Written by Diana Yampolsky
I've been teaching, consulting and recording
vocalists for close to four decades. I've
also been conducting group
vocal interactive workshops
and seminars for the longest time. It is
extremely interesting to watch and
experience the changes with each generation.
What was happening before is the history.
What is happening today is the reality. And
today's reality is very confusing and at
times, disheartening.
On one hand, the people are much more
advanced now than they've ever been. In what
sense you may ask? Definitely
technologically. Also quite definitely,
intellectually, as the technology gives them
access to much wider venues than they could
ever dream of before. Yet, physically, it's
another story.
The
Vocal Science(TM)
method, which I advocate for quite a few
years, requires an integration and synergy
between metal, physical, emotional and vocal
state. Unless all of those components are
working in compliance with each other, the
mechanism required for the voice to work in
its fullest capacity possible, cannot be
launched. In the majority of cases, the
physical component is just not present.
How could it be so, you, the reader, might
be wondering? The fact of the matter is that
the people are not physical anymore. They
spend too much time at their innovative
electronic gadgets and not enough time
embarking on any physical activities. Purely
and simply, they cannot "walk and chew the
gum at the same time" and thus, I should
say, they cannot "carry a tune in a bucket".
The balance and coordination are just not
present. Therefore, the physicality of the
sound cannot be enforced or can be, but with
great difficulty. In other words, the
people's physical body is at least five
levels below their intellectual capacities.
It is sad, but it is the reality today.
Every day it is harder and harder to make
people physically apply the
vocal techniques
they're taught. Their untuned physical
bodies are simply not allowing them to
prosper.
Where are we all going with the advanced
technology, I don't profess to know. But my
wild guess is that we're not going to the
new heights with our health and overall
prosperity and definitely not vocally.
