How to PROTECT your SINGING VOICE w/Vocal Coach (8 Signs of vocal damage)

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Let's start the new year with the importance of VOCAL HEALTH! For years I've wanted to create a video to help singers and speakers protect and SAVE our voices from vocal damage and I hope this video will help us to understand the signs and take action! If we know the signs of vocal damage, we can fix these problems and protect our voices so we can continue to impact the world with our precious gift.

Eight Signs you are DAMAGING Your Voice:
8. Hoarseness after singing or speaking 00:16
7. Your voice gets tired easily 01:08
6. Vibrato gets shaky, and the voice becomes unpredictable 01:58
5. Timbre changes, RASPY voice 03:01
4. Difficulty singing softly 03:43
3. Constant cracking 04:08
2. Difficulty hitting high notes and loss of RANGE 05:03
1. PAIN while singing or speaking 06:30
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[person]

For those that need it:
0:18 hoarse
1:10 tired easily
1:58 shaky vibrato
3:02 timbre changes (Me in the morning lol)
3:44 lack of pianissimo
4:08 constant cracking
5:02 loss of high notes
6:31 PAIN!

[Jbm]

I sang through 3 years of vocal damage in college. 4 years after graduating, my voice is finally healed enough to learn the right way. Y’all don’t let these symptoms go in the wind.

[_Iconic_]

The video hasn't even begin yet, and I already know I'm damaging my voice😭

[BennyVibes]

The biggest thing I did for my vocals was sleep - I went from 5 hours a night to 8-9 hours and it was so much better for me.

[michaelatischler]

These online courses have changed my life as a singer forever! I still do my warmups and workouts and I can sing live for hours through the registers and almost any kind of songs. And - surprise - I developed a better lower register. While everyone else is trying to hit those high notes 😅 Thank you so much for your work Mama ❤

[kevinvillagran]

Not gonna lie, ever since I started studying operatic singing I incorporated some little things that actually helped me to get rid of the hoarse and tiredness I felt after singing a lot or working long hours as a hotel receptionist.

1 - Diafragma breathing
2- Body stretching (legs included) after waking up and at work too.
3- Massaging my face and neck a couple times a day.
3- Practising full vocal workouts, because the cool down is just as important as the warm up.
3- Always bring some water
4- Drink a nice cup of warm (not very hot) tea with honey before bed.
5- I live in a cold weather place so covering my neck helps a lot.
6- I learned not to be afraid of the high notes but rather to find the best technique according to my voice with professional help.

[WiLdTiger-kzxb]

Thank you soooo much for your content. Talk about damage 😢. During an ACDF of C6-C7 11-09-21, my right laryngeal nerve was damaged, leaving me with a paralyzed right vocal fold. I have been devastated. After my talking voice wasn't even working right, I went to see an ENT who put a camera up through my nose, then down towards my vocal folds. He asked me to say eeee. He pulled the camera out and said, "Your right vocal fold is paralyzed." I said, "Paralyzed? What do you mean paralyzed, I'm a singer!!!" His response was, " You'll NEVER sing again." My heart sunk as he quickly was leaving the room he told me you need to go back to LLUH, and they will give you injections that might help you talk. I've been seeing a laryngeal surgeon, and I've been having voice therapy. In order to talk, I compensated by squeezing my throat, and now I can't relax it. I was given a small amount of botox in my false vocal folds. I also had filler injected into my paralyzed vocal fold. This has changed my life drastically. I still can't sing, and it's hard to be heard when i talk. I have been seeing the training you do with these young people is so wonderful. I'm glad you included this video to give advice on what to do when one's voice has been compromised.
I don't know what the surgeon who had performed the ACDF never told me this could happen. I was asked how important my voice was on a questionnaire 1 - 10. I wrote 10+++ I am a singer.
I'm 71 now. When I was a little girl, I'd see Capitol Records in Hollywood, California, when we went to visit my grandmother. I would see that building and dream of the day I would be old enough to go there and make a record. I wanted to be like Doris Day. Music and singing have changed a lot since then. Not being able to sing has been like ... I can't describe how bad it feels.
When your viewers watch this and your other videos, I hope they know how valuable you are. You are amazing. ❤

[irisefidia]

In 10 minutes she loves me more than my family in my whole life lmao---
I really love her, she helped me so much with my voice!!!

[gabrielrodriguez]

From personal experience. Once I got a flu which then worsened into sinusitis and when I tried singing, I would lose my breath, my vocal range dropped by half and I sorta lost my intonation. During this time I told myself I couldn’t sing I was like this for around a month. Not singing for a month sucked but when I got better it felt amazing to sing once again. Avoid singing when you have any flu like sicknesses

[Lividesmite]

What if i dont have a voice doctor😭 This still really helped me, now I know to take care of my voice! Your videos helped me so much and I do your vocal warmups everyday! I made my own routine when i do vocal agility, vowel placement, vocal warmups and warmdows plus so much more! Thank you do much for suporting us! I wanna give you the biggeset thank you coach!

