070 How to Reduce Pops on the Microphone

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, we'll learn to deal with the popping plosives. We'll overlook mic placement and other silly techniques to reduce plosives and we'll go right at the source of the issue, our lips. I'll share an exercise to help you release the plosives with more ease, reducing the popping sound on the mic in the long term, and I'll share an emergency tool for exceptional occasions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What You Will Learn In This Episode:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Why some consonants explode on the microphone</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- The connection between the vigour we use to speak and plosives</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How to reduce plosives by paying attention to the lip tension</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- A quick fix to reduce plosives (not a long-term solution)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In most cases, we sound poppy on the mic because we are over-excited during the plosive release phase. To reduce plosives, we must increase awareness of our lip tension when voicing and explore the sound produced under different levels of tension. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Subscribe to my newsletter</span> <a href= "https://nicolaredman.com/newsletter/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://nicolaredman.com/newsletter/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Episode 047 What are Plosives and Fricatives?</span> <a href= "https://pod.fo/e/10d7bd"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://pod.fo/e/10d7bd</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Episode 062 What are Vowels and Consonants and What They Mean for Your Speaking</span><a href= "https://pod.fo/e/10d7bd"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">‎</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://pod.fo/e/f79e2">https://pod.fo