0748 – Vocal Health as Asset Protection

2023.01.18 – 0748 – Vocal Health as Asset Protection

As we have seen, the vocal cords are super thin muscular folds the length of your thumb nail. Air exhaled from the lungs passes over the taut cords and they vibrate[1], producing sound waves. High-pitched sounds are made when the cords are short and taut[2]. They work best when they are really well hydrated and it’s really hard for them to work, and they are more-easily damaged, when they’re dry or have too much phlegm on them.

Looking after your voice is ‘asset protection’: you’ll get more work done in less time, and earn more!

But f ew of us have been taught how to properly operate the machinery of our voice. And when we want to add more volume, projection or emotion it’s like driving a Ferrari with the handbrake on … and we wonder why we’re too vocally exhausted to make it through the broadcast, podcast or voice-over session.

Truth is most people don’t know any different, having been ‘driving’ that way for years, having got used to it, working on poor advice they were given years ago (such as “if you have a sore throat, just whisper…”).

Even speaking in normal conversation our voice will tire, but that’s more likely more quickly in a professional setting of presenting and acting, with heightened voicing techniques for hours at a time. If your livelihood depends on your voice, it’s crucial you have strategies to strengthen your voice and minimise vocal injury.

[1] See this video: https://youtu.be/kfkFTw3sBXQ

[2] See this video: https://youtu.be/-XGds2GAvGQ

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