Have Problems with the Singing Voice…? Considering Speech Therapy to rectify it?
Please think again!!
Needless to say that, for over four decades of my voice and voice repair business, I have been getting a lot of calls where I was asked if I am a registered speech therapist and if I accept insurance which would cover speech therapy and speech pathology. A majority of those inquirers had already been through numerous conventional ENT doctors and speech therapists.
Nonetheless, according to them and, throughout my observations, they had never achieved any tangible results which they (or me), for that matter, could account for.
Nonetheless, according to them and, throughout my observations, they had never achieved any tangible results which they (or me), for that matter, could account for.
After their quite negative experience, my doomed potential clients decided to look for something else - like an alternative form of speaking and/or singing voice therapy.
However, while trying to embark on the above-mentioned matter (alternative voice therapy), they still desperately were trying to acquire conventional benefits…?
Go figure!
However, while trying to embark on the above-mentioned matter (alternative voice therapy), they still desperately were trying to acquire conventional benefits…?
Go figure!
I usually tell them: “When something does not work, try something else. It might work better”.
But please don’t expect that alternative holistic practitioners, specializing in non-surgical voice repair, will act as if they are conventional therapists accepting all the work benefits… It would be, the least to say, foolish and, needless to say, ridiculous...!
But please don’t expect that alternative holistic practitioners, specializing in non-surgical voice repair, will act as if they are conventional therapists accepting all the work benefits… It would be, the least to say, foolish and, needless to say, ridiculous...!
I also always say that “there is no change without change”. But, my potential clients, evidently, expect exactly that (change… without change). Go figure!
But the most peculiar thing which is happening is that singers, despite of everything, are still on the lookout for conventional speech therapy.
This is mostly due to the fact that they possess some kind of insurance or work benefits ($500 coverage in most cases); and thus, they feel that conventional speech therapists or pathologists (who have never sung a note in their life) will not only "miraculously" fix their speaking voice but, nevertheless, “will teach them how to sing”…?
This is mostly due to the fact that they possess some kind of insurance or work benefits ($500 coverage in most cases); and thus, they feel that conventional speech therapists or pathologists (who have never sung a note in their life) will not only "miraculously" fix their speaking voice but, nevertheless, “will teach them how to sing”…?
Those voice disorder sufferers, evidently, do not realize that in the majority of cases, it’s not about “fixing” just the voice (especially when it comes to singing) - which is, evidently, complete nonsense!!
It is about an adaptation of a new voice application for both the speaking and the singing voice...
It is about an adaptation of a new voice application for both the speaking and the singing voice...
As far as the singing voice is concerned, to make it work in its fullest capacity possible, will definitely require much greater effort from both parties (the singer and the instructor).
In fact, some singers lose their ability to hit high notes due to actually succumbing to vocal cord strain - (pushing and pulling their voice nonstop during their rehearsals and performances; thus potentially drowning their voice in the lower throat position).
In fact, some singers lose their ability to hit high notes due to actually succumbing to vocal cord strain - (pushing and pulling their voice nonstop during their rehearsals and performances; thus potentially drowning their voice in the lower throat position).
The sound is a physical material body and it travels as such.
In other words…, vertical, horizontal, central.
If the sound of the voice takes off below the parameter of the upper facial muscles (the 360-degree radius of the aforementioned circle) then they will never meet...
Also, if the sound is slanted outside of the circle and its central/vertical parameter, it will never reach its aimed projected destination.
Also, if the sound is slanted outside of the circle and its central/vertical parameter, it will never reach its aimed projected destination.
It is like figure skating: When the skater attempts a triple axel or quad but, somehow, ends up taking off “with the ice” under their skates, that will cause the skater to be completely off-centre. The skater ends up “out of the circle” and, no doubt will be unable to complete the jump, which definitely will cause the skater to fall on top of the ice - and thus, quite possibly, even succumb to an injury.
So with all of the above mentioned, please stop thinking of your insurance or benefits you might possess, but think legibly, and try to use at least some common sense and, nevertheless, the simple logic…
On that premise, you will (most likely) achieve your goal:
- A healthy and proper speaking and singing voice!
- And nevertheless, you will achieve the results you were dreaming of and aiming for!
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