Mouth Noise - Ugh!

Larry Maizlish · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 18:54 (GMT) Post subject: Mouth Noise - Ugh!

Hi everyone! So how do you get rid of all those mouth "squishy" noises and such. Some "clicks" but more of the squishy noises. They are a pain in the....mouth, so to speak. These things can really bug me at times.

Also, who has the great method of not getting every breath sound recorded? I have listened to some vo's live and you could hardly hear their breath. My mike picks up everything and on top of that I probably breath too loud anyway.

Thanks! stumm

Debbie Deutsch · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 18:59 (GMT) Post subject:

Chew on green apples to reduce mouth noises....lots of water, no dairy.
Good Luck! Wink

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:06 (GMT) Post subject:

for mouth noises.....particularly swoosh the water around over the front of your teeth. Swish it around in your mouth and then swish it up under your lips and around your teeth. most clicks and squishies come from the dryness on your inner lip and teeth....air bubbles get trapped in there and certain mouth formations break the seal between lips and teeth making the bubbles pop and squish.

Debbie Deutsch · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:37 (GMT) Post subject:

Tom G, you are amazing with your descriptive visual pictures of mouth noises! I never thought of it that way...wow...
Are you a teacher?? anatomy perhaps?
Good going...really Debbie D.

George Karnes · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:42 (GMT) Post subject:

Well you should see him in person.

These little bubbles keep floating out of his mouth, coming from the dry pockets between his inner lip and teeth. They have flashing banner ads on them that say "will voice for food".

POP POP POP

Rick Scaffe · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:45 (GMT) Post subject:

Man, Tom. That mouth description makes me wanna puke! Is that what's going on in my mouth?

tod

R

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:48 (GMT) Post subject:

Debbie.....thank you.....you owe me for a new keyboard....you made me power blast my coffee all over the place! let this be lesson one to all....I said swish around in your mouth....not power blast out of it! hahahahahaha
Debbie.....I have a very bad habit I picked up years ago. I can be very annoying when I explain things....I'm so concerned about being misunderstood...or someone not catching the full gravity of what I am saying, that I will say the same thing 3...4...5 different ways....sometimes using different examples, so that my meaning is clear......my wife gets aggravated sometimes.....she'll just say....I got it! can you move along with your story? or something to that affect. hahahahaha...of course she laughs, because she knows what I'm doing. But your lucky I didn't launch into 5 different descriptions of mouth washing. hahahahahahaha Thanks for the compliment tho.

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:50 (GMT) Post subject:

hahahahahaha....you guys are killing me here. George! In Vegas you promised you wouldn't tell anyone about my mouth bubble problem! hahahahahahaha

Larry Maizlish · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 19:50 (GMT) Post subject:

Michelle Ann Dunphy · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 20:14 (GMT) Post subject:

I keep Altoid Sours in the booth with me at all times. Smile

I've also heard good things about apple juice helping.

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 20:20 (GMT) Post subject:

I can't use anything sour or that has citric acid in it....those things cause my saliva glands to go into overdrive, then I have the opposite problem....too much saliva.

Debbie Deutsch · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 20:27 (GMT) Post subject:

No, just have slices of apples nearby, and munch on them during an audition, if needed. They dry up your mouth.

Chris Heier · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007, 22:54 (GMT) Post subject:

I was told that green apples was the thing to have before VO sessions, not because of the acidity, but both the pectin in the apple and the moisture, but primarily the pectin helped out with getting you ready for your reads.

Larry Maizlish · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007, 00:11 (GMT) Post subject:

So are the problem sounds because of a mouth that is too dry or too wet?

I see apples and Altiods mentioned. Do they dry the mouth or moisten the mouth?

Thanks from a mostly normal sounding, but sometimes squishy sounding voice.

Cira Larkin - Studio 53 · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007, 02:07 (GMT) Post subject:

TUMS! They work great for mouth noises.
Plus, they're a good source of calcium (hey! I should do commercials!)

Sooooo---In case anyone noticed, I've been absent from the Forum, busy and happily voicing away. Not like you unemployed slugs who have nothing to do but hang out here all day. löl

I jest. Catch up with you all later!