Roger Love can make your voice sing.
As a habit.
“Your voice is a musical instrument,” he says, “and it’s your job to use it that way. To create surprise, mystery, drama, intrigue, and joy and sadness!”
Love has coached singers such as Gwen Stefani and John Mayer, speakers Anthony Robbins and Simon Sinek, as well as actors Jeff Bridges, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightly, Joaquin Phoenix, and Bradley Cooper among “scores” of others (so to speak).
PLAY YOUR VOICE
“Seventy-five percent of Americans list public speaking as their number one fear – and it’s the number one most-requested skill on LinkedIn. College graduates can’t pass oral interviews even though they are technically proficient. People don’t learn to ‘play’ their voice, and they suffer from never learning how.
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“Think of the magic of how music affects the brain and body. Well, what if you could incorporate musicality into speaking so that every world that comes out of your mouths is like music to the listener’s ears? People just accept what comes out: boring, monotonous, one-emotional, monotone. They mostly sound depressed.”
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SPEAK SING?
To help speakers and singers alike, Love developed what he calls “speak-singing.”
“Vocal techniques haven’t changed that much since cavemen. But when you speak-sing, you bring more melody and volume. You can express both your inner introvert and extrovert in your personality. It’s like you bring a bit of Broadway performance to your voice. You showcase more happiness and more sadness when you speak. When you do that and you’re singing, you actually come across more believable. When you elevate just a little bit above normal emotion in your speaking voice, you actually come out as more authentic. And certainly more compelling!”
KEEP YOUR INSTRUMENT READY
Love has his clients bring more emotion, by bringing up more air from their bellies and by guzzling more water to keep their vocal instruments more lubricated. He advises that we all breathe through our noses, because mouth-breathing dries your throat and makes your vocal cords puffy and swollen.
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