The invisible audience that controls your voice — why you’re not the same person with everyone

Do you change your voice depending on who you’re talking to?
Of course you do — we all do.

In this very scrappy Saturday video, I explore how our voices shift depending on who we imagine our audience to be — and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I ramble through:

Why we unconsciously change our voice in different contexts
The battle between being “presentable” and being “real”
How our imagined audience shapes our self-expression
The clown lesson that changed how I think about performing
Why “casting your audience” might be one of the most freeing exercises

🎭 I’m Alex Owen-Hill — a voice coach, performer, and researcher exploring voice, authenticity, and neurodivergence.

If you like messy, honest, and slightly-too-long videos about being human and finding your authentic voice — subscribe, or don’t. (I said the thing.)

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 – A messy start (again)
00:35 – Do we change our voice depending on who we talk to?
01:40 – Performer mode vs. real mode
03:10 – The YouTube algorithm and the “presentable” self
05:00 – The audience changes us as much as we change them
06:00 – What clown school taught me about losing fun
07:30 – Making noise, being noisy, and inherited quietness
09:00 – The “casting the audience” exercise
10:30 – Speaking louder anyway (and the world’s worst call-to-action)

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