#Voice Projection

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The one and only Shaan is here to teach everyone how to effortlessly master a variety of vocal methods, broaden their vocal range, and create their own unique style. Students will study various warm-up exercises, comprehend breath control, and master abilities like harmony, belting, vibrato, slides, and voice projection in his first-ever online singing class. He will also divulge the technique behind his distinctive vocal style. This is unlike any singing class you've ever taken!

[nancycastrogiovanni]

Stepping Into the Spotlight: A Beginner's Guide to Voice Projection and Improvisation in Theatre

As the new year begins, our English theatre club in Prague, which caters to adults, is eagerly anticipating the arrival of new members. We're thrilled to announce that our club will officially start this upcoming Saturday, on the 20th of January. This marks the beginning of a journey filled with anticipation, leading to a spectacular show in December.

Being a part of this club is not just about performance; it’s about personal growth, exploration, and discovery in the art of theatre. With new members joining us, it feels pertinent to provide a foundational guide on voice projection and improvisation techniques in theatre. These skills are essential for any aspiring actor and will serve as a steppingstone for our year-long journey towards the stage.

Improvisation Technique 1: “Yes, And...”

Description: 

One of the core principles of improvisation is the “Yes, And...” technique. It’s about accepting what another actor presents (”Yes”) and then adding to it (”And”). This exercise fosters collaboration and spontaneity.

How to Play:

Form pairs or small groups.

Start a story or scenario, and each person adds to it using “Yes, And...”

Embrace whatever comes your way and build upon it.

This approach promotes receptiveness and innovation among actors. It helps in developing a storyline collaboratively, ensuring that each member contributes significantly while maintaining the flow of the narrative.

Improvisation Technique 2: “Freeze and Justify”

Description: 

“Freeze and Justify” is an improvisation game that promotes quick thinking and adaptability. It pushes actors to instantly come up with creative ideas and scenarios.

How to Play:

Actors start a scene.

At any point, someone yells “Freeze!”

The actors freeze, and a new participant tags one person, takes their position, and starts a new scene, justifying their pose.

This game is excellent for enhancing improvisational skills and encouraging diverse thought processes. It demands actors to be alert and ready to shift gears at a moment’s notice.

Voice Projection Technique 1: “Diaphragmatic Breathing”

Description: 

Voice projection is crucial in theatre. The first step is mastering diaphragmatic breathing. This technique allows you to use your diaphragm for deeper, fuller breaths, which is essential for strong and clear voice projection.

How to Practice:

Lie down or sit comfortably.

Place a hand on your abdomen.

Breathe deeply, ensuring your abdomen rises and falls, rather than your chest.

Regular practice of diaphragmatic breathing will improve the strength and clarity of your voice. It’s the foundation of effective voice projection in theatre.

Voice Projection Technique 2: “The Rainbow Projection”

Description: 

“The Rainbow Projection” is a practical exercise for enhancing vocal projection and clarity. It involves visualizing a rainbow and projecting your voice across it.

How to Practice:

Imagine a rainbow stretching across the room.

Start speaking at one end of the rainbow in a normal tone.

Gradually increase your volume and projection as if your voice is travelling.

across the arch of the rainbow, reaching the other end.

This exercise helps in gradually building up the power and reach of your voice. It is particularly useful in understanding how to modulate volume and maintain clarity, essential for reaching an audience without straining your voice.

As we prepare for a year filled with creativity and personal development, I trust that these fundamental methods in projecting your voice and improvising will serve as your guiding principles. Remember, the art of theatre is not just about performing; it’s about connecting, expressing, and evolving both as an individual and as a part of a community. I eagerly look forward to seeing each one of you shine and grow in your journey, culminating in our much-anticipated show in December. Here’s to a year filled with learning, laughter, and theatrical magic!

Your Companion in Creativity,

Nancy Castrogiovanni

Originally Published at: https://www.nancycastrogiovanni.com/beginner-guide-to-voice-projection-and-improvisation-in-theatre

[roskapanda]

Voice projecting

Okay so one thing I've recently realized is that people tend to think that "bad" singers are just loud, that they sing LOUD without any shame and that is why you can hear them from where ever you are.

