How to Improve Your Voice

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR VOICE

Voice is God Gifted, yes it true and fact, but it can be trained, this also a fact. Nobody is a born singer or narrator or voice artiste, yes he/she may have a sweet, melodious voice by birth but still his/her voice needs to be trained enough to modulate, variate and able to perform professionally for required time.I am here to tell you about tips on how to improve your voice ( for voicing, dubbing, mimicry) so that you are able to have more base, uncharred, rhythmatic
voice and have some control over your throat to produce variation and modulation in your voice as and when necessary. What ever you want to become in voicing arena, be it voice over artiste, dunning artist, mimicry artiste, performing actor, you need to modulate your voice according to the mood of the script. This is the first requirement of being a professional voice artiste. Anyway, lets begin with the training

1. Like what a singer does every morning called "Riyaaz" you should also do the same every morning.You can take "Sa" only of Sa re Ga Ma and then take a deep breath and start reciting "Sa" with your full base voice till your breath ends. Keep in mind you have to inhale fully and should go on saying "sa" till the end of your breath in a continuous pitch without any breaks or modulation of your voice. This will not only help you in having good base voice but also increase your voicing stamina.

2. If Voice Over is your target, you should everyday practice atleast two scripts with proper diction, pronunciation, modulation (as & when). Similarly for other voicing fields, mimicry, cartoon dubbings, simple dubbings stc. Record your voice everyday and listen. Everyday you will notice some improvement.

3. Yoga plays a very important role in keeping your throat & voice healthy. Everyday chanting of "OM" for 10 minutes will give similar positive results as mentioned by me in point 1. You can also perform other Asanas for throat as "Singasana" and "Bharamri Pranayam" and "Ujjhyani Pranayam" which will clear your throat and keep you away from all problems.

4. Stay away from very cold things, aerated waters, chocolates, pickles, chillies and anything very sour-I hope you like my articles on voicing. Do send me your comments which give me confidence & courage to write more. I hope your and my journey will continue for long.