Accent and Accents Recently, Kaye Adams on BBC Radio Scotland interviewed me about accent and accents regarding one of the Scottish characters in The Haunting of Bligh Manor. Have a listen - BBC INTERVIEW it's all about accent and accents and the balance between authenticity and clarity. It may help you resolve any concerns [...]
Social Mobility Social Mobility is desired by most people who work hard for themselves and their family. Hashi Mohamed - one of my voice heroes - has made and presented a fascinating BBC R4 program, about social mobility. Hashi came to the UK as a nine year old Somalian: an unaccompanied, child refugee. At first he didn't [...]
Easter Break Audio Treats ... that won't make you fat! Here are a list of Easter Break Audio Treats - performed by people with great voices to learn from.. So sit back, kick your shoes off, click on a title you fancy and indulge! ... with absolutely no guilt... while you feast :) In [...]
Changing Your Voice If you want to see one of the best examples of changing your voice, go and see the successful and well known Irish actor Garrett Phillips, do an incredibly accurate impersonation of the late and great, Frank Sinatra in The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. [...]
Accent Softening The BBC called me this morning, asking me to do an interview, about accent softening, as Professor Sophie K Scott of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience part of University College London, has just published a report on how people's career advancement, really is deeply enhanced by them neutralising their regional accent, in other [...]
Are You Frightened of Public Speaking? Tricks & Treats For Public Speaking Are you frightened of Public Speaking and dread it when you know you are going to have to do it? This is a very common problem. Public Speaking can be terrifying if you don't know what you are doing or have techniques to [...]
Elocution and Accent Reduction For elocution and accent reduction you cannot find a better entertaining study resource than that of the brilliantly dramatised and produced BBC Radio 4 drama series of The Forsyte Saga chronicles by John Galsworthy. For a brief amount of time, the BBC Radio 4 have made the complete series of The [...]
Change the Way You Speak To change the way you speak takes focus and dedication and is a little more time consuming than most people expect! But when you do put the time and effort in you really do reap the benefits and you really can, change the way you speak. A wonderful example of [...]
Did You Know Better Accent = Better Income? ...discussed On BBC Radio 5 Live Do you believe a Better Accent = Better Income? BBC Radio 5, asked me to do a 30 minutes live discussion on how people are changing their accents to improve their career path to [...]
Elocution & Accent Reduction with BBC Radio 4 Studying elocution & accent reduction with BBC Radio 4 is a wonderful tool to help you, because no one can get a job on Radio 4 unless they speak clearly so this really will enhance your training with me. I teach you the engineering - what is [...]