With podcasts all the rage in recent years, you might be asking yourself whether you’d make a good podcast guest. Or if you frequently appear on podcasts, perhaps you’d like to improve your performance? That’s the focus of voice and singing coach Jeremy Fisher’s new book, Just How Boring Are You?
It’s also the focus of Paul’s latest episode of In a Manner of Speaking, during which he interviews Jeremy and his wife and co-founder of Vocal Process Gillyanne Kayes. Listen to the episode here, or find it on your favorite podcast channel or index.
Renowned singing and voice teachers, coaches, and authors Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher return to the podcast for the December 2024 episode to discuss Jeremy’s new book, Just How Boring Are You?, which examines how one can be a better podcast guest.
Paul, Jeremy, and Gillyanne talk about pitch, tone, pace, passion, the musicality of speech, and many other aspects of podcast interviewing. The discussion, while often specific to the world of podcasts, has implications for public speaking and interviewing in general.
Gillyanne Kayes
Gillyanne and Jeremy, of “Vocal Process,” specialize in vocal technique and performance across many genres. A husband-and-wife team, they combine a deep understanding of the voice that comes from science knowledge, performance practice, and decades of experience. Gillyanne is a voice researcher, pedagogue, and coach, working with numerous artists in theatre, cabaret, and in the recording studio, while Jeremy is a national-prizewinning pianist, performance coach, and vocal educator. For their full bios, visit VocalProcess.co.uk. And to get Jeremy’s new book, go here.
Gillyanne and Jeremy’s recent work includes the Online Learning Lounge, which offers more than 700 videos and vocal training resources for voice professionals. They are the authors of 12 books (five of them Amazon #1 bestsellers, including This Is A Voice (Wellcome Trust), Why Do I Need A Vocal Coach? (Canu Publishing) and Singing and the Actor (Routledge). Their One Minute Voice Warmup app (Android #1 and Apple #3) was featured in the UK’s leading computer magazine. Their podcast, This Is a Voice, is in the top 1 percent of podcasts worldwide, and they have an updated singing teacher accreditation program for 2025.
Paul’s first guests of 2022 are Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher of “Vocal Process,” internationally renowned voice experts specializing in vocal technique and performance in many different genres. A husband-and-wife team, they combine a deep understanding of the voice that comes from science knowledge, performance practice, and decades of experience. The three discuss pitch, specifically the extremes of the human voice as it relates to both speaking and singing.
Jeremy and Gillyanne were first feaured on the podcast in July 2019.
Gillyanne is a voice researcher, pedagogue, and coach, working with numerous artists in theatre, cabaret, and in the recording studio, while Jeremy is a national prizewinning pianist, performance coach and vocal educator. For their full bios, visit VocalProcess.co.uk.
Gillyanne and Jeremy’s recent work includes the new Online Learning Lounge: more than 600 videos and vocal training resources for voice professionals. They are the authors of 10 books (five of them Amazon #1 bestsellers), including This Is A Voice (Wellcome Trust), Why Do I Need A Vocal Coach (Canu Publishing), and Singing and the Actor (Routledge). Their One Minute Voice Warmup app (Android #1 and Apple #3) was featured in the UK’s leading computer magazine. Their podcast, This Is A Voice, is in the top 5 percent of podcasts worldwide, and they have an updated singing teacher Accreditation program and a new merchandise brand for 2022 (Voicenerdz®).
The fair-use audio snippets you hear in this month’s podcast were excerpted from the following YouTube clips:
Paul’s guests for July 2019 are Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher of “Vocal Process,” internationally renowned voice experts specializing in vocal technique and performance in many different genres. A husband-and-wife team, they combine a deep understanding of the voice that comes from science knowledge, performance practice, and decades of experience. The three discuss speaking and singing.
Gillyanne is a voice researcher, pedagogue, and coach, working with numerous artists in theatre, cabaret, and in the recording studio, while Jeremy is a national prizewinning pianist, performance coach and vocal educator. For their full bios, visit VocalProcess.co.uk.
Gillyanne and Jeremy’s recent work includes: This Is A Voice: the book commissioned by the Wellcome Trust on speaking and singing exercises (and beatboxing); The One Minute Voice Warmup app for Android and Apple; the Amazon #1 bestselling ebook How To Sing Legato; and Taking Vocal Technique Into Song, an hour-long, streaming webinar.
The fair-use sound clips you heard in this podcast were: Sweeney Todd, written by Stephen Sondheim and John Logan, directed by Tim Burton, copyright DreamWorks / Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation / The Zanuck Company; and Speaking in Tongues 3, by Sheila Chandra, copyright Sheila Chandra and Real World Records. The Kathy Jensen laughing transcription can be found at YouTube.
With podcasts all the rage in recent years, you might be asking yourself whether you’d make a good podcast guest. Or if you frequently appear on podcasts, perhaps you’d like to improve your performance? That’s the focus of voice and singing coach Jeremy Fisher’s new book, Just How Boring Are You? 
