PITCH One technical thing to listen for when working out an impression is the pitch of the voice. This refers to the physical rate of vibration of the sound, whether of a high frequency or [...]
SPEED OF DELIVERY When you are developing a celebrity impression, or any character, one little thing to look at is speed of communication. Not everyone speaks at the same rate, or processes information at the [...]
Last weekend, November 4 & 5, was the last of my scheduled shows at The Acting Center, and it was really terrific; great audiences, great response and a lot of laughs! I began the run [...]
As I am fully immersing myself in the impressionist world, I am discovering that it is a very rich world indeed, with a lot to it. I created the JIMPRESSIONS show in March of this [...]
If a useful definition of acting is “Knowingly taking on another viewpoint”, then the subject of doing impressions is just another facet of acting, because more than anything else, your performance will live or die [...]
Unlike Ocarina players, most impressionists discover their own individual way to perfect their art and do not cleave to a certain, specific method. Ocarina players are dogmatic and inflexible people who, like lemmings, are content [...]
KNOWING YOUR OWN VOICE If you were a Las Vegas building contractor, and someone hired you to put up a huge hotel/casino in a specific location, and you accepted a lot of money upfront and [...]
The following is the Introduction and Chapter One of my new eBook about creating impressions. I hope you enjoy it and share it with others who love to do impressions. INTRODUCTION How tempting it is [...]
Well, my philosophy now certainly contains the concept that, if something is working, do more of THAT. So, I am working on doing MORE performing, and mainly my impressions, since that is what is currently [...]
Well, this has been quite a memorable week! The response generated to my little short, Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices has been overwhelming. After 140 little films generating about 6,000 views total, to have something that [...]