How to Master Using Your Voice Effectively

Normally every month I receive about a thousand emails from people who seek from me simple advices, impossible solutions or desperate requests for help. I usually receive emails from people who believe there are ready-made solutions, from more mature people who have understood the importance of speaking and want to make a positive change in their lives and careers, or from people who are simply curious about the Inborn Voice and want to experience it for themselves. Unfortunately, in May and June of this year, the emails asking for help have exponentially increased in number, a symptom of something serious and dangerous going on. When I receive these types of requests, I always try to offer my support, but in this case, it’s important to take it a step further and alert everyone of the situation.

The trend of “I want it all and right now” seems to have no more limits. It is evident that one of the main problems of the modern society lies in the area of interpersonal communication.People feel like they are ignored, that no one is listening to them or worse: they feel empty inside.

Once upon a time there was the first text message. Then came all sorts of chats and finally social media with photos and videos. But that wasn’t enough. This kind of static communication didn’t match human nature and people found it alienating. So one day ClubHouse came along, the voice-only social media.

Here are my top tips for approaching Clubhouse the right way:

The basic idea behind this strange affirmation is: don’t worry about trying anything, because if you work hard enough, sooner or later you’ll reach success.

And this is certainly a great way of thinking. The problem is that people generally tend to forget this second part of the catchphrase. Commitment. Everyone wants to skip straight to success, turning this great idea into some sort of Fake it until someone takes the bait!

This week an interesting article about audiobooks is published in Italy’s weekly magazine “Starbene” and it was a real pleasure for me to help Lorenza G. to realize it by sharing my experience as a Vocal Coach. If you are interested in reading the article, entitled “This is the time for audiobooks”. If you want to read the full Interview, click on the magazine cover you’ll find below!

I have helped so many authors make their audiobooks that by now I think I know all the difficulties one can encounter and all the different excuses they create to justify an unsatisfactory result.

Today, hearing one’s own recorded voice is not uncommon. “Audio” messages fill our smartphones and yet, when you are about to record an audiobook, everyone is surprised that they don’t recognize themselves in the recorded voice.