But projecting your voice is a skill of it's own. Being able to project your voice does not make you good a singer. And also, not being able to project your voice, it might not make you a bad singer, but it does mean you have some work ahead of you because there are way more bad singers who CAN project their voice all across a stadium tbh.

Because while being "naturally" loud is not the same is projecting your voice, if you can actually do it, then it means you have some natural advantage that you might not think of. And while it is a skill most singers and speakers train for, if you just "have" it, then you lucky you, as it really is a skill of it's own.

And whether you can sing with that voice or not, it's a skill. Projecting voice is a skill but it does not come with guaranteed voice. And if it all comes to you naturally, you are lucky.

And I am lucky in someways. I can project and my voice isn't awful. But that doesn't mean I can sing. It just means I can target my loudness and generally people don't mind. So think of it as it is: extreme luck or something to work towards.

I personally lean more towards my extreme luck and neglect practice so I just... well, I just sound like shit, right?

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enamored by the idea that after being dragged to shopping countless of times, mafuyu finally offers to carry the bags without being asked, which takes ena aback

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searching for a star that's still unknown to anyone!

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it took me so long to draw this strawpage request but it was so much fun. i love when shows do body swaps but they dont change the voices to match each character, but rather the character acting tips off who is who.

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(part 5) happy father's day :)

me when characters are so doomed by their love but they love again anyway they love again anyway

if you're wondering what frenzy's listening to, i tried to find the angriest screamiest song to have a crashout to :D

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[rorynni]

i love how when toya is proud of himself for something he has to immediately tell one of his teammates and make sure they saw

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I like that Toya being the only one from vbs to know about Akito's cynophobia means he can gently poke at him from time to time without the girls understanding

(It's more obvious with audio on)

[fellthemarvelous]

Deny. Defend. Depose.

It is clear to those of us that live in America, the only people we truly have on our side are ourselves. The ruling class has made it clear we don't matter to them.

Luigi Mangione was arrested and happened to have every single piece of evidence on him that law enforcement was looking for, including the parts for the ghost gun, inside his backpack (that he also got rid of in Central Park containing the Monopoly money???). Either he was trying to get caught or that evidence was planted. And when he was being forcefully pushed into the jail, he hollered back to the press about "injustice" and "being an insult to the intelligence of American citizens and our lived experiences."

The people have now turned against corporate America and the CEOs and billionaires are fucking terrified. Nothing the news stations are saying to us are changing our minds. The American people have finally united over this issue and there is no going back for us. Whoever did kill Brian Thompson (and theories abound on the game The Adjuster is playing because no one plays Monopoly alone) exposed the very real divide that exists between every day citizens and the extremely wealthy. Things were easier for them to control when they were able to divide us, but now that we are aware of how uncertain our future is in America and seeing just how little we matter to the people who take our money, we have realized that we have more in common with each other than the people who control every aspect of our lives. We are waking up.

There isn't one person in this country who hasn't been a victim to the predatory scam that is private health insurance. Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America, and many of us are one ambulance ride or hospital stay away from homelessness. We all know people who have died because the insurance company denied them the treatment they needed or waited until it was too late for an approval of a medical claim to matter anymore.

Recently, I decided to be tested for autism and ADHD. Not life-threatening or anything, but my life is still in shambles and I want to know if I'm going untreated for something else. Before being tested though, I was informed that the insurance company (Aetna) has said that they were going to cover the full cost of the testing I was having (which was six hours of testing by the way). She even made sure several times that they were, in fact, going to cover it in full and they said yes.

