0092 – The Seven Kinds Of Extra Weird Mouth Noises

0092 – The Seven Kinds Of Extra Weird Mouth NoisesMOUTH NOISESThese are the pops, clicks and smacks that can be heard as someone speaks. They may be amplified by a microphone and audio processing[1] to such a degree it can sound as though you’ve been eating Rice Krispies, or gargling with space dust.[2]  The seven kinds of extraneous oral noises:1.      ‘Too little hydration’ related mouth smacks - at a basic level such noises are the slight smack as someone opens their mouth to speak 2.      ‘Too much hydration’ related mouth smacks – caused by over-salivating3.      Nervous glottal choke - it could be the more glottal ‘k-sound at the back of the throat4.      Tension clicks – usually in your jaw5.      Mouth-shape pops - there may be a variety of other pops because of how you’re built6.      Clicks caused by mouth changes 7.      Subconscious vocalisation - it could refer to subconscious addition of a ‘tut-sound’  We’ll spend some time look at each of these in turn. Why are they an issue?Simply put, they are distracting and unpleasant to hear, and are time-consuming to remove from a recording. If you are a ‘dick with a click’ then you’re unlikely to be used, (or be used again).[1] On rare occasions, clicks are caused by physiological differences in the speaker.[2] Otherwise known as ‘popping candy’: https://www.aquarterof.co.uk/popping-candy Through these under-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios.And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VIDEO VOICE.Look out for more details of the book during 2021.Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_Stewart Peter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1 to Heart FM, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. Other trainees have been music presenters, breakfast show hosts, travel news presenters and voice-over artists.He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (“Essential Radio Journalism”, “JournoLists”, two editions of “Essential Radio Skills” and three editions of “Broadcast Journalism”) and has written on voice and presentation skills in the BBC’s in-house newspaper “Ariel”.Peter has presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with formats as diverse as music-presentation, interview shows, ‘special’ programmes for elections and budgets, live outside broadcasts and commentaries and even the occasional sports, gardening and dedication programmes. He has read several thousand news bulletins, and hosted nearly 2,000 podcast episodes, and is a vocal image consultant advising in all aspects of voice and speech training for presenters on radio and TV, podcasts and YouTube, voiceovers and videocalls.The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience?This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.