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ENT problems and allergies
Shubh_shinde
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I have tonsils and allergy I feel congestion in in the nose cavity to the soft palate area. I feel different pains inmy vocal cord and the tonsils area. After that I feel sore throat vocal cracks and I loosing my vocal range. So I also have mucus in the nasal cavity and on the vocal cords so my point is all the pressure goes into the vocal cords which therefore causes injury to my vocal folds. Now I am not able to sing at least for 5mins or warmup as well
. Please Ken save me I want to become a great singer.
Note:- i had operated my nose with the surgery called rhinoplasty because I had allergy swelling in nose and deviated nose. And I also have ulcers in the tonsils area due to antibiotics.
. Please Ken save me I want to become a great singer.
Note:- i had operated my nose with the surgery called rhinoplasty because I had allergy swelling in nose and deviated nose. And I also have ulcers in the tonsils area due to antibiotics.
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First off there are a two things that most people can do to improve their singing without taxing their airways and allergy symptoms. I do both of these things. The first is improve your timing. It is a running joke with bands that vocalists have terrible timing. I can attest to this in my own singing and in observation of others singing. Timing does not require your voice to improve and you should take full advantage of the time that you will down to improve your own timing. I personally use a game called OSU to improve my timing. Here is a sample of song that I have recently done: https://bitchute.com/video/MMoSQpE7uwlH/ My timing has improved dramatically using this game and this has helped my singing enormously. Just remember if you missed the note by even and 1/8th then you are likely off pitch. Now for the second thing that I do. Pitch, it is elusive and hard to get right. Experts seems effortless but for me this is enormously difficult. Ken has videos that are helpful and the course has a module, but I have found that in addition to these things working pitch with randomization is really helpful. Here is what I do. I go to this site: https://tonedear.com/ear-training/absolute-perfect-pitch-test I just leave it at the default configuration of C,D,E and then I sing the note that is played randomly. I use pitch analyzer on my phone to see where I am at. It is very difficult at first to hear and then reproduce the pitches it is even more difficult when there are pitches that are out of your range and you have to down octave them correctly to bring them in your range. I do this 5 minutes a day. It is important that you don't make loud sounds just use a LAH vowel and do it very lightly. The key to this is to do it over a long period of time. This is what I do to keep work on my singing now. I won't try again with Ken's exercises until I get my allergies under control.
Ok, here is what I have found about my own allergies. The shots seem to help. They are really not fun as you reach maintenance, but I can definitely feel the improvement between shots. They suggest with the shots that you go for 3 to 5 years. In my case I will not even make it past one year, but I have down something small in my life that I have never done before. I have started opening the windows all of the time. I have also started to use a fan to fully air out my house. This means that I am exposed to the allergies from the outdoors all of the time. This seems to be helping immensely. Just like with the shots it sucked when I first started but now after about 3 months is really starting to pay off. I feel that I will be able to continue this for another year and in that time I should have my allergies under control and be able to start my singing again. Honestly I am hoping sooner, but it's not known and better to keep my expectations low.
Hopefully this can help you from someone who shares your problems.
what helps me during hayfever season is: turmeric (you can just mix the spice into water, or use fresh roots), drink loads of pineapple juice (or eat pineapples), it has some enzymes which help with allergy. i also have a tea made by a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner which is very effective, maybe you have someone in your area, you need it "tailored" to your symptoms. i highly recommend it! also, drink lots of water and avoid alcohol.
oh yeah, and be aware of cross allergies: i am allergic to grasses, and if i eat apple or cherry during the "season", i get a strong reaction (sneazing, watering eyes etc). you can google what cross allergenes there are for your particular issue
hope it helps!
edit: i forgot to mention the neti pot! very good to clear your nose from allergens
Please i need to learn this. And please ask ken sir to make a video on this singer please i have a lot of hopes from KTVA. @HuduVudu
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I know alot of asian dialect uses glottal stops and consonants differently to English so that could also play a part in why he is doing what he is doing.