Lang Voice Studio

I produced, fight-​designed, and acted in «Tower of Joy» — a Game of Thrones fanfilm. During the process of Crowdfunding the project, my director brought up the (very considerable) task of designing accents for our 10 characters, all faithful to the spirit of the World of Ice and Fire and at the same time based on real-​life regional dialects of Great Britain.
Chris Lang is a former castmate of mine, and I reached out to him because he’s as big a geek about dialects and voice work as I am about sword fighting and Game of Thrones. His enthusiasm was no mystery to me, but the depth of his qualifications took even me by surprise.
PRODUCERS (and Actors):
Take my advice, especially if you’re planning a period piece or work of speculative fiction:
HIRE. THIS. MAN.
His pedagogy is flawless, his work ethic relentless, his humor unflappably pleasant, and his methods yield the results he promises.
Ned Stark and his Northmen squared off against the Kingsguard at the foot of the Tower of Joy, astride the Red Mountains of Dorne. All the actors were North-​American, and you’d never know from hearing them speak.
Superb. Worth every farthing.

As an actor, I have always had reservations when it comes to using an accent. If I can’t pull it off convincingly, I really don’t even want to try. There’s nothing worse than a poor accent. Recently I worked on a project that required a regional British accent. Lucky for me the production hired the intrepid dialect coach Chris Lang. He immediately put me at ease. Chris took the time to work through each word in my dialogue until I had the accent down. We used Skype which was very convenient for me considering I have my one year old son that I take care of during the day. During our video chats, Chris would actually show me what my mouth should be doing at any given moment to achieve the perfect dialect. He gives you plenty of references and recordings to build you confidence in the dialect you’re learning. It was a pleasure working with him and I will definitely seek him out in the future if I book another job that requires a specific dialect.

Chis Lang helped me get rid of my Spanish accent, polish my standard English with his extensive knowledge in all things voice and speech. He is a teacher full of experience, useful exercises and above all extremely talented. He will make sure you get it right! By far the best teacher in LA because he teaches out of passion for the arts unlike most teachers in LA teach for money. He is the reason I travel all the way up from San Diego to seek his help.

Chris Lang knows his stuff. I paid $ 400 to take a 5-​week vocal technique class with another teacher/​coach and I learned more in one session with Chris than I did all 5 weeks with the more expensive, more well known coach. Chris is such a gifted, passionate, dynamic teacher. He clearly and immediately identified where my vocal instrument needed to be tuned up, explained the root of the habits and issues I had and exactly what to focus on to strengthen and improve. He explained everything he was teaching in a way I could understand. I have seen him work with a number of other students in the same, personalized, consistent way. I couldn’t ask for more in a vocal coach — I will continue to learn under Chris as long as I can!

I have worked with Chris on multiple occasions. There are few people I trust with my voice, Chris is definitely one. Working with Chris has not only been a healthy and great choice for my vocal chords but my acting has dramatically improved. *Added bonus, I can do my day job (on the phones) and still have a voice when it comes to my performances/​rehearsals at night.

The voice is such an important tool in an actor’s instrument and it is one of the tools that is the toughest to understand exactly how to go about enhancing it. I’ve had different coaches and teachers in the past that didn’t seem to have as clear an understanding and therefore failed in preparing me properly which led to my voice falling short during work. I found that my voice even left something to be desired in my day to day life as I would often be asked to speak up or repeat what I said because I was a notorious mumbler. Working with Chris Lang has changed all of that.
Chris works to find the exact things that are holding you back and then gives you specific exercises you can do on your own to improve. Utilizing those exercises have led to a much more efficient use of my vocal instrument and I have seen the improvements in my day to day life and during performance. He emphasizes the importance of the voice and works with you to help you better understand the different ways you can manipulate your voice to change the sound.
The best thing about Chris is how personable he is. He’s a coach that has your back and is willing to push you to get what you want out of your voice. I am going to continue utilizing his services and I recommend any other actors or actresses to do the same.

I have had multiple voice coaches in the past, both in and out of school to help me with different dialects for theatre and film. Working with Chris Lang was by far the best experience I’ve had so far.
He takes the time to make sure you understand the important things that go into having a truly great accent. He worked with me on things like tongue placement, front of mouth and back of mouth sounds as well as the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). I had studied IPA in school but never understood it’s real importance in dialect work until I worked with Chris.
So if youre looking for a voice and dialect coach or teacher then you have found a great one. I really can’t recommend his help enough.