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doing vocal warmups just for your speaking voice

I don't think a lot of people consider their speaking voice on a regular basis, but how we carry our vocal chords (pitch, amount of vocal fry, placement, etc) is just as much a self expression as the clothes we wear. People assume so many things about you based on your voice, and they change over time. Before a big meeting or a social engagement or just as a morning routine, consider starting your day with some light vocal exercises to make you sound confident & clear. turns out, ppl will want to listen to you more!!!

@sabrinamovitz

Jun 13, 2024

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Recording yourself

I started doing this when I was a performing musician and found it was the best way to fix technique, but it is super helpful generally for fixing whatever material you have to present in front of people: presentations, speeches, intro statements, things like that. Set up your phone for video or just audio, do your thing, watch it back, note every time you look or sound insane, fix it, film it over again. It’s based on the heuristic that our critical mechanism is by nature more developed than our creative mechanism, so it is much easier to respond to an existing thing than to conjure something out of nothing inside your mind. I know it is cringe, but avoid at your own social peril.

@timholtmusic

Feb 5, 2024

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telling your bandmates they sound good during practice

@dakotablue

Feb 9, 2024

Top Recs from @Shadowbeni

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dancing

a study issued last month found that dancing is the most effective way of treating and mitigating depression. Walking, therapy, and yoga also outpaced SSRIs. and if you're saying 'oh this was probably funded by Big Dance', there's no evidence of that and if you're saying 'that's just what a Big Dance shill would say', well honey you're right

@Shadowbeni

Mar 4, 2024

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Willem dafoe

He is my moo deng

@Shadowbeni

Oct 3, 2024

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your thirties

Happy birthday! You have a great batch of years ahead of you, the best yet. I'm biased, but it's been my favorite decade so far (every year is better than the last, the idea of "peaking" is for chumps). Some thoughts! Group trips - when you say "we should go to X someday," or "we should rent a house" "we should do a day trip to this cool thing or this sculpture garden" actually do it. Blow up the group text, have everyone agree on a day or week or a weekend and make it happen. People will start thinking about "settling down" and "having families" which makes everything that much harder to plan (depending on who your friends are -- I have friends with kids who still do it all). But do those trips, because they're really fun. Cooking - get some nice staple kitchen stuff and start cooking. Cook for yourself, for dates, for friends, cook together. It's ok to let go - Don't burn bridges if it's not toxic, but it's ok to let friendships fade if you've outgrown them and it's ok to recognize them for what they are. Sometimes you will grow together and sometimes you will grow apart. It's alright to let someone become an acquaintance. It can also be very hard to accept, but know that whatever you feel, it's ok. Old friends - some people have known me through so many different phases of my life. Cherish those old friendships, and make the effort to deepen them. Keep doing those long phone calls, take a weekend to spend together, travel to see a concert together, be there for birthdays and other life events. Those relationships are really special. Same goes for family if that's possible. Stay curious - you're on this app, so you're already curious. Keep reading, watching, hobbymaxxing. Keep trying things on and checking things out to see if you like them. Learn new stuff. That's not just for your thirties, that's for life. Stretch and take care of your body - it’s your precious vessel. That's also for life.

@Shadowbeni

Jun 6, 2024

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