tempted to articulate better? Hmm...

Heads down, heart-felt ranting follows! Anyone on YouTube who doesn't pay for ads to be removed, will probably have been exposed to an aggressive barrage of videos promoting better articulation. For less than ten minutes a day for a month. These ads are seductive, yet pit shame, inequality, embarrassment and failure against pride, leadership hierarchy, self-confidence and 'success'. And they make me and some of my more discerning friends... SPIT! For a quarter of a century, voice coaching (actually there's no such thing and it's better described IMO as voice 'coaxing') was part of my story. It was highly rewarding although demanding, one-to-one work. Every voice is different. Perhaps you could call this work - as my teacher the late Dr Frances MacCurtain did - as 'removing vocal hazards e.g. 'umms' and 'errs' or repetitive catch phrases. And bringing out what your beautiful - be it shy, slightly faltering or even god forbid, apparently 'inarticulate' - natural voice. I don't think…