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Geraldine Dayton - Voice Repair (Dysphonia) - London, UK

Hello Diana

Great to hear from you.

I'm doing well and there is a definite improvement in my voice.  I'm doing a bit of practice each day, sometimes get impatient but from working with you, I know it is attainable,  It'll be good to speak to you in a couple of weeks and see what you think.  I'm very glad I bit the bullet and made the investment.

Your blog made me smile and made me think how the British are more reserved and seem only willing to expose themselves when they feel safe.  Funny lot aren't we? 

Love, Geraldine

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Davey Dee - Singer/Songwriter

To Diana,

Nice to hear everything is going well with the studio! I hope everything is great with your family!! I cant deny that you put me on my way;  to be able to sing for hours until I just become too tired! Something I never thought possible however believed if others can do it so can I. It took still a couple more years after seeing you to figure it out to for me I feel as you once said becoming invincible!  Well, I feel like that now with my voice...cant believe it. I told you before I was getting fewer sore throat infections with viruses like colds and Flu...to now in the past couple of years a sore throat is something of the past, which I believe should be also marketed as a benefit...I truly believe people who get sore throats are stuck in their throat constantly putting them under stress and the first exposure of a virus susceptible to infection. I am currently battling a cold but have ZERO throat symptoms to pre-Vocal Science I was the sore throat KING which you so eloquently said I was stuck in my throat! Amazing! Thank you!!!!

I don't know if I would say it took 10 hours...LOL..maybe for some I guess....it is truly like learning how to walk all over again....I guess I feel like, now that I understand more the entire connection.....Amazing how the connection works...of all the moving parts, face, positioning and most important is the diaphragm control...wow that was a very difficult thing to bring in.

Interesting, now that I speak sing just behind my teeth maintaining a constant diaphragmatic pressure..which is now the honing of the technique to master the pressure...like any wind instrument. Anyway...I do want to acknowledge that if it were not for you I would have been going down the wrong path and I will always give credit where credit is due. Thank you.

Thanks again Diana...you were the spark!  No matter how crazy you are..LOL.

xo
 

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James Wilkinson - Singer/Songwriter - Thunder Bay

Hi Diana,

Thanks for getting back to me. The 9 year old does have singing and performing experience. As far as Shy-Anne goes I will pass on the information and your concerns. I do believe she could gain a lot from your teachings and your experience as she is a wonderful performer that needs to be fine tuned, which I believe you would be able to do with her. However I would like you to meet her outside of the workshop environment as I think you two could do wonderful things together.

As far as her students go, they are all accomplished singers in their own right yet many lack the confidence because they have not been taught how to properly structure their breath, their tone and their bodies to produce the sound that you taught me to make. I feel everyone would gain from spending a couple of days with you and at the very least, you would give them some good insight, some valuable lessons and give them an accurate assessment of where they are at now and where they are going.

Truthfully they are all wonderful singers yet you used to always point out to me about not standing straight, not supporting my sound, not breathing correctly and many other things. I have listened to them sing and hear amazing potential in them yet I also see and hear the mistakes I used to make in all of them even Shy-Anne. That is a big part of why I invited these particular people to attend the workshop. I believe in you and your teaching methods and though I have explored other methods for voice training, I still comes back to what you taught me and I get stronger and more confident as I practice that way more...also I believe there are several people you can definitely work with professionally within a short time should you choose to do so.

I believe in you, I believe in them and I believe it will be a good fit for everyone.

Talk to you soon.

James

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Jonathan Arden - Singer/Songwriter

Diana,

I felt compelled to send you an email to touch base, as we haven't communicated in quite
some time. I trust that you've been well, busy and of course successful.

Life for me has taken some major twists and turns within the past year resulting in huge
changes; both on a personal and musical level. I want to firstly apologize for
disappearing off the radars. It wasn't my intention to "vanish" as I had nothing but
amazing experiences working with you (vocally and psychologically). The reason that you
haven't heard from me has to do with major musical, career-oriented and familial issues
that had come up in my life. As you probably recall, I was the singer of my band,
Courtesy Blush - working through Matt Dematteo and Dave Markham to achieve a common
goal... Courtesy Blush is no longer together.

