Date sent: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:02:14 EST
Subject: Re: vocal problems aka "Folder Shoulder"
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 02/02/2000 9:58:33 AM Central Standard Time,
Singersuki-at-aol.com writes:

<< Start lifting a few weights, and that should help. Strengthen the arms,
shoulders and the upper back, and you'll see a lot less trouble.

Good luck! >>

Actually, I've just started a strength training program, both for my upper
body which is pathetically weak, and for my knees, which are notoriously
unstable - in the last 2 weeks, I have dislocated my knee 3x - a misstep
going down the basement steps, a slip on the ice and a fall off the
treadmill! (DOH!) Need to build up the quads because my left knee, which
was injured many years ago, simply is not strong enough to withstand any kind
of misstep. And on a musical note, I want to be able to be sure that if I'm
on stage and have to descend steps, I'm not going to fall on my face!


Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"