Hello John -My funny subject reply ;-) I completely agree with your philosophy of "shoulds" / "can do's" and the one "absolutly never". But I must tell you how astonished I was during rehearsals with Justino Diaz; he smoked at EVERY break (only in his dressing room.... thank God). I was doing a small comprimario role and he complimented my singing so we later went to his dressing room to chat and out came the cigarettes. I had to excuse myself as I'm quite allergic to cigarette smoke. I could'nt believe that voice came out of him after a dozen cigarettes. The air alone in Los Angeles is enough to make you crazy without adding cigarettes to ones environment. It seems some people just have "steel" vocal apparatus although I'm quite positive the smoking most likely has caught up with him and manifest itself in some way ......but who knows. It would certainly be interesting to know if he had any cancer or other disease in the upper respiratory system later in life. Sincerely, Nancy Fontana
--- "John Messmer, M.D." <jjm23@p...> wrote: --- "John Messmer, M.D." <jjm23@p...> wrote: > The subject line is my cute ;-) way of putting > some perspective on the > question of what singers should and should not > do. Since the early days of > the original Vocalist, I remember discussions > on whether singers should do > sit-ups, run, eat one thing or another > (chocolate, etc.), drink various > items (carbonated beverages, e.g.), meditate, > do Pilates or some other body > mechanics, take this or that medication > (hormones, anti-inflamatories, > etc.), see this or that practitioner and on and > on. > > IMHO, there is only one thing a singer should > NEVER do: smoke. > > Other than that, it is all a case by case > determination. If you swim > regularly and have no problems, do it. Drink > carbonated beverages, milk and > eat chocolate before a performance if it > doesn't affect you. I can not > think of anything health-wise that one can say > is always true except that no > one ever should smoke - period. > > John > > John J. Messmer, M.D. > Assistant Professor, Family & Community > Medicine > Penn State College of Medicine
===== Nancy Fontana The Rocky Mountain Woman
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