Common wisdom holds that clearing your throat is the worst thing for your vocal cords…true or false?
Should You Clear Your Throat?
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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...
Can I Clear My Throat, or Not?
Every 6 months I see my ENT Physician. He clears the wax out of my ears, looks up my nose, mumbles something to his assistant, then sticks a camera scope down into my throat. It's mildly irritating, but THIS is why I mostly come every six months. He says: "Say E-E-E-E-E." I do, and he nods his...
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: ...