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With radio and TV we are speaking to people we can’t see and yet they are sometimes many hundreds of miles away. To our prehistoric brain this doesn’t make sense.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers an...

Sitting close to someone else with that person’s ear maybe two feet away, they may not project their voice quite as much as a sound engineer would like. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's...

The chair you are sitting on can give you a ‘confidence shot’, or a ‘confidence shock’. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name,...

The coccyx is commonly referred to as the tailbone, is at the bottom of your spine, and is the remnant of the tail that our ancestors had several million years ago. Indeed, other mammals have a similar bone and still have a tail, such as horses. The term coccyx is derived from the ancient Greek for ‘cuckoo’, as the last three or four bones of the coccyx resemble the beak of that bird. From BBC pre...

Consider that altering the settings on your chair is a little like altering the ‘settings’ in your physical stance or sitting position. A notch or two changes the backrest, a turn of the wheel to alter the tilt of the seat, a slight alteration of the armrest … Now review your own position : shifting your feet forward an inch or two, moving your body weight onto your bottom, raising your head a ‘no...

Most presenting roles happen from a seated position. And you can get a lot of help with sitting and therefore breathing by having an ergonomically adjustable chair. Every model is slightly different, and they can be quite expensive, but get one on which you can alter various parts of the mechanism. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND V...

Air comes from breathing depends on breathing and muscle control, muscles which are almost always holding your hold body in a state of ‘relaxed tension’. Mental pressures are soon shown as ‘bad’ physical tension (for instance in your stomach, shoulders or jaw), which will affect your posture, breathing, and voice. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAS...

An exercise I have used with clients is to: ·        Have your back against the wall… ·        with shoulders and buttocks touching it too ·        Position your feet nearly touching the bottom of the wall, maintaining a good ‘grounded stance’, supporting your body on each comple...

Your spine affects your breathing – and you’re probably already starting to see now how all of your body is interconnected in helping you produce a good voice. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinar...

Humans known how to breath instinctively, it’s a natural responsive thing to do. Individually since our first few seconds on Planet Earth we have filled our lungs and screamed! But now we’ve got to unlearn all the bad posture and breathing habits we have picked up on that journey from bawling baby to baby broadcaster. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROA...

Your voice is powered by air. And a good voice is supported by ‘good’ breathing and muscle control. To speak effectively, you use your entire body, not just your ‘voice box’. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceov...

After breathing, there follows a hugely complex system of linguistic gymnastics involving your vocal cords, tongue, teeth, and palates to form sounds as directed by your brain’s ‘memory bank’ of ‘what sounds in what order, make a sensible sentence’.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help y...

“Human beings live in what is probably the most sophisticated, complex living organism that’s ever walked on the face of the earth. What we can do with our system, or mind, our voice, the sounds we can make, are beyond any other creature. What we have is truly remarkable.” Peter Jacobson  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO...

You may need an audio or video recording app on your phone, and probably an empty house! A word of warning: if you have not heard your ‘recorded self’ before you may be in for a surprise. That’s because we are used to hearing ourselves ‘internally’ because the effect that the various ‘sound-tunnels’ and vibrators in the skills have on the voice that we are producing ourselves. Only we hear us this...

Professional athletes like Usain know that a good warm-up can make a significant difference in terms of both injury prevention and running efficiency.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars....

It takes time to get out of a rut and plough a new furrow. You need to identify the muscles and develop them.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter'...

If you have some natural talent, and a persevering personality, then this book gives you the plan to develop your best voice and to use it on-air. Understand the voice and how it is created, ‘from lungs to larynx to lips’ How to achieve a better speaking voice with more energy, expression and enthusiasm How to ‘read out loud’ from a script to sound as though you are chatting Script-reading skills...

I have ‘been there and done’ audio and video presentations for decades. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing ex...

In this podcast series, I’ll explain why the “every fourth one” advice is wrong, and instead show you which words should be lifted and subdued.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's th...

You’ll go from just talking to actually communicating .  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.   It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing exclu...

When we come to present a podcast or YouTube video, or step into a studio or onto a stage, what happens?  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.   It's the audio version of the book Pete...

A ‘good voice’ is one that communicates to us, one that shows some personality of the owner.  From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars. It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the...

“The voice is a sound caused by the soul, by means of the repercussions of the air  made in the throat with the intention of signifying something.” Aristotle, 385-322 BC From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceov...

You’ve invested in your look of choice, now invest in your voice. From BBC presentation trainer Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart), GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE is a short, daily guide to help you become a stronger voice communicator on radio and TV, podcasts, video, voiceovers and webinars.   It's the audio version of the book Peter's writing of the same name, both focusing e...

“With many kinds of animals, man included, the vocal organs are efficient in the highest degree as a means of expression… The character of the human voice… alters much under different conditions, in loudness and in quality, that is, in resonance and timbre in pitch and intervals. When the voice is used under any strong emotion, it tends to assume, through the principle of association, a musical ch...