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Interview With Vocal Coach, Judy Rodman – Part 1

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Judy Rodman has spent over 50 years in the music industry. She’s been a top session singer, recording artist, stage and TV performer, songwriter, studio producer, public speaker, and coach. Judy teaches singers and speakers globally both from her office and online. She’s a published author, hosts the podcast All Things Vocal, and is currently working on a 12-module course in vocal training.

In the first part of our conversation, we spoke about a variety of topics, including: 

  • How Nashville is doing amidst the COVID-19 shutdowns (during which time this episode was recorded) 
  • Judy’s recommendations for how Nashvillians can proactively live through the challenges of the circumstances surrounding COVID-19
  • How Judy first developed a love for voice
  • Judy’s background in music growing up
  • Judy’s first paid gig
  • How Judy transitioned into being a vocal coach
  • Recording jingles as a staff member of the Pepper Tanner organization
  • Making up copy for a funeral home
  • How Judy started doing work writing longer copy
  • How taking voice lessons and learning to sing helps songwriters
  • The importance of silence and pauses when reading copy
  • The one question we have to ask ourselves when we communicate
  • Using our imaginations to anticipate others’ responses to our communication
  • Different ways of articulating in varying contexts

You can find out more about Judy and access all she has to offer at www.judyrodman.com. Check out her podcast All Things Vocal on your favorite podcast app.

You can also find Judy on social media:

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!

And if you’re interested in crafting an audio brand for your business, why not check out my FREE Audio Branding Worksheet?

Interview With Storyteller, Dave Bricker – Part 2

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Here’s the second part of my interview with storyteller Dave Bricker. We talked about the four elements of a story, the difference between anecdotes and stories, and how to add value to people’s lives through storytelling.

In our conversation, we also covered:

  • Whether people are hardwired to want to hear depressing stories or happy stories
  • The difference between happy endings and transformation and how that affects how stories connect with people
  • A much more effective alternative to scare tactics in advertising
  • Why children love reading storybooks over and over…and over…and over…
  • Where most advertising falls short and how to improve
  • How the most powerful stories speak to our innate drive to seek safety and survival
  • How authentic conflict brings depth to a story
  • How, in advertising, money must serve not as an outcome, but rather as a tool
  • Using audio to prime an audience
  • Different types of coaches and which audiences they’re best suited for

You can find more information on Dave on his website at www.storysailing.com or on any of his social media channels: 

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!

And if you’re interested in crafting an audio brand for your business, why not check out my FREE Audio Branding Worksheet?

 

Interview With Storyteller, Dave Bricker – Part 1

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Dave Bricker discovered his love for “StorySailing” while spending 15 years living aboard sailboats. In 1983, after his first year of college, David got a job working with the Christo Surrounded Islands project. During that time, he realized something was missing in his life. After finishing college, he headed off to the Bahamas to begin his 15-year sailing adventure, which included a transatlantic sailing trip in 1991. Dave has authored 11 books, and his company, Remarkable Stories, Inc., https://storysailing.com/, teaches the art of business transformation through storytelling. 

In the first part of my conversation with Dave, we explored how story and sound intersect, as well as: 

  • How his idea of storytelling for business started
  • Heading off to the Bahamas with a small sailboat, $30, and a locker full of food and dreams
  • How storytelling ties together music, writing, speaking, graphic design, and code
  • The importance of storytelling about people, outcomes, and value instead of prices, processes, ingredients, and data
  • Speaking techniques to draw people in
  • Girls tied to railroad tracks, dream sequences, the country, and 1940s clubs (yes, you read that right! 😉)
  • Whether our response to music is learned or innate—culture or predisposition
  • Playing music with a Dutch jazz singer in the Azores
  • How improvisation ties into storytelling
  • A big mistake people make when giving professional speeches and how to avoid it
  • How professionals can improve their speaking by getting involved with Toastmasters – http://www.toastmasters.org
  • How we as humans are hunter-gatherers at heart and are always scanning for threats

You can find more information on Dave on his website at www.storysailing.com. 

You can also find him on his social media channels: 

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!

And if you’re interested in crafting an audio brand for your business, why not check out my FREE Audio Branding Worksheet?

 

Interview with Brainwave Entrainment Expert, Morry Zelcovitch – Part 2

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In the second part of my interview with Morry Zelcovitch, we got a bit more philosophical.  His work and research has led him to some very insightful observations about how he now deals with things in a healthier (brain chemistry-wise) manner – and how he might be able to help others do the same. So we started with a bit of science about how we hear things, the filter all sound goes through before we interpret it, and how this kind of research can help people dealing with PTSD, OCD and other issues.