The same day that Brian Thompson, CEO of another horrible healthcare company, was murdered in broad daylight, I received a call from that doctor's office with the woman telling me that Aetna was now telling her they never agreed to cover my testing and that they are going to bill me for $1600 (where the hell am I supposed to get that?) and she is fighting them, but considering our lives don't matter to the people who tell us what healthcare we are and are not allowed to receive, I don't think they will feel compelled to change their minds because they are bloodsucking parasites who only care about lining their pockets while I don't even have $6 lying around, let alone $1600!!

Corporate America leeches off our taxes. They take and take and take and we see nothing in return. They raise prices on insurance coverage and then deny us the very coverage that we pay for. They poison our food, price gouge our poisoned food, and then force us to pay for the treatment we get when the food makes us sick. Corporate America profits off of our hard work, our taxes, our health, our lives, our deaths.

I don't know if this will reach a larger audience or not, but I wanted to talk about it on Tumblr because this platform seems to be a crossroads for every type of creative soul. I initially brought up this idea on TikTok earlier, but I want to see if it can get traction in other places as well since I have fewer than 3,000 followers on TikTok (and I have seen a small few express interest in my idea in the hours since I posted the video.)

We're busy being lectured by politicians and the news media because while they are clutching their pearls at what happened to Brian Thompson, the rest of us do not give one single flying fuck about what happened to him. As CEO of a for-profit health insurance company, he signed off on denied claims and death for those of us who struggle to make it from one day to the next. The sicker you are, the poorer you are, the more they force you to struggle and pay. The love to deny coverage because regardless of whether we live or die, they already have the money we are forced to pay them.

I don't condone murder at all, but I also don't care that he was murdered because he was guilty of murdering so many more people in this country through legal means because it's profitable. The CEOs are scared and there are wanted posters with their names and faces popping up in places. Every CEO of every healthcare company is guilty of murdering Americans and they continue to go unpunished for it because "it's just business".

So (if you've read this far) all of this previous rambling is to say that I keep thinking about how I want to make an impression. I want to continue upsetting the billionaires and the CEOs because corporate America is full of murderers who are legally allowed to decide whether we live or die based on which outcome will give them more money.

I have thought about the idea of creating a wall/constructing a wall somewhere as an art piece or something (making a statement) that will somehow honor the memory of people who died because insurance denied them care.

I know I definitely want it to say something along the lines of "In memory of those murdered by for-profit healthcare systems in corporate America". Something blatant. Loud. Something they are forced to look at every single day. Somehow. The wall could have images of those who are gone, or names of the person who died with the name of the insurance company responsible for their death underneath. Just something to make it clear that we see them for what they are. Something to avenge those who were sacrificed so billionaires and CEOS and shareholders could brag about record profits. Something that shows the whole world that American citizens are waking up to who the real monsters are.

The Adjuster (whoever he is or is not) has fanned the flames of revolution in America. He managed to unite us in a way I can't even recall before. It's not over. We know what happened to Brian Thompson was just the beginning, and corporate America only just now realized how much we actually hate them. A single shooter has sparked an awakening in America that is starting to snowball into something much bigger.

So if there is anyone out there who might be interested in collaborating on something like this, please let me know. I know we are all tired and demoralized and we have no money. I want to make a statement though, and I love doing that through art or writing. Collaborating with other people who have been through this same shit will also probably help us unite even more.

This is a watershed moment in American history.

In the words of Kanan Jarrus, Jedi Knight,

"There is a future for us. One where we're all free. But it's up to us to make it happen."

[fictionalsownme]

smash???????? who said that?????????

engineer doesn't get enough love on this blog considering how much I cannot express my devotion to him, so I’m working to fix that :) this is similar to what I did for damien but it took foreverr!! iswm lighting is so so pretty which makes it impossible to get right ;;u;; the saturation is really high and there's multiple light sources so in terms of rendering it, its like it was personally designed to leave me dead on the floor :))))) either way,, I'm happy with how it turned out!! he’s very prettie :))

also bonus:

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are there still any p:eg fans out there 🥺

(⚠️ spoilers for p:eg chapter 1 btw!!!)

I swear this was funnier in my head

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how i imagine this interaction is gonna go

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idol akito for the funsies