Regaining Voice After Time Off From Singing
I have had many singers come to me wondering if it was possible to get their voices back after not singing much... sometimes not performing for years. In short... unless you have some organic damage or disease, and most of the time even then... you can indeed recover your voice. Whether it's been a few weeks, months or even years, with proper training you could end up with more vocal ability than you ever had!
CASE STUDIES (these are some of my actual experiences with clients)
I up my hydration, nutrition, sleep and exercise, and try to limit stress... sometimes limiting my work schedule.
**** Do my own vocal exercises!
Even when demonstrate vocal exercises for my students, they do most of the vocalizing. My own voice needs to do full sets of various scales and exercises. Sometimes I find I need to exercise longer if the pollen count is high or if I'm feeling a bit sluggish or notice any thickness in my cords.
**** Sing full voice! I find it imperative to sing at full volume at least as long as my gig... preferably twice as long. I do this every day at least 4 days and preferably two weeks before my gig.
Fyi, you can, of course, take Power, Path & Performance vocal lessons in person with me. You can also train with my vocal training courses, which are highly effective and are a way you can train your voice every day.
Now I'd love to hear from you... what experiences have you had with regaining your vocal ability after time off? What makes you think you may have "lost it"?
CASE STUDIES (these are some of my actual experiences with clients)
- A young country artist abused his voice terribly until he lost it... and his career. He didn't perform hardly at all for four years, then felt the renewed passion to see if it was possible. After some intensive re-training, he's now back on the road with a great new- and vocally incredible- album.
- A veteran gospel singer and recording artist had stopped singing due to such vocal strain that one of her vocal cords had a degree of paralysis. After re-training, she joyfully sings whenever she wants, both in live performance and in studio, and now teaches others what she has learned.
- An actress and singer came to me after being told that she was too old to sing well anymore. After one Power, Path & Performance lesson, she was hitting her highest notes with as much ease as she ever had!
- A middle aged rock singer came to me with a tight, thin, uncontrolled screaming voice that didn't make his throat feel very good and wasn't pleasant to hear. He has now successfully recorded several songs, is regularly playing out and has an incredible, controlled and emotionally compelling vocal delivery.
- And the last case study is about my own voice. I don't perform live regularly, though I teach and sing in the studio all the time. I find that I have to do the following things to be in my best voice for live concert. (Recording artists resting between tours or needing to get back into the studio... take special note) --
I up my hydration, nutrition, sleep and exercise, and try to limit stress... sometimes limiting my work schedule.
**** Do my own vocal exercises!
Even when demonstrate vocal exercises for my students, they do most of the vocalizing. My own voice needs to do full sets of various scales and exercises. Sometimes I find I need to exercise longer if the pollen count is high or if I'm feeling a bit sluggish or notice any thickness in my cords.
**** Sing full voice! I find it imperative to sing at full volume at least as long as my gig... preferably twice as long. I do this every day at least 4 days and preferably two weeks before my gig.
Fyi, you can, of course, take Power, Path & Performance vocal lessons in person with me. You can also train with my vocal training courses, which are highly effective and are a way you can train your voice every day.
Now I'd love to hear from you... what experiences have you had with regaining your vocal ability after time off? What makes you think you may have "lost it"?
Labels: "judy rodman", "Power Path and Performance", recovering voice, regaining voice
7 Comments :
At April 14, 2010 at 1:43 PM ,
LA said...
Too old to sing well any more? How horrible! I'm glad she came to you.
I enjoyed reading these stories. They were all interesting. (As an aside, the format was helpful too; I like the way you indented them.)
I think it would be rather sad to have loved singing so much and then think maybe you won't be able to as well any more, just because you've been away from it for a while. Thanks for the hopeful post.
At April 30, 2010 at 6:34 AM ,
Unknown said...
Great newsletter Judy. I need to get back training again soon and am moving back closer to you again, so Ill be in touch :) Ryan B.
At March 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Dear Judy,
I used to sing in various rock bands/folk groups, and then decided to focus more on learning proper vocal technique(s)from someone who has since passed away. My life was recently under too much stress, so my voice has really suffered these affects. I will try to learn more from your helpful instructions. You really seem to make good sense of the issues that singers are faced with.
Kind regards,
Phil Vier
At March 3, 2011 at 7:15 PM ,
Phil Vier said...
Dear Judy,
After reading about your wonderful career and helpful insights, I am ready to re-ignight the vocal power I believe I still have! BTW, B.J. Thomas has always been a vocal idol of mine, and he is still going strong!
Sincerely,
Phil Vier
Ridgewood, New Jersey
At March 4, 2011 at 2:33 PM ,
Unknown said...
LA... so glad you liked reading this and for the helpful feedback on the format! You are such a pro:)
RYAN! Glad to hear from you again. I'm hear when ya need me. Take care... J
At March 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM ,
Unknown said...
Dear Phil... thanks so much for your thoughts. Interesting that when a life has stress in it, sounding the voice can really free the soul. Glad you're still singing; glad that I can be of service. Please keep in touch and let me know what you'd like to know about the voice.
At July 14, 2016 at 8:36 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Wow!!! Thank You for this... Yes.. I haven't sung for months and there will be an upcoming concert and I didn't join the rehearsals because I was to busy with my schoolworks. I didn't sang anymore because my mother wants me to focus studying... So this is a really great help for me... To recover and regain my voice.. Thnak you and God Bless ..
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