Vocally Speaking – If You Own The Car, You Probably Will Guess That Topping Up The Fluids, Will Not Fix Your Car’s Mechanical Problems!
More
and more, I am getting requests to have a video chat (Skype, FaceTime, WeChat
and what have you) with my prospective clients who, on top of it, asking for
some tips on how to fix their speaking and singing voices…?
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Nevertheless,
some of them have pretty serious voice/vocal disorders.
One
of them very recently told me about his excessive acid reflux, which (almost on
the root) ruined his singing voice.
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This is a direct quote from his e-mail:
“2
years ago my voice would crack on low notes, and now today I have some good
days, but still not 100% I went last
month and had my throat looked at. He
said he seen scared tissue, and 2 pin drop nodules at top and bottom of my
vocal cords. Also he said I had a lot of
mucus on my cords.”
“I
am reaching out for any tips you can help out with on full recovery, retraining
the vocal cords to be stable on all notes.”
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So
this person (and any other people for that matter) truly believes that
something serious (as he described), he would be able to fix on his own, shall
he receive the “right tips” how to do it…?
Forgive
me, but it sounds completely and utterly ridiculous to say the least! Comparing
it again with the car problems, I could see that the car mechanic could give
some tips to the driver; like, for example, to try to top up the transmission
fluid or brakes fluid, to temporarily
improve the car performance.
However,
if the engine, brakes or transmission are out of whack, no topped up fluids are
going to fix the actual problem. The car has to be towed to the car mechanic
shop to be assessed, diagnosed and then fixed accordingly.
Needless
to say, IT CANNOT BE DONE REMOTELY!
The
car has to be present in front of the
mechanic, as the student has to be present
in front of me, so I could do assessment and evaluation on his/her voice and
his/her voice performance; run some tests and then, once the problem is
defined, outline the best course of action to rectify it….IN PERSON!
The
person in question (by definition) is NOT a car mechanic; and thus NO TIPS from
the very best mechanic will help him to fix his own car, as he simply does not
have the required knowledge and/or the license to do so.
Ever
since the Internet took over our lives, human beings began to behave like
robots; with no presence of any brains, let alone any form of common sense.
They
think that the Internet could fix all of their problems by just reading about anything
and everything online; take the useless tips from anybody and everybody and then
try something which they are not competent to even embark upon.
Some
of them are, evidently, asking for nothing but trouble!
Our
society in general became very lazy and very laid back, as they think they can
solve all of their problems, wants and needs while not even getting off of the
couch. No doubt, slowly but surely, they are experiencing brain atrophy and
body inadequacy.
Not
enough that their emotions and compassion (not to mention physicality) are also
gone. Some of them LITTERALY “cannot walk and chew gum at the same time”.
The
nature of the Vocal Science technique requires the solid connection between the
mental understanding of the procedure and motor skills reciprocation in order
to discover and uncover their true speaking/singing voice…
Some
of the exercises require the student to walk and combine their walk with certain
body moves, which (in turn) will allow them to understand the movement of the physical
sound in a more tangible form…
I
have been teaching in Toronto for almost 37 years (and 33 of those years in my
own school). Unfortunately, with full-blown technology kicking in, day-by-day,
I have been seeing a great decline of people’s intelligence, intellectuality
and musicality for that matter. They literally have nothing to sing about, as
they are too consumed with texting and e-mailing 24/7.
I
always smile when I hear the Northwood Mortgage commercial.
They
are advocating and advertising their best mortgage rates and invite people to
sing about it (as it is so good that they would want to sing about it). I have
to say that their jingle is actually pretty good and certainly much better then
some music and some singing that I have been hearing on the radio! LOL!
How
sad is that?
Sad
indeed!
People
now are afraid to speak on the phone (let alone in person) or sing.
They
have lost a sense of communication.
Since
they are degrading so rapidly, their music is becoming truly unlistenable. For
many years, I have been working with a lot of singers/songwriters and I have to
say that I used to enjoy at least some of their music in the past years.
Unfortunately,
no more!
No
doubts, our world has gone crazy and is getting crazier, now by the second (in
the not-so-distant past, I used to say, “by the minute”).
I,
however, am praying everyday for the world to get better and for the people to
re-acquire their humanity…
And,
of course… for world peace!
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