Would you like to test yourself for nasality? Gently place a finger on each side of your nose and say the word he. Did you feel any vibrations in your nose? Now say the word hay. Again, did you vibrate? If your answer is yes, […]
I’m often asked if I’m always judging other people’s voices. If I’m teaching, obviously I do. If I’m in a social situation, I do not. However, a really good voice draws my attention as well as one which is really bad. At a high school reunion I attended […]
I am about to be politically incorrect. When you reach a certain point in life, however, you discover from experience that some generalizing is correct. From my many years teaching voice improvement, I have found that women tend to be more expressive in speaking. I […]
I read an article in Psychology Today entitled, Is a Sexy Voice More Attractive Than a Pretty Face? My question with the statistics and the studies is not whether a sexy voice is more attractive than one’s face but how they judged their findings. There is no […]
You have probably heard the statistics: 55% of the image you project is visual; 8% is your content; but, 37% of the image is the sound of your speaking voice. To make matters worse, that 37% is referring to the voice you hear on your […]
Consider the following scenario: there are two men both equally attractive. One has a voice that is warm, rich and deep. The other man has a voice that is soft, high-pitched, wimpy. Which man do you think women will find more attractive? If you guessed […]