It’s another very interesting discussion and I think you’ll enjoy the hopeful nature of it.

To recap, in this second part of our interview, we discussed:

  • How vibration is interpreted into sound in our brains in a very subjective way
  • How you get a cleaner, better effect with high quality headphones
  • What he’s working on now
  • Testing the audio to help people with PTSD, OCD, etc.
  • How the brain prefers things that are “uninterrupted”.
  • How life has become a very different experience for him
  • How different his life is now
  • How his work has made him feel like a super hero
  • The evolution of discovery
  • Designing products around the end user – and how everyone’s experiences will be different
  • How attitude changes everything

You can find out more about Morry’s approach to “brainwave entrainment” at www.themorrymethod.com .

His more professionally oriented website is at www.activemindsglobal.com .

And his newest product is at www.quantummindmethod.com .

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!

Interview with Brainwave Entrainment Expert, Morry Zelcovitch – Part 1

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Morry Zelcovitch has had a lot of challenges in his life including depression and addiction. In his search for something to help him with his difficulties, he came across something called “binauaral beats” and that led him into the brainwave entrainment field (a term he coined himself).  Essentially, he’s programming his brain to operate in a healthier way, through the use of sound. Exploring this continues to be his life’s work. But like any self-improvement option, it works (or doesn’t work) for each person differently.  We talk a lot about this in our interview.

I found it truly fascinating to discuss how sound – or vibration interpreted by our eardrums – may be able to heal us from the inside out.

In this first part of our interview, we discussed:

  • His background in “brainwave entrainment” (how he trained himself)
  • His search to find a way to live
  • How he started researching the science of brain chemistry
  • He came across something that might work for him – something that would modify his neural chemistry
  • How music can heal through its “steady pulse” and pattern
  • Using a stimulus – sound and light – to influence his brainwaves so that he could feel better without drugs
  • Unfortunately, binauaral beats didn’t work for him
  • How he needed to create his own methodology
  • His opinion about some flawed science – the reason he wasn’t really helped by binauaral beats
  • How binauaral beats are supposed to work
  • The differences (and names) of various brainwave states
  • How our brains are designed to work
  • Why brainwave entrainment is so important

You can find out more about Morry’s approach to “brainwave entrainment” at www.themorrymethod.com .

His more professionally oriented website is at www.activemindsglobal.com .

And his newest product is at www.quantummindmethod.com .

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!

Interview With Hip Hop Culture Coach, Josuel Rogers – Part 2

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This is the second part of my discussion with Josuël Rogers, a coach who uses music – specifically Hip Hop – to help his students and clients develop self-awareness and confidence.  We talked about how music influences our moods (making a playlist for yourself can really help!), how personal sound can be and the power of words (among other things). You can find him at Hip Hop Culture Coaching (https://www.hiphopculturecoaching.com), if you’d like to learn more about the services he offers and the information he has to share.

In the second part of our conversation, we talked about:

  • Foley in film and the making of weather sounds
  • How your mind associates a type of sound with the weather
  • How the “filter” of a microphone changes sound
  • Hearing your own voice from a third-person’s perspective
  • Randomness and how that influences what we hear
  • How the same song can represent different moods for different people
  • How personal sound is
  • How we fixate on sounds we’re more familiar with (a drummer focuses on the drums in music, for instance)
  • The best kept secret about making playlists to help us experience the world in the way we want to
  • Repetition is key – words matter (“impossible” puts a block on things immediately, etc.)
  • Everything around you is a word
  • How a hockey coach learned to better coach his team through Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Your brain not registering negatives
  • What he’s working on right now – coaching
  • More information about his podcast
  • Where his podcast can be found: podcast.hiphopculturecoaching.com – and on Apple, Spotify, etc.

You can find more information on Josuël by locating him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/josuelrogers/, on Instagram and Facebook as JosuelRogers & HipHopCultureCoaching, and you can find out about his own podcast by looking up The HipHop Minded Professional on any podcasting app you have available.

This episode was very skillfully made to sound beautiful by the talented Humberto Franco (http://www.humbertofranco.com/).

Would you consider reviewing the Audio Branding Podcast?  If so, here’s the Apple Podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/audio-branding/id1489042453  And if you like what you hear (and read!) – please do share it with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks so much!