/command: “Now tell him” 2-3-1·        Interrogative sentence: “Is he ready?” 2-2-3·        Questions with interrogative words: “Where is it?” 2-3-1·        Fright or excitement: “Watch out!” 4-4
[1] This format has been adapted from another source which I believe to be “NSW DET 2002 Certificate IV in Broadcasting Radio Learning Guide” D.P.Guilfoyle 1997. Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.21 – 0264 – Graduations of Intonations Intonation GradationsIntonation requires you to give the correct degree of colour to ‘key’ words or phrases in asentence, to show which of several possible meanings is intended. ‘Colour’ is a nuanced combination of:·        Pitch – when we change the inflection or tone of the word by lifting it (this happens most frequently in intonation) ·        Projection – pushing the word more forcibly·        Volume – making the word louder·        Speed – saying a word slower than those around it to concentrate the listener ·        Pause – a slight break before or after a phrase or word (or both before and after) to highlight that it is new and/or important. 
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.20 – 0263 – The Intonation CodeSo you will see by now that your intonation can greatly influence the meaning of the message and you have to select the weight of your intonation carefully to ensure that the correct information is communicated to your audience.
Intonation is the code we have to unlock the meaning of what people ‘really’ mean – without them having to explain it all for us.
And that is all great when we are adlibbing, discoursing and generally being gabby conversationalists.
But then we come to read out loud … and we have to decipher squiggly hieroglyphics on a screen of glass or a piece of paper. We are supposed to sound as though these ideas are just occurring to us and we are saying them naturally and fluently. But if no-one has explained the ‘rules’ of natural intonation, then we don’t know how to apply them in this false situation.
So, the ‘rules’ in a moment but first, the foundations.
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.19 – 0262 – An Intonation Exercise You want another example? Try this: “He lost the point”. But depending how it is ‘intoned’ it could mean: ·        “He lost the point” – everyone else tried really hard, but that point loss? It was down to him.·        “He lost the point” – we had all hoped that the point was going to be won, it was down to the wire, on a knife edge, and against the clock, but in the end, yep, he lost it.·        “He lost the point” – Yep he lost the point, but k’know what, we won the game!
Now here’s one for you: “Jack bought a new car” – what possible meanings can we give to this five-word sentence depending on the weight we give each individual word?
Let’s double-up with a ten-word sentence: “You mean I have to be there at ten tomorrow?” can you see all the different potential meanings here, depending on what words you colour with your intonation?
Even a two word sentence can have all sorts of intonation implications: “He left”… 
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.18 – 0261 – The Red Hat MysteryThose examples were with a single word, so now let’s try a similar exercise with the basic sentence “I didn’t say Roger took the red hat”. How we say each of those words, in relation to the others, helps explain more of meaning behind the statement than the actual words themselves.  I didn’t say Roger took the red hatI didn’t say that – but Maddy did. I didn’t say Roger took the red hatI said nothing of the sort. Everything you say is false. I didn’t say anything to anyone about anything. I didn’t say Roger took the red hatAll I did was suggest that Roger was probably the last person to see it. I didn’t say he actually took it.
I didn’t say Roger took the red hatI said that Robin took it.  I didn’t say Roger took the red hatI just said that he borrowed it.  I didn’t say Roger took the red hatI meant that Roger was wearing a red hat when I saw him, but I don’t think it was the same red hat you’re referring to.
I didn’t say Roger took the red hat… but he told me that he’d taken the green one.
I didn’t say Roger took the red hat… but I know he took the red shirt.
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build yourconfidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mictechniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start apodcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are notrandom topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life andhas trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical musicstation BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters onregional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’sPanorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts,travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentationand production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of“Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and haswritten on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper“Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heardhim on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regionalradio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows,‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts andcommentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedicationprogrammes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspectsof voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts andYouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change theirspeaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or bepressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well awarethat how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfullycommunicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially beingacted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP(Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation,although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.17 – 0260 – “Hello…”Intonation is what we all use naturally every day in our conversational speech. As native speakers of whatever language, we have the rhythms and flows, the up and downlifts, the speed, projections and pauses, all in-built. That’s because we have heard the lilt of the language from inside the womb and every day since. And it’s the same when we hear people too: if your partner calls you on the phone you can tell immediately what kind of day they’re having – not so much what they say but how they say it: “You had a good day hun?” / “Yeah, it’s been great…” Without extra explanation, the written word has to be taken at face value, but the verbal word will be laden with additional meaning. “Hello.” A simple straightforward word that we say a dozen times a day to different people in different situations. And many of the times we say it, we intonate it differently. Let’s look at a single word, (perhaps therefore more of a look at its tone rather than its intonation in relationship with other words around it).·        “Hello” – when meeting a friend for a planned weekly lunch date ·        “Hello” – when meeting them for the first time since lockdown·        “Hello” – when bumping into them hundreds of miles from home while on holiday·        “Hello” – when bumping into someone you don’t much care for, while on holiday·        “Hello” – when bumping into an attractive stranger, you wanted to flirt with·        “Hello” - when bumping into a colleague in the corridor How we say a word – as we saw in the chapter on tone - gives meaning to it beyond its basic definition.
