I’ve been in the voice service business for more than half my life now and I still love it. It’s fun, I learn a lot of new things every day from different industries and I meet interesting people along the way.
I’m a Voiceover Artist, Trainer, Voice & Speech Coach and mother to 3 children. I reside in sunny (and sometimes very wet) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I feel blessed to live in a country among different Asian cultures and languages, so diverse and colourful. I sound like one of my scripts for Malaysian tourism.
I spent my formative years in London, so hot toasted bread (preferably fresh-baked) with lashings of good quality butter is my idea of comfort food. Oh, and a ploughman’s lunch. My balm to soothe away a stressful day is to steep my secret stash of Puer tea leaves and just sip in tranquillity (don’t ask why it’s a secret stash). Being at the mercy of a good massage therapist would be my sublime ending to any day. That rarely happens, of course. But just like every Malaysian, I often have heady affairs with our amazing local food, because we can.
I started VOCAPEDIA, to help improve the way people speak and sound for presentations or public speaking situations – only if they want to of course. It’s not my intention to change the way people speak or make them feel like there’s something wrong with how they sound. But they will learn a thing or two about how confident they can become with some coaching. My hope is that Vocapedia can be a platform where regular people, who once thought they would never get over the debilitating fear of public speaking, can finally stand up and share their brilliant ideas and stories, and at the same time be a source of inspiration to other glossophobics out there.
Kuti Raja Biazid has three decades of experience as a voiceover artist. She has narrated for countless TV and radio commercials, documentaries, corporate videos and interactive voice response systems for a range of industries from government projects to retail, hospitality to travel, both in Malaysia and abroad.
She began her career in an international advertising agency, in account management – managing client’s advertising and marketing briefs and campaigns, keeping tabs on the production and creative development.
Kuti conducts training workshops under the brand name VOCAPEDIA, teaching people how to use their voice so that they can speak with clarity, confidence and conviction. Using Vocapedia’s original training modules, designed by Kuti herself, training sessions will experience plenty of immersive exercises and activities on elocution. Vocapedia also offers personalised 1-to-1 coaching with Kuti herself. Get more information about Vocapedia here.
When a period of adversity struck upon her family, Kuti used her fear and sorrow as fuel, to propel her young family up into a more positive direction. Continuing her education despite her circumstances, she is not only a certified professional trainer but also a licenced master practitioner in NLP.