Voice Training: Taking Control of Your Vocal Performance
We take good care of our cars.
We fuel them up, fix dents, clean the interior, change the oil regularly, and schedule annual check-ups.
But do we do the same for our bodies—and for our voices?
Do we even know how?
Do we have a kind of driver’s license for our own voice?
Learning to control your voice is part craftsmanship, part sport—and ultimately an art form. It’s about knowing which buttons to press, when to press them, and how much pressure to apply.
Let’s go back to the car analogy:
Where is your vocal accelerator? What’s under your vocal hood?
Which gear do you need to shift into—and when, where, and how?
And most importantly: where is your healthy brake?
Or are you waiting until you’re forced into an emergency stop?
But it goes even deeper:
Your body is the car, you are the driver, and—on top of that—you’re also your own GPS system.
You need to ask yourself:
Where do I want to go vocally, when, with whom, and in what kind of situation?
What’s my true goal—and what does the situation, my counterpart, and I need in order to achieve it on purpose—not by chance?
This can be trained.
We can learn to see the connections, understand the mechanics, practice the process, and apply the voice consciously. Because voice has impact. Always. Instantly. Everywhere.
Let’s use it—
Consciously. Skillfully. Self-directed. Especially under pressure and stress.
VOICE TRAINING TIPS – super.simple.effective.
Your breath is the fuel of your voice.
Your belly is the engine.
Your abdominal space is the accelerator—we need to engage it.
To fuel your body well with breath, remember this:
When we draw the belly inward, the diaphragm pushes upward. This reduces lung volume and air is pushed out—we exhale. That out-breath activates the movement of our vocal cords. Airwaves are converted into sound waves.
We speak.
QUICK FORMULA:
BELLY IN = AIR OUT = WORD OUT = SPEAKING
Again and again.
With every word, the belly moves inward and we breathe out—this is the foundation of vocal expression.
As we say in BLOG #9:
“Voice is nothing but air in motion.”
It takes consistent practice to make this process automatic.
But it’s worth it—and we can all benefit from it.
Yours,
Voice-expert.