Thank you for light at the end of a tunnel 🎉, I am a singer, but find it very difficult to sing after recent thyroid surgery and being diagnosed with MTD, I have gone to a speech therapist (who wasn’t a singer) who wanted to do electrical stimulation on my throat, it was very uncomfortable and I expressed this, she stated there was nothing else she could do. She gave me worksheets to fend for myself and discharged me from therapy. Right now the lessons are a struggle 😅 but I’ll get through it, with daily practice . Again thank you. 😊
Hey! I had a cough about 3 months ago that really took it out of me and strained my voice. The first time I sung after this I suffered with something I never felt before and it was that my voice went really croaky and and tight and I had to stop singing mid show. I rested for a couple weeks and since then I’ve sung fine at 90% of my shows but occasionally I get the symptoms again and my voice gets all tight and I have to really focus and relax to get it to release. Is this what you experienced? (Note, I went to an ENT. And I have no noduels or growths, only thing they mentioned was that I’m not lengthening the chords as much as I should but said it just looks like a little fatigue)
This is perfect! I was seriously thinking about messaging you and asking if you would do videos like this, but you're already on it! 🎉 Your videos have been so helpful for me as I learn to manage my MTD. I'm also working with a SLP, but your videos help to clarify and add to the work she's doing with me. Thanks so much!!
Thank you Lizz - I've been struggling with MTD for 3 years and these exercises give me a feeling of power in my voice, that I haven't felt for a long time. Is it normal/OK to feel a slight bit hoarse and/or 'used' in the throat/head afterwards? When should I stop, if this sensation occurs? My muscle tension is prominent in the head also. This has always been an issue for me when doing exercises like these. Thanks!
@@thoardenguden your welcome! My pleasure :) are there any exercises that don’t give you the hoarse and used sensation? Do you do any yoga, stretching, massage or meditation with breathing? Ideally you wouldn’t feel hoarse and used in throat head after. But sometimes it’s also a learning curve. Can you work with a coach? That would be ideal, to help correct you do that you’re doing it in the safest most optimal way.
Hi Liz, Love your videos and have found them very enlightening. I too have been on a very long journey with MTD. I do lots of different sovt exercises. Is there any concern with doing these really nasal and lifting the larynx too high? Personally some of the work I've done with my vocal coach has been trying to kick the nasality out of my voice. So I am a little scared to do these so nasal. Just thought I would ask.
Pharyngeal or twang exercises are meant to go to the extreme. I do not have a nasal singing voice … ask your coach what they think of these exercises. Also my larynx isn’t lifting high at all, that’s why I especially offer the finger in front of the face trick. :) The exercise is meant to be done at the extreme to find that resonate bright forward placement. I do not have a nasal singing voice or speaking voice at all. Listen to the vowels I achieve after the humming… the vowels are definitely not nasal at all! ;) These exercises help me to achieve that bright forward sound I need to take the weight out of my throat. Most all singers use pharyngeal/twang exercises to achieve this.
It depends on the person… I guess I still have it but I have great vocal technique so I don’t really think of myself as someone with mtd anymore but sometimes it’ll flair if I’m doing too much, stressed etc On long tours you have to have great technique and mix your voice. I know singers who tour just fine and breakout of the identity of having this condition!
@@LizBills thanks, liz. I saw a speech therapist for my MTD, but I didn’t get anywhere with her, unfortunately. I think I’ll hit you up for some lessons in the near future. Do you by any chance offer song critiques as well?
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Thank you for light at the end of a tunnel 🎉, I am a singer, but find it very difficult to sing after recent thyroid surgery and being diagnosed with MTD, I have gone to a speech therapist (who wasn’t a singer) who wanted to do electrical stimulation on my throat, it was very uncomfortable and I expressed this, she stated there was nothing else she could do. She gave me worksheets to fend for myself and discharged me from therapy. Right now the lessons are a struggle 😅 but I’ll get through it, with daily practice . Again thank you. 😊
Thank you. You are a very good teacher.
