by Leon | Oct 21, 2026 | Accents, Acting, Creative Coaching, Musical Theatre, Speaking Voice, Voiceover and Studio Work
Vocal variety can make a performance more specific, responsive and engaging. It can help an actor reveal a change in thought, shift status, pursue an objective or make the language easier for an audience to follow. But vocal variety can also become a performance in...
by Leon | Oct 14, 2026 | Creative Coaching, Singing
Busy performance periods can test even a well-trained voice. A singer may be moving between rehearsals, performances, auditions, teaching, travel, recording sessions and everyday life with very little space between them. A voice that feels dependable at the beginning...
by Leon | Oct 7, 2026 | Acting, Creative Coaching, Estill Voice Training Posts, Speaking Voice
Actors need vocal choices that work in the room. A useful technical exercise is not valuable simply because it is interesting, detailed or difficult. It becomes valuable when it helps you enter a scene more clearly, make a character more specific, speak text with...
by Leon | Sep 30, 2026 | Acting, Creative Coaching, Voiceover and Studio Work
Self-tapes, voiceovers and online auditions ask your voice to do a lot in a small amount of time. You may be recording alone, working with limited equipment, fitting preparation around another job or trying to recreate the energy of a live audition in a room that does...
by Leon | Sep 23, 2026 | Accents, Acting, Creative Coaching
A convincing character voice is rarely created by simply “putting on a voice”. It comes from a set of connected choices: how the character thinks, what they want, where and how they have learned to speak, and what their voice does in response to the people...
by Leon | Sep 9, 2026 | Creative Coaching, Singing
A vocal warm-up for auditions should do more than make a few sounds before you sing. It should help you arrive with a voice that is clear, responsive and ready for the specific demands of your material. The best warm-up is not always the longest, loudest or most...