I always wanted to write you and tell you a few things - Firstly Diana, you deserve the
recognition and to realize what an incredible support you were to me during a very
difficult point in my life and development. I always wanted you to know that and take
credit for it and it needed to be said so THANK YOU! You did not deserve my
"disappearance" so I apologize if you were ever wondering or perhaps concerned.

Your method of coaching me has stuck in my mind like super glue. Although I may need to
start from scratch, (seeing as how it has been so long!) subconsciously I catch myself
breathing different and approaching words/syllables differently. I also have not stopped
bragging about your instruction to people I meet  who are involved in the industry.

It would be great to meet up with you sometime to catch up in person for a coffee.
I hope you are great and I look forward to keeping in touch.

Best regards,
Jonathan Arden

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Nadia Theobal - World-Wide Professional Singer/Song writer

Hello Diana,

I just wanted to take a few minutes again to say Thank You for these
classes, your commitment and your generosity.
I am soo happy that i came, i don't regret it one bit. :)
I will be in touch soon because i do plan to take the 10 hours classes that
you have suggested to me. Singing is how i express myself and connect in
this world and i want to keep on doing it forever.

Thank you,
Take care,
Nadia Theobal

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Cindy Gomes - World-Wide Professional Singer/Song writer

Diana Yampolsky is hands down the best vocal coach I have ever had.  Her
vocal technique is like none other.  I have had various vocal coaches around
the globe and none have offered a technique that makes you sound 100% better
without creating any wear and tear on your vocal chords.  I believe if more
singers and anyone in a field where they primarily use their voice were to
utilize this technique ENT doctors would go out of business! Thank you Diana
for your patience and for passing on your wonderful gift of happy healthy
vocals. Your lessons are absolutely priceless!
Cindy Gomez.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

First off I would like to thank you so very much for being so wonderful
throughout the years. The road of an artist is not the easiest one....but
its one heck of an adventure and I've had plenty :)  This past year I have
been performing quite some bit throughout Asia and this May I appeared on
the cover of FHM Singapore's Music Edition as well as a 6 page spread.  I
have also gone to Cannes to perform during the Film Festival and I am also
in Issue #4 of Prestige Magazine France.  I would like to keep sharing with
you all my wild adventures and so I invite you all to check out my new
website http://www.cindygomez.com/and to add me on my Facebook fan page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cindy-Gomez/6232424003 where I am posting all my
latest information.

I am currently working on a new album titled THE SOUND OF FREEDOM where the
theme of the album is Freedom in every sense of the word (freedom of speech,
emotions, the illusion of life...) mainly based on personal events but also
very relevant to what is happening with the world today.  I trust I will
have it ready to release by the end of the year and hope that you will enjoy
it.

Sending you many blessings, light and love,

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Priya Kesavan - Singing student

Dear Diana,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you very much for the VocalScience Group Music Workshop I attended with you this past weekend. I appreciated the chance to focus on expressing myself through music with a group of easygoing fabulous participants, who all were there to elevate their expression through song. I have attended these workshops over 3 years and each time, I notice that I gain a mental clarity, a sense of ease with myself and recovery of my sense of humor, which life sometimes puts to the test! This in addition to regaining a clear voice where I can sing proudly without harming my throat.

Diana, thank you for realigning my molecules in 2 afternoons! With thanks and gratitude.
-Priya

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Charlene Mitchel - Former speaking and singing student

I am now a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and with this, new doors will open, as well as training and networking opportunities. Hope all is well with you and that your success continues to grow.  I am so happy that I found you on the internet over 15 years ago.  By taking your vocal training, it raised my confidence and skill set in singing and speaking! Not only that, I've found new friends, you & Chris. You never know where this next year may go, but I am feeling intuitively, that it will be up, up, up. You will always be recognized as being my lead vocal coach and hopefully I can send you some speaking clients through the association, who want to step up their performance.

Blessings and hello to Chris,
-Charlene

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Matthew Quek - Artist and former student from Singapore (comment on American Idol Part II Blog; American Idol Part II - Stop Fireworks and African Dance Safari PLEASE START SINGING!!!)