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build yourconfidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mictechniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start apodcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are notrandom topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life andhas trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical musicstation BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters onregional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’sPanorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts,travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentationand production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of“Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and haswritten on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper“Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heardhim on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regionalradio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows,‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts andcommentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedicationprogrammes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspectsof voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts andYouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change theirspeaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or bepressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well awarethat how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfullycommunicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially beingacted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP(Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation,although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.16 – 0259 – Intonation Illustrations Intonation illustrationsIntonation is the ‘punctuation of the spoken word’ used to signpost meaning when we’re talking.
Of course, in the written word there are various devices that can be used instead:
“When did you get here?” Susan snapped, sarcastically.“SHUT UP!” he replied.
To help the reader, the author and printer have worked together to tell the reader what’s going on:·        Italicisation – draws attention to the key word in a sentence. By putting “you” in italics, we know that that is the most important word in the sentence and that Susan is not so much interested in the time of arrival (despite the actual words used), but is implying that her displeasure at the other person’s presence at all.·        “Snapped” – tells us the speed at which the sentence was said.·        “Sarcastically” – tells us the tone in which it was said.·        Capitalisation (“SHUT UP!”) – tells us the volume at which it was said. 
Of course, speech came before the written word so these are just various devices that authors and printers have back-engineered to give readers additional information.
But for actors in a play or those voicing up an audio-book, some of this extra information can be left un-said. By using intonation, they simply incorporate the ‘stage directions’ (“snapped sarcastically”) in their read.
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build yourconfidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mictechniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start apodcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are notrandom topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life andhas trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical musicstation BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters onregional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’sPanorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts,travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentationand production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of“Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and haswritten on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper“Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heardhim on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regionalradio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows,‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts andcommentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedicationprogrammes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspectsof voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts andYouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change theirspeaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or bepressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well awarethat how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfullycommunicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially beingacted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP(Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation,although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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2021.09.15 – 0258 – The Goldilocks Rules Of IntonationNuanced and naturalThe first thing to stress (!) is that intonation is usually a subtle blend of various vocal elements, nuanced and natural. It is usually not ‘stressing’, ‘emphasising’, ‘barking’ or ‘shouting’, all of which are the vocal equivalent of a thump on the table. And although we use CAPITALISATIONS to or underlining to mark our scripts and where to lift, we do so for practicalities’ sake. But in your mind, instead of emboldened words on a single line, think of the lifts and suppressions of words and phrases as something more like a melody line in sheet music. VOICE BOXThe Goldilocks Rules of Intonation ·        Too little intonation and you will sound monotonous, dull and boring.·        Too much intonation and you will sound crazy, or patronising.·        Too much repetitious intonation and you will sound ‘sing-songy’.·        The right intonation in the wrong place, or the wrong intonation in the right place will make you sound ill-informed.·        Good speaking is getting the intonation ‘just right’ – like the temperature of a bowl of porridge – to give the meaning without being misleading.
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build yourconfidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mictechniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start apodcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are notrandom topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life andhas trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical musicstation BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters onregional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’sPanorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts,travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentationand production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of“Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and haswritten on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper“Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heardhim on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regionalradio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows,‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts andcommentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedicationprogrammes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspectsof voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts andYouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change theirspeaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or bepressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well awarethat how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfullycommunicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially beingacted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP(Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation,although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

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2021.09.14 – 0257 – My Guide To Reading Out Loud, NaturallyHere is my guide on ‘how to read out loud naturally’[1] which I developed as a BBC news presenter and then went on to use while train colleagues in national and local stations across the UK.
It’s a framework on how to vocalise various constructions of grammar, punctuation and logic which make up most news stories and scripts. Note I did not say ‘rules’, because although some sentences can only be read in one way, most can be read in a couple of ways to allow for personal interpretation, understanding and expression.
But I did say ‘naturally’. That’s because the idea behind this framework is to give the impression of natural speaking, of ‘conversationality’, so your reading is both intelligent and intelligible.
Don’t only read this section. It has to be read as part of the rest of the book. That’s because one’s tone, and volume and particularly pauses are as much a part of this technique as lifting and subduing individual words and phrases.
And during the days that you read it, absorb it and practice the techniques suggested within it, make sure that you listen – not to broadcasters but to real people and how they talk naturally. What words they lift and drop, and importantly, why. Because the vocalisation of words and phrases can sometimes carry more weight than the actual words themselves.
OK let’s go through this framework so you don’t fall victim to mechanical and meaningless recitations or oratorical affectations.
[1] With reference to “How To Speak The Written Word” by Nedra Newkirk Lamar, Revel, 1967
Audio recording script and show notes (c) 2021 Peter Stewart Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build yourconfidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection andprojection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mictechniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a careerspent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start apodcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode! And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are notrandom topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTERBROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE. Look out for more details of the book during 2021. Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life andhas trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop musicstations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical musicstation BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters onregional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’sPanorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts,travel news presenters and voice-over artists. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentationand production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of“Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and haswritten on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper“Ariel”. Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heardhim on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regionalradio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows,‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts andcommentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedicationprogrammes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspectsof voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts andYouTube, voiceovers and videocalls. The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change theirspeaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or bepressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well awarethat how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfullycommunicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially beingacted upon) by your target audience? This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP(Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation,although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects. Music credits:"Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flowLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envisionLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Rising Tide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tideLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 
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