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I can't thank you enough. I've done the exercises with you and I really feel the improvement!!
Yay!!
Thank you so much Liz for putting this together. 👍👍👍There is another technique I found very useful is to read a book while humming the words.
Ooo I love that idea!
Hey! I had a cough about 3 months ago that really took it out of me and strained my voice. The first time I sung after this I suffered with something I never felt before and it was that my voice went really croaky and and tight and I had to stop singing mid show. I rested for a couple weeks and since then I’ve sung fine at 90% of my shows but occasionally I get the symptoms again and my voice gets all tight and I have to really focus and relax to get it to release. Is this what you experienced? (Note, I went to an ENT. And I have no noduels or growths, only thing they mentioned was that I’m not lengthening the chords as much as I should but said it just looks like a little fatigue)
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This is perfect! I was seriously thinking about messaging you and asking if you would do videos like this, but you're already on it! 🎉 Your videos have been so helpful for me as I learn to manage my MTD. I'm also working with a SLP, but your videos help to clarify and add to the work she's doing with me. Thanks so much!!
So happy to help!
❤❤❤❤Liz, thank you very much for what you doing for us!!!!! Life saver video!!!!!!!!
So happy you like it! My pleasure 🥹❤️
Thank you Lizz - I've been struggling with MTD for 3 years and these exercises give me a feeling of power in my voice, that I haven't felt for a long time. Is it normal/OK to feel a slight bit hoarse and/or 'used' in the throat/head afterwards? When should I stop, if this sensation occurs? My muscle tension is prominent in the head also. This has always been an issue for me when doing exercises like these. Thanks!
@@thoardenguden your welcome! My pleasure :) are there any exercises that don’t give you the hoarse and used sensation? Do you do any yoga, stretching, massage or meditation with breathing? Ideally you wouldn’t feel hoarse and used in throat head after. But sometimes it’s also a learning curve. Can you work with a coach? That would be ideal, to help correct you do that you’re doing it in the safest most optimal way.
Thank you so much❤❤
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Hi Liz, Love your videos and have found them very enlightening. I too have been on a very long journey with MTD. I do lots of different sovt exercises. Is there any concern with doing these really nasal and lifting the larynx too high? Personally some of the work I've done with my vocal coach has been trying to kick the nasality out of my voice. So I am a little scared to do these so nasal. Just thought I would ask.
Pharyngeal or twang exercises are meant to go to the extreme. I do not have a nasal singing voice … ask your coach what they think of these exercises.
Also my larynx isn’t lifting high at all, that’s why I especially offer the finger in front of the face trick. :)
The exercise is meant to be done at the extreme to find that resonate bright forward placement. I do not have a nasal singing voice or speaking voice at all. Listen to the vowels I achieve after the humming… the vowels are definitely not nasal at all! ;) These exercises help me to achieve that bright forward sound I need to take the weight out of my throat. Most all singers use pharyngeal/twang exercises to achieve this.
@@LizBills Please know I wasn't being critical of you at all. I was just asking what your opinion was.
@@robertcini oh I know! I was just giving you my best explanation :)
Is it true there really is no cure for it? I wonder how singers who tour all the time deal with this.
It depends on the person… I guess I still have it but I have great vocal technique so I don’t really think of myself as someone with mtd anymore but sometimes it’ll flair if I’m doing too much, stressed etc
On long tours you have to have great technique and mix your voice. I know singers who tour just fine and breakout of the identity of having this condition!
@@LizBills thanks, liz. I saw a speech therapist for my MTD, but I didn’t get anywhere with her, unfortunately. I think I’ll hit you up for some lessons in the near future. Do you by any chance offer song critiques as well?
@@Pilot7826 I had to find a new speech therapist myself so don’t be afraid to do that! Yes I work through songs with my students as well.