IDEA's Newest Dialect Contributor
As a dialect coach and an aficionado of voices I have been slowly collecting and analyzing the dialects of real people in my travels...
Why Presence Matters
Voice work and Drama School: the case for training. The debate still goes on today whether or not actors really need to go to drama...
Why We Love "Bad" Voices
The lighting is kinda dim in a hazy, smoke filled bar with leather-clad booths and polished wood tables. The floor is permanently sticky...
The Incredible Impact Your Voice Has On You (and vice versa)
Your voice says a lot about you. It almost goes without saying that voices are something we are constantly noticing about other people....
In Defence of Oratory
What ever happened to the art of Public Speaking? There was a time I suppose, not so very long ago that a leader of any sort (politician,...
Three Throat Threats: How to not wreck your voice this cold and flu season
We are coming to that time of year again when colds and flu start to plug up all the passages of communication in the human body, namely...
How to learn an accent overnight...
As an actor myself, I get it. You have spent most of your adult life and part of your teens training, studying, practicing, creating, and...
