Dear Listers,
Thank goodness for Lloyd and Rodge for the sensiblities on this ice cream nonsense! I have not posted to the list for a while, as there's been nothing or any interest being circulated (to my mind at least) but now here's a point of fact that needs to be dealt with.
As Lloyd so rightly said, the cords do not come into contact with milk, lemons, banoffie pie; whatever, unless you're eating too quickly and choke! Of course we all know that milk can make the cords feel gloopy, but the fact is, that nine times out of ten, it's going to be in your head: you think you're feeling gloopy rather than actually are. I'm not saying that's not so for some people, it's just that so many singers these days try to avoid so much of which they consider detrimental to their vocal health, when in reality they'd probably be ok, that they may as well be hermits and live in Rodges polythene bubble!!
Of course you must look after your voice and your physical well being, but do not pamper it! It's a fact that a damaged voice will sometimes be weaker when repaired than it's healthier brother, but it's quite difficult to damage your voice in anycase. It stands to common sense reason that you wouldn't want to stand in a sand storm before singing Traviata, 'coz you probably wouldn't give of your best!! My niece, who had a beautiful mezzo contralto voice, decided when she went to music college, she was a high mezzo, and consequently with singing in the wrong tessitura, and having given up dairy products as they made her voice gloopy,now sounds like a banshee coming out of Hell! This is a point in fact: she is blaming dairy products on her rotten singing, and not facing facts that it's actually her technique that's at fault!!
It's also not a good idea to suggest other things that singers/listers should or should not drink. Personally, I loathe water and won't touch it. I would rather have a pint of beer!! I also love orange juice, but if I drink that, I am as husky as Hell, so no go there! Milk and chocolate have no effect on my singing at all; I can happily eat a bar of choc and sing like an angel!! Lol! We're just different that's all, and that's what makes this whole subject so fascinating. So come on everybody, stop being so precious. That's all it is really! Not meant to offend, but singers being precious is almost as bad as being too politically correct!!
Best wishes,
Ian Voice technician. Bromley, Kent, England
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