How My Regenerative Voice Programme Came To Be

I always sang and sang strongly from a very early age. I had no hint of vocal problems and then, following a particularly long stretch of vocal practice; I was learning some big opera arias at the time; I noticed some tightness in the throat. The sound was unaffected and I didn’t set any store by it. A little after that I noticed that I started to lose some volume in my singing voice and that I was mostly singing in falsetto. Not that I really knew what that meant at the time. Still, I didn’t really worry about it. Never having any vocal problems I had no concept of troubles in that area. I certainly didn’t stop singing either. On I went. It first became plain that there were serious problems when I sang one day and a wobble had crept into my voice; a wide vibrato which appeared in the sound, coupled with a sore throat. This was the swan song of my voice and soon after that my speaking voice went sharply downhill within days. I was singing strongly (and badly) for 2-3 hours each evening and speaking all day for work. It was no wonder that I developed voice problems.

I went to see my doctor and described the symptoms; he signed me off work for 2 weeks and told me to be silent. So what happened to my ‘indestructible’ voice? Not only was I struck dumb physically, but emotionally I was crushed too.

I was a natural singer and started to sing in earnest from age 11. I had bought a Barbra Streisand album with my pocket money and fell in love with it. I quickly picked up on the words from repeated plays and learned the tunes too. I absorbed it effortlessly because I loved it so much. I loved Barbra’s graceful musicality and beautiful tone; they went straight to the heart. Very soon I started to sing the songs each day and my parents were struck at my vocal development at such a young age. These are my earliest memories of singing. My true communication and expression started here at age 11. Before then I sang Chrissie Hind songs in the playground on request. I did a fair impression of Chrissie for a little kid! But it was with Streisand’s album that I started to express ‘myself’ through music. There was no imitation; it was me coming through the medium of music.

Through a long period of searching for vocal exercises that would repair, regenerate and strengthen the voice; following lots of work and patience I rebuilt my voice pretty much from scratch. And from those exercises I took the fundamentals, stripped them down to the basics and developed this easy to follow system that can be used by speakers to bring their voices back to life.

It can help you increase volume without straining; relieve soreness; dryness and hoarseness. It will allow you to be able to speak for long periods without discomfort. The benefits and knock on effects are that it will help you convey a clear message and make a better impression on your listeners.

My vocal issues and subsequent rehabilitation and restoration is the reason why this audio programme has come into being, but it is the expression of the self that comes through the voice that gives the work validity. I have designed it for the spoken voice, but it can easily be adapted for singers alike. I always say, voice is voice. Producing sound through the vocal cords is an extension of you and keeping your voice for your lifetime is of prime importance. Because throughout those 2 weeks when I was signed off work, wondering whether my voice would ever return, I realised how precious this instrument is. As Earl Nightingale articulated, we place little value on things that we are given free. We only attach value to the things we pay money for. The truth is that you can always replace the things you buy. You can’t replace the things you get free. Your voice is precious and the only one you’ve got. It makes sense to look after it, nurture it and allow it to grow allowing the true potential of the voice to shine through.

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