More Bad News for Rolando Villazon

It was announced last week that Rolando Villazon will have surgery to remove a cyst from his vocal cords. This is sad news, indeed. But we went over this a month or two back. There really is no such thing as singing too much, the problem comes from not being...

Response from previous post

Michael,WOW! This advice was so absolutely SPOT ON! This is working beautifully for me. Thank God for you, because I rehearsed with my son several days ago and he said my voice sounded great! I’m amazed. The advice about my throat staying open was so valuable...

Question about “quavering voice”

I used to sing weekly and practice daily in my job. But I resigned and for about 5 years haven’t used my voice much. I’m trying to get it back in shape to sing 2 songs at a friend’s wedding. I’m a soprano and I’m 54 years old. In one of...

Another Breathing Question

I am a very dedicated 17 year old vocalist living in Westchester, NY. Some background info- I’ve been singing seriously for about a year and a half now. I sing classically and r&b style. I’ve performed at many venues, mainly pro bono, to increase my...

A question about the “ng” hum

I am from Argentina and have a technical question, How can I achieve the “ng” position for the tongue? I don’t understand the position for the word hang or sing. Is it the position for the tongue in the “n” consonant? In the “n” consonant I can’t see the...

Reader response to last post

My question is: why is this sort of “non-singing” taking the place of real singing? One hears maybe a few “pretty voices” but not a real voice, not a voice filled with real emotion (most have no emotion to their singing at all, this singer you...