Membership Expired Matt Pocock
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You bet – I’ve even got one for tracking enquiries that you would absolutely love. You just ‘star’ an email and it prints their email address and name to a spreadsheet.
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Totally – for the brief period that I had an under-teacher, I set up different accounts on IFTTT for each teacher. So when they added sessions to their calendar, it came up on the same spreadsheet, but recorded who had taught the lesson.
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You got it!
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That shoutiness you’re feeling is called the Lombard Effect – a natural lift in volume that we get from being in loud environments. It’s very hard to control and rein in.
It sounds like you’re getting some light wear and tear on your vocal folds from being in those loud rooms. It certainly happened to me when I was in a band in uni. In your late twenties, your voice should be at its peak, instead of declining. Vocal decline happens when the cartilage begins to ossify, and that’s not until your late fifties (though this varies a lot, depending on use).
I’d recommend seeing if you can fight against the urge to get louder by singing in a very small, compact way in rehearsals. Though it’s great fun to give it your all, your voice won’t thank you for it, and you’re more likely to develop a sustainable technique by practicing in a quiet environment.
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Hey Frank,
Sounds like you made a great move – blaming it on external factors takes the pressure off yours and the student’s relationship. I had to increase my prices from £25/hour to £35/hour after taking on a Masters and moving to Guildford. I think when you’ve built up a lot of goodwill with students over the course of your lessons, the students become your advocates. If you spin it the right way, they can actually be supportive of the change!
But sounds like you did all the right things:)
Matt:)
