100 episodes
This Is A Voice Jeremy Fisher and Dr Gillyanne Kayes
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Voice experts and bestselling authors Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher have been chatting about voice for more than 20 years - this time they've switched the microphone on. Vocal technique? check. Musicals? check. The weird things you can do with your voice? check. Includes AMA on voice, singing, speaking, performance techniques, voice exercises and so much more.
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Breaking down barriers - gender, taste and authenticity in vocal performance with Guro von Germeten
What's changing in musical theatre, and what needs to change? And what is authenticity in performance anyway? In their 100th episode, Gillyanne and Jeremy chat with singer researcher Guro von Germeten on her research into gender, authenticity and musical theatre.How does taste influence your vocal training? How is gender identity challenging musical theatre casting? Guro shares her passion on flexibility of vocal sounds, the role of recordings in musical theatre education, and the import...
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The Omnivorous Voice - navigating taste & cultural expectations in singing with Guro von Germeten
Join Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher in a fascinating and deep episode on the omnivorous voice, featuring Dr. Guro von Germerten. Guro shares the highlights from her PhD on musical tastes and vocal techniques. From her emotional childhood experience as a pianist to her groundbreaking research on the omnivorous voice, Guro discusses the complexities of taste, tradition, and cultural expectations in musical performance. From the process of PhD defence in Europe, to the concept of musi...
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Keep It Real in the Music Industry - Ruth Royall on Confidence, Community & Touring While Pregnant
DJ, singer-songwriter, vocal coach and inspiration Ruth Royall joins Gillyanne and Jeremy to share the amazing story behind the #KeepItReal movement and its impact on the drum and bass community.In this episode:The importance of self-confidence for artists and the crucial role of supportive networks.Insights on artist mentoring and establishing your identity and boundaries in the music industry.Ruth’s personal journey of touring while seven months pregnant and the unique challenges she faced....
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Crafting beats - songwriting and collaboration in Drum and Bass with DJ, singer-songwriter Ruth Royall
In this episode of 'This Is A Voice' podcast, Dr. Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher are joined by singer-songwriter Ruth Royall. They discuss Ruth's diverse career journey, her pivot to become a prominent artist in the drum and bass genre during the lockdown, and her personal songwriting process. Ruth shares insights on the importance of collaboration in the music industry, particularly within the drum and bass community. We play an excerpt from her song "Help You Stay", created in conju...
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Just How Boring Are You? Jeremy launches a new book
Jeremy Fisher launches his new book called "Just How Boring Are you? How to be a great podcast guest, captivate your listeners and polish your vocal skills".In this bonus podcast episode Jeremy is interviewed by Karen Merstik-Michaels - singer, musician, social media manager and podcast host, on why he wrote the book and what potential podcast guests can learn from it0:00 A bonus podcast episode01:07 Overcoming crippling shyness02:49 Applying music skills to spoken voice03:37 Why podcasting i...
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Cutting the legato, breathing truth bombs and little green men
This Is A Voice podcast S9 Ep6 focuses on our More Than a Masterclass experience at the Hamburg StimmSymposium last month.Coaching a singer in the big belt number from the musical Vanara - Prayer To The Moon. How Jeremy changed her style with a single physical instruction. And why she needed less flow, not more to make the belt notes and approaches work.And we share more highlights from the Symposium including an almost wordless epic warmup class from conductor Craig Anthony Lees, and a...
Customer Reviews
Good knowledge but flawed execution
Edit: after listening to all of the episodes it appears they have resolved most of the technical issues that occurred in the first year. I have included my previous review below but amended my rating to reflect that they identified most of these problems and fixed them (though I would still like to hear a little more from Gillyanne and a little less from Jeremy).
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Fans of ‘My Fair Lady’ will love this podcast, wherein a stodgy English vocal coach condescends to his singing teacher wife and business partner about her voice. Seriously though, the experience of both presenters is clear, but it’s clear that a lot of these are cobbled together from parts of webinars, classes and other recordings, often in a disorganized way and dangling just enough new information to encourage listeners to pay for the full archive, and they come across as extended trailers rather than coherent, self-contained shows. Many episodes are marred by things like: multiple-minute long sample clips repeated in their entirety (sometimes in the exact same episode) or jumping to a different subject without clear segue, context or relevance, suddenly poor sound quality, and rambling about things with no relationship to singing or speach (though, to be fair, at least there are no recaps of science fiction tv shows or superhero movies like the ones shoehorned into VocalFri podcast - why is it that professional voice teachers have such a warped view of what constitutes a professional and cohesive podcast?) And I would like to hear more from Dr. Gilliann, who is scientifically minded, humble and willing to admit when she doesn’t know something, and comparatively less from Mr. Jeremy, who states everything with absolute confidence regardless of its veracity. He strikes me as likely to be the kind of vocal coach enamored with the sound of his only voice, and who interrupts the singer every few bars to opine and bloviate the whole time. These errors could be fixed with a little more care, and admittedly i am only about 40 episodes in, so it’s possible they do fix these problems at some point, if so I will come back and revise my review.
A worthwhile listen!
The hosts are fun, informative, and touch on lots of different topics that singers can benefit from.
Delightfully Informative
I loved both of the SOVT episodes. I feel like SOVT is generally portrayed as a safe exercise for all without challenging how it relates to the individual voice. The episodes bring up some important things to explore and consider when it comes to implementing the technique as well as choosing what device you use. Overall I am really enjoying the episodes. Gillyanne and Jeremy continue to lift my spirits as well as my musical IQ with every listen. I highly recommend to anyone wanting to expand their vocal knowledge or are curious about the vocal process in general.