Many people wonder about this when I work with them.  The good news is that 98 percent of the people I meet don’t have any major issues.  Most issues are small and with minor tweaking can sound great.

Below I talk about why our voices bother us, I talk about the art of the pause, and the idea of playing with the volume and pitch for effect.

 

Worries:

Check out this recent story from The Washington Post .  This is an example of what people worry about:

Study: Women with creaky voices
— also known as ‘vocal fry’ — deemed less hireable

 

This guy does a great job of describing and showing what vocal fry is:

Jump forward to 1:38 to see and hear the example