[proctorstheaterundubbed]

Thank you Cheryl you are my vocal mother, as time has gone on my voice has become raspy and choppy sometimes, and it’s not as easy to hit high notes and hold them. You help me understand what’s going on with my voice so much better, thank you ❤️‍🔥

[manu-upyo]

JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU GUYS:
I brought Cheryl Porter free your voice course back 1 week and now I can see improvement after and before.
Waiting for my voice to get more improved and sing like a pro
Love you Cheryl your videos, audio, workbook and homework are amazing stuff your motivation is really good.If I feel low and open the workbook the contract I signed pushes me to sing more and develop an amazing voice...
Lots of love from india ❤❤❤

[sarah]

Got this notification and was scared to watch 😳
I can relate to the vocal fatigue/hoarseness after singing for maybe an hour or two. I know it’s probably because I don’t warm up my voice before singing. I just get so excited to sing that I’ll just get right into it. Should note I’m not a professional singer, but still it’s a bad habit of mine.

[TTR]

My voice used to be damaged but with lots of help and exercises, it got better. Thank you Mrs. Cheryl for helping others through your videos including this one! 😊

[thekidsofinsanity]

I honestly wish I could've had a vocal coach like you. Or any vocal coach. I trained my voice by singing to my favorites until I could hit their notes. 15 years later, Now I know I've lost the best of my voice and I don't know how/ what I did. I wish I could get it back. You're amazing and your students are so lucky.

[juancarlosurisbaz]

0:16: Hoarse.
1:10 Your voice get tired EASILY.
1:58 The Vibrato Gets Unstable And The Voice Uncontrollable.
3:02 Timbre Changes: Your voice gets darker & raspy.
3:44 difficulty to sing softly.
4:08 constant cracking.
5:02 Loss Of Top Notes
6:31 Pain While Speaking Or Singing.

[eleadumarche]

I had a lot of these during puberty ! It went away progressively in about 8 months.
Girls' voice changes too ! I am not an expert but I think doing a lot of warm-ups, breathing exercises and air column exercises is very important, first of all to feel confident with your voice (- and body ) and also when your voice comes back 10 times more resonant and powerful you are ready to use it !
I really love what you are doing; you have so much enthusiasm and positive energy + an amazing voice ! ❤
Thank you sooo much for your videos ❤❤

[paulkuzmanovski]

At one time or another I qualify for all of the above. And you’ve convinced me to get a vocal doctor and a coach because I don’t ever want to stop singing! Thank you!

[moniquevandeplas]

I really love this woman. I have been using her free exercises and have been told by a lady who owns a karaoke business who sees me at different venues of her "every time I see you you get better" I honestly believe a big part of this is because of doing Cheryl Porter excersises. I literally keep trying to do them for 30 days straight but the furthest I have got so far is 4 days straight then two days off and another 3 days on a day off and 2 days on. I want to purchase her course but I am waiting till I can do the free excersises for 30 days straight (and also until I have some disposable income). Here is the thing every time I do her free warms up for even 2 days straight I am discovering something different I can do that I was afraid of before. Plus, I thought I had this terrible singing voice as it's hard for me to sing in key but she has taught me not to be afraid of my voice. Also I understand so much more like agility and vibrato terms because of her articulate ways of explaining it. The biggest thing I love about her is watching how excited she is for all her students. Okay I have totally digressed off point. I am really happy she made this video. I am actually finding a lot of times at karaoke it's not the singing that is killing my voice but the need to speak so loud in a pub so others can hear me while there are dishes banging, music playing, sound system issues (sometimes), singers singing, and just general commotion....so glad she talked about protect your voice if you are singer or speaker. Also I am very happy she talks about hormonal imbalances because sometimes my throat does burn or my voice gets raspy and I think "oh no" but I realized that that always happens on my period (sorry for anyone reading this and is like tmi!) and I also realized it was happening before I intended karaoke. I even have a hard time breathing during this time. Here is something related to me now but not the video perse. I found since I cut corn ingredients out (as I figured out I have an allergy to corn) and I am talking corn syrup, cornstarch, maltodextrin, etc as well as rice and some other things I don't struggle as much with the raspy or burning or breathing during my time. Just I am really glad she addressed these different issues.

[lydiamodderman]

As a speech therapist: thank you for spreading the word!
And I L.O.V.E. your vibe! So energetic and fun; it resonates (see what I did there?^^) and helps with relaxing (i.e. letting go of unwanted tension and straining).