2023.08.22 – 0964 - StumblingStumblingSymptom: Verbal mistakes in adlibbed conversations or more likely, when reading as script: restarting words, mispronunciations, mis-intonations, repeated corrections and generally losing your way in a sentence. I outline some more of these in the episodes after 650.Prescription: Give your mouth and mind a chance to get things right!· Relax and warm up to remove any held tension in your vocal apparatus. Have a good rest before a recording (episode 108 and the ones just after).· De-stress mentally so you are not distracted. Have confidence in what you have been asked to do, your knowledge of the topic and your experience.· Review and rehearse your script or make notes if you are adlibbing (ad-libbing is in episode 485 and 633 amongst others). Knowing your topic will help you with intonation, checking pronunciations (episode 138 onwards) will help reduce guesswork and inaccuracies. Reading through and good sight-reading (episode 590 and 642) will give you familiarisation that will reduce on-air or on-tape surprises. Practice this ‘cold reading’ to improve your confidence. · Open your mouth enough to allow your tongue to properly form the words (episode 72)· Hydrate to allow your tongue to slip around your mouthy easily (episode 751)· Sitting properly will lead to better breathing, which will calm you and lead to better resonance and calmness and accuracy, in a ‘virtuous circle’ · Adjust the script (if you are able to) to make it easier to read: maybe the words used, sentence length, font size or layout. We looked at this in episode 174.· Slow down if stumbles are caused by your mind working faster than your tongue (episode 379 is a good one on ‘fast talking speed traps, also 646 and the ones just after).· Remove tongue or lip studs that may reduce tongue manoeuvrability Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent 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 BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VOICE OVER VOICE.Look out for more details of the book during 2024.Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_StewartAudio recording script and show notes (c) 2021, 2022, 2023 Peter StewartPeter 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, 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. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (see contacts clink above) and 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 various formats. He has read tens of thousands of news bulletins and hosted 3,000+ podcast episodes.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.The 'Peter Stewart' show is perhaps of great interest to those in broadcast voice overs, the broadcast voice, how to start a voice podcast, broadcasting voice training, your speaking voice, breathing technique, and conversational speaking. You may also find it useful if you are searching for information on voice coaching, voice training, voice overs, podcasting, broadcasting, presenting, being a voice over actor and newsreading, audio branding, public speaking, the recorded voice, vocal tips, performance, vocal health education, vocal technique and voice over training.Music credits: all Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.