I agree wholeheartedly with you Diana! The emphasis on entertainment is not so much on quality of voice and skills now. It is all about sensuality and packaging more than music. That is the way it is here in my country as well, which is why artistes like me who really want to take singing seriously are very frustrated because the media, which of course only concentrates on dollars and cents, ignore artistes like us. I feel like I can never progress here as an artiste and never get anywhere. Wish I could learn from you again soon.

Hi Diana
I see that my "before-after" video is still on your website and I am honored that I was able to learn so much from you within ten hours (two days) to be exact when I last saw you years ago.
I still remember your generous offer to train me and to mold me as an artiste in Canada but truth be told, even since I have gotten married two years ago, the financial burden of being the breadwinner has reigned in heavily on me.
Having been a school teacher for eight over years, and now at the age of 34, I feel that the dream for me to be a vocal artiste is fading fast.
I am still trying my best to apply your technique, given the lack of supervision. I still wish that I could have lessons with you through SKYPE but we both know that you do not use such a mode of teaching.
Even if I were to go back now, your fees would have risen a lot since then and after I finish my lessons with you. I will be left without supervision again.
My point is that if I could have lessons with you from time to time online, at least I can maintain the technique you have taught me. As it is I am trying hard to recapture the moment where I made the breakthrough and it has not been easy. This must be the case for your overseas students as well. Even the best vocal artistes need constant maintenance and without it, they falter. So if Royans is to expand its horizons overseas and over the long term , there must be a plan to constantly keep in touch with Royans "Alumni" like me. If we could be your emissaries to bring your technique under your endorsement overseas, then your technique will truly expand and stand as stark contrast in order to correct the erroneous teaching out there where proper diaphragmatic support and use of the MASK (facial muscles) are simply ignored because they wish to take short cuts. Royans MUST make such a move to and use overseas alumni like me to prevent the propagation of such erroneous teaching techniques. In essence, your technique, which really utilizes the MASK (facial muscles) singing with support is the ONLY WAY to go. So why not spread the gospel of vocal pedagogy through people like me?
Hope to hear from you soon Diana. Thanks!

Matthew Quek

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Austen Renaud - Lead Singer of The Brilliancy - December 2010

Hey Diana,

I've been so busy this past year (as I'm sure you have been too) that I haven't had time to send you an email about what I've been up to.  We (The Brilliancy) are currently finishing up four very well thought out songs with our producer, and are still busy writing new songs in order to truly impress the music industry when it is finally time to be released. We also decided to record a Christmas song this year with some spare time that we've had. I thought you might enjoy to here it and that is why I have attached it in this email. I still practice and think about your techniques every day and even though I have not yet fully mastered them, I have not felt ANY pain from singing in over a year.  Being able to sing without straining my voice is something that I owe all to you and I am grateful every time I open my mouth. P.S. I have even started to use your technique when I cough or sneeze and haven't felt any strain in doing those things ever since!
Hope you enjoy the song !

Thanks again,

Austen

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Milenko Vujosevic - Lead Singer of Lacerda - July 2010

Hey Diana!

Here we are on the road and things are going exceptionally well! We have been selling a great deal of CDs traveling around the country. People are loving it. We sell on average about 150 to 200 CDs a day.

We have also started doing small acoustic sets on the tour that have been going amazingly! Thanks to you my voice is holding up and sounding great. I don't get much sleep and don't get to eat very well but even still my voice is holding up!

There are several record labels and managers on this tour and they have taken a keen interest in us. Particularly one label. They have instructed me not to share any information just yet, but they are following us heavily! So stay tuned for some exciting news. I will be in touch with you and you will be the first to know.

I miss you and am above and beyond grateful to you.

Milenko

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Ruscandra-Maria Saulean -  Accelerated "Vocal Science(TM)" Course - Toronto

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James Wilkinson - Accelerated "Vocal Science(TM)" Course - Toronto

Hi Diana:

My name is James Wilkinson, I was a student of yours in 1990 when you were on Caledonia. I just wanted to say hello and that I am still singing and now I have branched out to becoming a musician as well. I just wanted to say that the brief time we spent together left a lasting impression. I still remember the basic structure for singing you taught me and it still works.
I have some music up on YouTube
youtube.com/jcwilky

Glad you are doing well. It makes my heart happy.

Take care

It was nice to see you are doing well.

James

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Julio Razquin - Accelerated "Vocal Science(TM)" Course - Toronto

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