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Clearing Out the Crud

When your speaking apparatus is gunked-up... you can't keep up your VO commitments so well. And Boy Howdy, this is the season for gunking! How many times have I seen anguished posts on social media groups begging anyone for quick-fix solutions that will allow the completion of a project in...

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Your Prime Directive Through March

This'll be really simple, and you've heard it all before.  You just aren't doing it, 'cause...well...we're human...and we forget. 1.) Wash your hands. For proper technique...watch this video: 2.)  Don't touch your eyes, your nose, your mouth...heck!...anything on your face until April (unless...

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Soldiering On

Luckily it happened AFTER my holiday vacation. The common cold. Like most of you, it began with that "uh-oh" feeling you get, when alla sudden it hurts to swallow.  My wife -- the RN -- saw the white spots on my tonsils and diagnosed STREP!   One of my daughters in the house had come down with it...

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12+ Ways Care to For Your Cords

September gives way to October, and before you know it...we're into "cold" season. Respiratory conditions are the bane of voice-actors (and singers, and broadcasters, and speakers, etc) everywhere. You don't have to be a doctor to understand how the human voice is produced.  Vocal cords are: ...

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