Saturday, 23 April 2011
Can you "Tilt your larynx..??...it's 'all the rage '...!!!
The latest "scam" to manifest among "singing teachers", in the quest for a lucrative system which can assist the un-enlightened in the process of singing - is "Tilting the Larynx" - and the system is now invading and infecting, like an 'oral cancer', some illustrious music teaching establishments in the U.K., and Scandinavia..yes, you read that correctly ! I couldn't believe it when a young student of singing at one of the foremost London Speech and Drama Schools, asked me what it meant ..and I had to confess I'd never come across the term in a lifetime of singing Professionally, or 38 years of instructing anyone interested in how to achieve "Extended Breathing", which in my experience, is the vital element necessary for successful phonation, and which does not consciously require any disruption of the larynx by actively, physically 'tilting' it. Such a mindless practise in vocal tuition will, in my estimation, guarantee a dearth of proficient singers graduating from voice training establishments which incorporate this "fad"...It is a sad reflection on the state of vocal tuition in the current scene...As far as I'm concerned , this is just another way of ignorant people who do not have a natural singing talent and ability , or the skill to teach others how to use the voice naturally and creatively (because they themselves don't understand the process), but wish to keep their well paid positions in estblishments where managements are often no better informed ... and even sadder, never been able to sing successfully...all simply "grist to the mill".."The King's Speech" continues to have an impact on interest in the "Extended Breathing Routine" which I've been researching and developing most of my life, and was responsible for my miraculous recovery from fire damage to my lungs - it was the most beneficial of 'my accidents'..won't go into the others right now..! Am happily assisting 'my Breathers', without the slightest knowledge of "Larynx Tilting", at International level, and they are all 'making waves on the sea of creative and magical music making'...fabulous..and they're all sublimely proficient in performance ..one only has to be in the audience to be carried away on waves of heavenly vocal sound, in every musical genre ..I'm very proud of them and their indivdual achievements - won by their total dedication to "The ART of Singing", which is simply 'words spoken on a musical tone'..easy as that...which is the real 'secret'...leave the larynx alone pleeease...ha ha ha ...and k..p b.......g ...Happy Spring to you all...
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