As a new voice over talent, it’s wise to start caring for yourself like an elite athlete.
Your voice is not only the mirror of your soul, it’s an integral part of your body and if you’re in poor physical shape, you won’t be able to perform like you need to.
The New York Times recently profiled the actor Edoardo Ballerini, an audio books superstar, best known for his work on Jess Walter’s novel Beautiful Ruins, the 2012 Audio Book of the Year.
Top narrators like Ballerini record daily for hours at a time. They avoid foods like cheese or yogurt that make their mouths pasty, drinks like espresso that increase stomach noise, and sip water frequently to keep the saliva flowing.
They also follow a fitness regimen to keep their body strong, loose and relaxed, and to help counteract the many hours spent behind the mic.
I’ve got more on how to care for your vocal instrument in the week’s Inside Voice Over Video training blog.
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Susan Berkley
Signature voice of Citibank
Founder, The Great Voice Company
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Good to know about how the entire body fitness is related to voice performance.
Great,logical, total holistic ( mind and body ) health tips for keeping your voice ready to record!
Great advice! Also, when not recording, be careful how you use your voice. Yelling and shouting can damage the cords, sometimes irreparably. Knew a band director that could hardly talk he had done so much damage to his cords yelling at the band. Even had surgery to try and repair and got to where you could hear and understand but that was about it. Also, humming thru a small straw, helps to get the diaphragm built up pushing air through the vocal cords. So while humming thru the straw, go high to low, to high and back many times. You will increase your range, and “head voice” which will allow you to perform different parts without sounding “fake”. (one singer to another!)
Hi! I accidentally sent my comment to the live chat. Sorry about that. I’m glad I watched your healthy voice video because I have acid reflux, and I would never have thought it could affect my voice but now I know. Thank you
Eating chocolate should be avoided before speaking.