Episode Details

In the first part of my interview with Julia Langley, we discussed everything from how she’s transformed her career with life changing events to a few quick exercises that are great for helping singers and speakers to visualizing sound. I can’t wait for you to jump into this second part of our interview to hear the rest of the great advice and knowledge Julia shares with us.

We discuss:

• How tone is perceived by an audience (in general)
• The importance of projection and annunciation 
• Bringing in dynamics to make vocals interesting
• Improving your speaking voice for a podcast
• Great for a podcast - calm vocals and clarity
• Overcoming vocal battles
• To improve your voice, record your voice and listen back
• Where a vocal coach comes in
• Being okay with who you aren’t
• Knowing the things you’re not good at allows you to step into what you are good at
• The need for breath support
• Standing out
• Embracing the little pieces of you that allow you to be identifiable
• Tone and rhythm, how you breathe and where you breathe
• Your own personal audio branding 
• Catch phrases 
• The importance of hearing something over and over again
• Julia’s first thought when she originally heard the term “audio brand”
• Where TV shows use their audio brand throughout the show
• Musical themes across different media to create familiarity and comfort
• Sound’s role in PTSD
• Julia’s story with PTSD
• PTSD makes a physical change in the body and you can’t control your body’s reactions
• Learning to manage PTSD
• Using singing as therapy for PTSD
• Julia’s techniques for working through PTSD situations
• The role listening to music plays in your brain and on your body
• The role singing music plays in your brain and on your body
• Resources to use music to help with PTSD
• Long term memory and music
• Julia’s new website and online course
• All the questions Julia’s course answers

If you want to learn more about Julia or get in contact with her, check out these resources:

Resources on PTSD:

• Book: “The Body Keeps The Score: Brain Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Besser Van Der Kolk, M.D.
• On Amazon video there is a great documentary that addresses PTSD - consequences and overcoming. It’s called “Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain”

She has two upcoming projects on the subject: A book she’s writing in the early stages now called “A Warrior’s Hymn - How to bounce back from adversity and find the champion within”. And a podcast on the same topic.  

She’s also planning on having an online vocal training course by August 2021.

Julia’s website: https://julialangley.net/ (will be live by the time the episode is out)

Julia’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUhHViaw0FhJ1vDOhq0mAQ 

Julia’s Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/julia.langley 

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

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