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Non-Surgical Voice Repair: What is the role of the natural herbs and homeopathic remedies in this ordeal?

There have been more and more requests I have been getting about how to obtain herbal and homeopathic remedies, which (preferably, in an instant) will “fix the voice”. Majority of the voice problem sufferers were told by their ENT specialists that they have acid reflux or some form of muscle tension dysphonia. In some cases, they were right. But in some cases, they were completely incorrect. But even if they were correct, they still had nothing to offer to their distraught and disillusioned patients. The patients, of course, were prescribed some medications like Gaviscon or Zentax, (not to mention medications for relaxation..?), but after a while of taking the prescribed medications, their vocal (and now, even emotional and psychological problem) still remained the same or had become even worse. After a year or two of this ordeal, they have gotten quite disappointed and discouraged by the incompetence of their medical professionals. However, even after al

Vocal Disorder: Some people, as it appears to be, love having it?

It sounds completely absurd, doesn’t it? Believe it or not, in some cases, it is completely true. At first, when the person gets diagnosed with any kind of voice problems , they become devastated, then frustrated; after that, depressed and then, believe it or not, they get used to it and, in some cases, they truly embrace it. They have no other choice, you may exclaim! Yes, partially you are right, my reader.   They have to embrace it and get into balance to be able to deal with their voice issues accordingly and promptly. However, a lot of people, after conducting a short search, give up on getting better and soon give up on even claiming their life back.   Moreover, they discover support groups where they get “support”, but not how to fix their voice problem, but how to learn to live with it; and yes, “love” it. So now, they are caught in a catch 22 situation, so to speak. They have found, so called support, from group members. They also seem to

Niagara Falls "Legends" in Concert Overview.

My Husband and I attended yesterday (October the 4 th ) Legends in Concert in Niagara Falls and really enjoyed it and loved it.  It was very well staged; in general, the performers were very look-alike to the original artists and also sounded quite close to the original acts. The absolute best, in my professional and personal opinion, was Tina Turner’s look-alike and actually, in my professional opinion, she was sounding better then the original Tina Turner.  As a Master Vocal Coach and Voice Repair Specialist with over 40 years of experience; teaching, consulting and repairing voices, I should say, that even I, could not improve anything in that act, singing or otherwise. Way to go Cookie Watkins ! As for the person that I could have truly professionally helped, especially with the high range and a better pitch, would be the Roy Orbison impersonator, Brian McCullough . In my professional opinion, his voice was quite low positioned while singing, and that sug

Vocal GPS… How useful can it be to arrive safely and promptly to your destination?

 Set your Destination!  “Drive” to it. Arrive and save your route in memory for future reference! What do you mean by “Vocal GPS”, you, my reader, may ask? What I mean is that, first and foremost, you have to establish a frame of reference of how to make your voice work upon design and inner-command.  Recently, I received a singing client who happened to be very talented and even possesses absolute pitch, (perfect pitch). Being a musician since an early age, playing a few different instruments, it was an absolute pleasure to start a Private Master Vocal Coaching Session with him. However and evidently, his singing and, for that mater, speaking voice , does require a lot of work. Being in his late 30’s, he adapted a lot of bad habits on his own and with “help” of his previous teachers. I told him that if I had compared his singing to a puzzle, then his puzzle would consist of a head of a cat, body of a snake and the tale of a dog (of course, figuratively