I was encountering some resistance on a recent workshop. The perception was that training your voice or changing it in any way could be fake and inauthentic.
‘We don’t want to end up speaking like the Queen.’
I couldn’t agree more. The Queen’s voice works for her because that is her authentic was of speaking. But it wouldn’t be authentic for most people.
When working with people to develop their voice it’s all about drawing out their real voice which often is locked in by tension and bad habits.
Most of us understand the concept of developing our muscles if we want to run faster or be stronger. The voice is the same. A group of muscles that need to be exercised and warmed up and which will become stronger and more effective.
It is possible to speak more clearly, loudly and with more expression and still be ‘you’ It just means after some training people will be able to hear you and won’t get bored listening to you.