From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017030700352789397-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Hey, blow your throath out if you want.  I don't care ( much ).   
      
   I do no such thing, and never have. I intend to keep my voice, and my   
   hearing. I'm very careful about working the mic and letting the amps do the   
   work where power is concerned, and I'm not a screamer either.   
      
   > For us, since we have to sing as our " day " job, taking care of our vocal   
   > chords is just the sensible thing to do.  So no songs that are way out of   
   > our ranges.   
      
   I pick covers that are in my range, and I write tunes to be in my range, and   
   if I sometimes have to 'stretch', up or down, whether for a cover or an   
   Original, I work on it until I can. If someone suggests a song and I can't   
   'stretch' far enough, I'll 'shelve' it until I can...but then that's a   
   lifelong attitude necessary for my survival starting on day one, I even   
   wrote a song about it on the Ignite The Sky album:   
      
   10. All Right (I Will)   
      
   verse1   
   I'll see how this works this way   
   but I don't know if I'll try it out today   
   yes I will and I hope I'll Love it more tonight   
   'cause I've finally got it set and I want to think it's   
      
   all right   
   all right   
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   verse2   
   that's the way it's always been   
   needin' every effort gettin' out or gettin' in   
   but I will no matter how intensely fierce the fight   
   'cause there's no second place and I wanna make it   
      
   all right   
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   bridge1   
   plowing out the path of another day   
   'til it's finally enough to go ahead   
   wishing for a pleasant and better way   
   enduring constant hardship instead   
      
   where others are fearing to tread   
      
   (instrumental)   
      
   bridge2   
   forging ever onward at every chance   
   no matter what the risk or the cost   
   in spite of all the feelings of hesitance   
   at every new bridge to be crossed   
      
   still yet another chance to be lost   
      
   verse3   
   so be it if that's my lot for now   
   but it doesn't have to stay when I discover how   
   and I will 'cause it's time for heavy hearts to be light   
   to be rid of all the pain and finally come to know it's   
      
   all right   
   all right   
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   > I know a lady who had vocal node surgery.  So, no songs in keys where we   
   > can't sing them.  Or screaming over a loud band.  Or anything else that   
   > might permanently damage the voice.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Both Adele and  Elton John had vocal fold surgery for the same kind of   
   problem...it comes from not listening to one's body, the  same way some   
   people have heart attacks, even fatal ones, while shoveling snow.   
   Make it a point not to over-do it and things will be fine, and that   
   includes bringing the point of vocal focus out of the throat, away from the   
   vocal folds, into the  mouth just behind the front teeth, that way dangerous   
   vibration patterns of the vocal folds, the kind that causes them to scuff   
   each other, resulting in nodes over time, can be avoided.   
      
   Overcranking the voice is a lot like overcranking amps - the latter destroys   
   the hearing, and the former destroys the voice.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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