Dealing with nasality in singing and speaking

Our latest Vocal Process training DVD is now available.

The new training DVD, "Nasality and the Soft Palate", deals with the annoying issue of nasal singing and speaking. Nasality happens when air (and sound) leaks into and down the nose when it's not supposed to. The results of this can make your voice sound dull and muffled, you might lose control of your top notes, and your diction will be affected. In fact, slight nasality is quite common in a number of dialects.

We've set up a Nasality and the Soft Palate webpage about the problems of nasality, and the techniques that you can learn to overcome it. The Nasality and the Soft Palate DVD contains techniques, tips and practice sequences to overcome nasality, improve your high notes and get clearer diction.

We pre-released this new Vocal Process training DVD to the people on our free eZINE list, and the response was amazing.

"I would recommend it to anyone who is serious about developing his/her voice."

"The content of the DVD is super useful & I shall be using it with many of my private students."

And a few sentences from Anne in the US: "I am a Certified Master Teacher of Estill Voice Craft and I found the presentations on the DVD to be very helpful to me in learning an effective way to present the skills. I would absolutely recommend the DVD to the entire singing world. Thanks for all the wonderful products you have developed, they are all great!"

Incidentally, the Nasality webpage also contains a 10-second test to find out if you have slight nasality in your singing voice. Check it out!

The Vocal Process "opening your throat" techniques appear on the new sell-out Constriction and Release Training DVD

The Vocal Process website has 280+ pages, including a series of free articles on vocal technique and style, memorising and different musical genres.

Visit http://www.vocalprocess.co.uk/ for the latest downloads:

the Vocal Process eZINE (free electronic magazine)

86 things you never hear a singer say (free ebook)

The brand new voice training DVD Nasality and the Soft Palate has just been released!

Review of the "opening the throat" DVD from Vocal Process

There's news on our Constriction and Release - The Techniques DVD.

This is the training DVD that shows footage of the Singing and the Actor Training course with Gillyanne and me. It sold out within six hours if launching, copies have so far travelled around the world, and it's now in its third pressing.

We asked Sara Harris, SLT specialising in voice (and past president of the BVA) for her thoughts on the DVD. The whole review will be published on the website, but here are a few excerpts:

"The material presented has been filmed during one of their “Singing and the Actor” training courses. This gives it a nice, informal “fly on the wall” feeling of joining one of their classes.

"This class approach makes it almost impossible not to want to join in and experience the manoeuvres described for yourself, making it a very useful tool for beginners or those wanting to revise their skills.

"Both teachers handle the class with warmth, sensitivity and humour. It feels easy to learn from these two without feeling defensive or criticized.

"This DVD on constriction and release should be a helpful resource for anyone interested in learning about vocal control."

If you want to find out more about the techniques and the bonuses included on the Constriction and Release - The Techniques DVD, visit the dedicated webpage on http://www.vocalprocess.co.uk/openingyourthroat.htm

The Vocal Process "opening your throat" techniques appear on the new sell-out Constriction and Release Training DVD
The Vocal Process website has 280+ pages, including a series of free articles on vocal technique and style, memorising and different musical genres.
Visit http://www.vocalprocess.co.uk/ for the latest downloads:
the Vocal Process eZINE (free electronic magazine)
86 things you never hear a singer say (free ebook)

The brand new voice training DVD Nasality and the Soft Palate has just been released!

Jeremy's larynx gets around

Footage of Jeremy's larynx, from the Voicebox Videos DVD has been used on the prestigious training course run by top acoustic scientist Johan Sundberg.

The KTH course "Function of the Singing Voice" takes please every year in Malmköping, Sweden. The course includes demonstrations and lectures on acoustics, phonetics, formants, physiology and much more.

Participants come from all over Europe, and this year includes our own Integrated Voice Module Two participant, Fran James.

For more information on the Voicebox Videos DVD, visit the dedicated webpage at http://www.voiceboxvideos.com/