My Voice is Back from the Grave

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Hidden in the depths of my blog is my personal journey of vocal damage from acid reflux.  In the past three years I’ve gone from being fine to being told my voice was going to disappear forever to having surgery, almost dieing and surviving organ damage only to have them damage my right vocal cord.  [...]

Will I Sing Again in 2010?

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So here’s the cliff notes version of my last year: I went to the ENT with a bruised eardrum from a gig and was told acid reflux was about to burn my vocal cords at the stake (fall ’08). After all other treatments failed, I had a surgery for acid reflux last December. My stomach [...]

Top 10 Ways to Care for Your Singing Voice

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We’ve all seen them.  The new artists that start out so promising.  You hear the buzz.  You wait for them to tour in your area.  You go to see the show and then reality sets in; they don’t sound at all like you expected them to.  In fact, sometimes they’re just… really, really bad.  (I’m [...]

Swimming Pools, Movie Stars and Another Trip to the Doctor

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My fellow SLS instructors agree it’s time to get a real pro to weigh in on the vocal pain I’ve been having. And I couldn’t ask for a bigger pro than the doctor Nassari who has helped a multitude of million dollar voices.

The Scariest Things for Your Voice

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Happy Halloween! I love this time of year, with all the decorations and costumes. I realized this year that I’ve outgrown the really scary movies, though. After having gone through some very real scares in life, they’ve lost their entertaining edge for me. In the same way, there are things as a vocalists I’ve found [...]

The Voice Coach Has Vocal Damage

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‘m a vocal instructor.  A big proponent of healthy vocal technique who’s been standing on the soap box of vocal care for years.  I’m also an avid talker by nature.  Anyone who knows me would give you the big eyed major head nod on that one.  So the irony of this is so not lost [...]