Conducting voice repairs for so many years, I have never seen so many people who not only had their voice compromised, but also their whole life (their mental and emotional state), appear to be quite challenged. Some of them, of course, were more stable and more present then others.
Those ... Views: 701
Not only a great amount of people are losing voices these days, but also a lot of them are experiencing severe pain in their throats.
Before, we had complaints, primarily from singers; but more and more, just regular people (speakers) are complaining on extreme discomfort in their vocal box ... Views: 735
Due to this digital and very chemically polluted world, we are receiving more and more inquiries about various vocal disorders which people experience on a day by day basis.
Our fruits and vegetables are chemically altered and our chickens (for example) are double-sized, due to be fed and ... Views: 786
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 ... Views: 831
Lately, I have been attending to more and more voice disorders of all types and kinds.
Majority of them have had similar symptoms, but, needless to say, not necessarily the similar causes.
The symptoms usually consist of hoarseness, sore throat, pain while talking and/or singing, burning ... Views: 1548
Lately, I have more and more inquiries about almost all kinds of growth on the vocal folds (vocal cords). The most “popular” inquiry is about vocal polyps. Over the years, I, non-surgically, have treated all kinds of unpleasant vocal disorders, and I have to say that the polyps are the most ... Views: 2453
Lately, I've noticed that my business is starting to consist of almost 90% of voice repair clients (speakers and singers.)
In fact, more and more, I am getting inquiries from people who have problems with their voice, and some of them more severe than others.
Many of them ruined it due to ... Views: 1935
Evidently, and independently of age, social background or education, the majority of people like to sing, some of them recreationally, but a lot of them have dreams of one day becoming a professional singer/performer.
Some people think; how hard could that be?? Let’s just open the mouth and ... Views: 2123
While talking to one of my European clients the other day, who has been diagnosed with quite serious vocal injuries, I found out that he went to one of the most renowned voice institutes in Europe where they promised that they will fix everything non-surgically, and after that he will sing and ... Views: 1683
The answer to that question, luckily, would be no, not always.
Sometimes, people using their speaking and their singing voices in the not exactly safe and correct manner. In fact, the misuse of the human voice begins from the lower drowned position of the voice, which also results in a lower ... Views: 1390
Over almost three decades of the existence of my vocal school, I had in my possession, estimated, close to 20 000 students to date, and that not to count numerous workshops and seminars I've conducted around the world.
My "claim to fame" for all these years has been: Beginner to pro-singer ... Views: 2497
It never ceases to amaze me when people are only talking about the actual songs, i.e. how good they are, how original they are, how well produced they are and how catchy they are...
Very rarely, you hear the comments about the singer, for example praising him/her about the strong vocals, ... Views: 1935
Nowadays, my practice consists of at least 85-90% of Non-Surgical voice repair clients.
It is unfortunate, but it is a fact.
One of the reasons is that people, overall, are getting to be not as healthy as they used to be.
Our earth is deeply polluted and respectively, the food we eat and ... Views: 1137
This blog is my point of view on my non-surgical voice repair clients, who lately, I have no lack of...
Yes, more and more people are approaching me with various voice disorders (speakers and singers).
Some of them have tried everything and have been suffering for years.
That category ... Views: 1133
With respect of the voice disorders and voice problems, the symptoms are pretty much similar - the hoarseness, the difficulty to speak and/or to sing, raspy-ness, cracking and spasming voice, mucous-y and crackling voice and thus, unclear enunciation and pronunciation and sometimes a very muddy, ... Views: 1033
Just several days ago, I celebrated the 29th anniversary of what once was called, The Royans School for the Musical Performing Arts.
In 1987, the school changed its name and profile and became the world renowned, The Royans Professional Vocal School, specializing in singing, speech and voice ... Views: 1337
The social skills psychology.
In part 1 of the same titled blog, we were talking more about the voice as a tool for a successful communication and its application for a successful interview for the future desirable employment.
Outside of the voice, the potential employee needs to know ... Views: 974
Lately, I guess due to the recession, and the market of the employers and certainly not employees, I attend to people, who are very unhappy professionally and otherwise, and desperately looking for desirable employment, but failing over and over numerous of interviews.
There are several ... Views: 980