The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice

Thank you authors, for providing a helpful, easy to read, and practical guide on improving one's voice. I first purchased this book a couple of months ago, and did NOT get the audiobook that came with it. You HAVE to have it in order to get the full benefit of the vocal exercises and etc. Anyways, I emailed the publisher, and they provided me with them for free. I provided a copy of my Amazon receipt to the publisher, and they took care of me. I wish they would include it automatically with the Kindle version. It was more of an annoyance than a negative thing. I find the book very informative, and easy to follow. The last chapter is the hardest to understand (but that wont apply to most of the purchasers reading this.) The last chapter is hardest to understand, because it dives deeper into the anatomy of the vocal tract, and it expands on disease management (asthma, acid reflux,) and it is only really good for voice nerds or those whose job is voice training. The important 11 chapters are great. They build on a understanding of the vocal tract, and have audio exercises to aid the reader along the way at the end of each chapter. I recommend this book to anyone who is trying to find their voice, and connect with who they speak with. The voice and body language play an important role in a person's success in speaking, connecting, and earning the respect of others.Topics of this book that I really found helpful- Resonance,- Excercises to release tension- How to make a habit of good alignment- What is good head alignment- Basic anatomy of the vocal tract- How to find a voice for different situations- How to sound natural, genuine, and speak to connect with audiences- The different ways to say a statement, and what vocal tools you can adjust

For a long time, I have been attracted to a strong, low and clear voice. I like especially the feelings of energy and confidence coming from the person with that voice. The Voice Book by Kate DeVore and Starr Cookman is a well-written book that helped me understand how to get the voice. There are a good amount of easy and simple exercises in the book that make you feel a quality change in your voice. The book mainly educates us about details such as body alignment, low breathing, opening up a vocal tract and forward resonance (vibration ). A few chapters are also spent on methods and tips on how to protect and maintain voice. In addition, I particularly like that fact that the authors do not forget to mention psychological factors such as confidence and approachability. These factors could influence your relaxation of your body, which in turn facilitates the physical quality.While I was reading this book, I came to understand that a great quality of voice should be produced in a healthy and relaxed way. Some of us mistakenly try to take on a low tone by forcefully lowering your voice. This is a mistake. It could make your voice sound fake or, in a worse case, injure your throat. A great voice, on contrary, can be achieved by "freeing your natural voice" with a little effort. This book shows how to do just that.I picked up this book to learn to become better in communication. Having a greater sense of control over my voice allows me to communicate more delicately nuanced subtleties in social and business situations. "The Voice Book" was of great help for my specific purpose. But it will be as helpful for any other purpose since the book is written for anyone who cares about voice.Finally, the book is accompanied by a CD. Just listening to the authors' voices, I was amazed by their powerful, beautiful and very clear voices. It just sounds as if there were a high quality stereo inside of their bodies. The moment I heard the voices, I just simply felt I got right people to rely on.

This book has been a fantastic addition to my vocal research. I've been singing off and on all my life, and recently, I started to take it pretty seriously by joining a band who is out performing almost every weekend. I had been experiencing muscle tension and vocal strain after long practices and gigs, and so I was looking for professional advice to help me through it and teach me how to take care of my instrument. In the daytime, I'm a high school English teacher, so I use my voice ALL the time. If I want it to last, I've got to start doing something to take care of it. That's where this book comes into play. The subtitle, "Easy Exercises and Advice for Anyone Who Speaks or Sings for a Living," is about as perfect of a description as it can be given. There's even a CD that helps you build up the support muscles in your throat, teaches you alignment and breathing, teaches you articulation, and even a complete vocal warm-up and cool down. A must-have for anyone in a speaking or singing profession. Easy to read, helpful, and full of useful information.

I have just taken a new role that requires me to speak more regularly in public, addressing different group sizes. I realized that I need to improve my speaking volume and the pitch, and was very fortunate to find this book. This needs to be read while listening to the accompanying audio CD (which is not available on the Kindle edition - you'll need to contact Chicago Press for that!).I have used this for over 4 weeks now, and try to regularly practice my breathing and keep reminding myself to anchor my voice, while being more conscious of the tensions in my throat, neck, jaw and overall posture. I am still a long way to go in my training but I do know I speak more confidently with the developing resonance in my voice.There's a chapter on voice as metaphor of our life - how true it is and I can certainly confirm that mastering my voice better also allows me to understand why I speak and behave in certain ways, so that I can focus my energy to improve those aspects of my life.Highly recommended!

I read slow but so far the voice book is interesting to me. I am an amateur to singing so I am trying to find out some technique to improve or maintained my voice. There are some exercise that I have to put to practice before I can give a 5 stars.

no audio. You're better off buying the paper book, as the Kindle version has no CD, which is promised. I contacted the author and the publisher. Author didn't know how to get the audio, publisher never responded.The content is good, tho' so buy it.

C'est très résumé mais pour quelqu'un qui débute, c'est idéal.Pour info, comme en version Kindle, les fichiers sons ne sont pas fournis, j'ai simplement écrit à l'éditeur qui me les a envoyés.Voici l'adresse :[email protected].

I purchased this book coming from the angle of a singer who wants to learn as much as possible about the way the voice functions, including gaining an understanding of the way the speaking voice influences the singing voice.I'm about a third of the way through and I'm already chuffed to bits. The authors have managed to make voice work a delight...everything is explained in a comprehensive yet simple way. The photographs illustrate thier points well, and the accompanying cd is also really useful...the two work well in tandem to one another.I am also currently reading works by Cicely Berry and Patsy Rodenburg which are fantastic but if I were to recommend an ideal book for beginners it would be this one for the ease of use and the fact that the layout makes an initiation into voice work an unintimidating, (dare I say it..?) ENJOYABLE experience.

I would highly recommend this to anyone who would like to improve the way they speak, the way they sing and to look after their voice.

The products came two days early, I am very pleased about that, however only 1 of the three books looked Brand new. I bought all three books New, but two of them looked like they had been used before.The Voice Book had been bent in the bottom right corner, it didn't look new. The contents of the book is all there, but I feel like if the product is going to be advertized as New, it actually should be.