Don't believe me?  That's fine - keep doing what you do and pay the price. I know I'll get an argument on this issue and that's fine.  YOU do what you do and I'll do what I do. Hopefully YOU won't damage your voice/throat.  Good luck - I hope your remedy works....just don't be surprised if it doesn't.  And if you don't believe me I'll give you my credentials so you know I'm not blowing steam.  Been there, done that. If you want to know, ask.

 

TonyDi

 

Well it IS a freindly chat.  I'm not being harsh...just honest and REAL.  I just am adamant about certain things. There is very little I know a lot about. THIS is one of the few things I DO know a lot about. I just state the facts as I've seen them for the last 50 years I've been doing this.  It's about being credible and having to hear these same old tired remedies that people SWEAR by as being 'good for you' when if fact they are by medical and scientific nature - as well as tried and failed - counter to being good for you. Many of these things give a false sense of security because people who use them say "they work" for them. Well THAT is fine - I just simply said "LUCKY FOR THEM" for whom they do work. Because LUCK is what it's all about. THE BEST thing anyone can do who has throat problems, allergy issues, or any malady relevant to using the voice as an actor OR as a singer even more importantly, is to seek MEDICAL help and not some "remedy" which rarely works aside from providing psychomatic relief when the biology contradicts it entirely.  I MAY have sounded harsh in  this regard.  I meant no disrespect to anyone but I have NO problems stepping on toes if that's what it takes to impart (NOT IMPOSE but IMPART) what I DO know about and have learned in the 50 years of doing this that I possess.  I've consulted with doctors, speech therapists and ENT specialists - and they all have, in some fashion, corroborated what I've learned and I just pass it along for anyone's edification willing to believe me when I say it.  I'm not a pussyfooter.  I tell it like it is without sugar coating...sorry about that.  BUT I think most people here who have seen what I post from time to time have come to understand that when I DO have something to say, I usually don't say it lightly or throw it out there if I DON'T know it to be truthful.

 

So I apologize to anyone who thought I was being harsh or pushy. I simply said, if you don't believe me, then continue to do what you do (most people WILL anyway) and I can calculate the statistics from that bit of knowledge.  So sorry you or anyone took it as harsh.  It's just the facts as I've learned them from the experts (not me) and from being into it for nearly my whole life.

 

TonyDi