MTD IM-MTD000010 CLUTCH INSTALLER
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In 1998, I was going into my tenth year as a professional singer, traveling the southeastern United States and doing about 120 dates annually. I had just released a new CD titled NEW WORLD COMING, and was enjoying some much deserved and well earned momentum in my career and music ministry. Then came The Night.
I was finishing up a concert at Morningside Baptist Church in Columbus GA, the set had gone well and I was on my last song. Working in Christian music I believed at the time that the best way to end a show was with a really strong high note, which usually brought the crowd to their feet (and it felt pretty good, too). On this night, the song in question was Tim Sheppard's "I Am Determined". I headed into the home stretch, went up for the note.....and missed it. My voice cracked, effectively neutering the moment.
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Inside I died, but the crowd still responded well and I chalked it up to just being tired from several days of performances. I went on and didn't think much about it until the next concert, when it happened again, and the next, and the next, and the next. Before long, my voice had disintegrated to the point where I couldn't sing more than a phrase or two without my voice cracking, making me come off sounding like Peter on THE BRADY BUNCH when his voice began to change. I couldn't sing above a whisper; any attempt to put any force behind the notes only resulted in disaster. After struggling with this condition for a few months, I made the decision to come off the road until I could get a handle on things.
It took trips to several doctors and finally a visit to Vanderbilt Voice Center in Nashville to determine what was wrong. I found out I was suffering from a malady known as Muscle Tension Dysphonia, a condition in which the muscles around the vocal folds are too tight during speaking or singing, not allowing the voice box to work effectively. The person affected may end up with too much tension during speaking, resulting in a voice that is strained or tight.
With singers, it results in the inability to maintain proper breath control or project properly. As a result of the tension, all of the other physical apparatus required to make the voice work are not working in unison. The end result is a tone that is anything but pleasant.
Common symptoms of MTD are a hoarse, gravely, or raspy vocal tone, a voice that is weak, airy, or whispery, strained, squeezed, or tense. The voice may also tend to give out after extended use, as well as vary in pitch and tonality.
The affected person may also experience pain or tension in the throat when speaking or singing, as well as tenderness in the region of the vocal cords.
There is no known cure for MTD, except for physical therapy designed to exercise the voice without putting undue pressure on it. The idea is to train the muscles of the throat, voice box, neck, and face to relax, to remember what they are supposed to do and function as a unit again.
With me, my journey with MTD was a long one....three years off the road and in therapy, and wondering the whole time if I would ever sing again. My doctors advised me to keep practicing, and not worry about what it sounded like, but just to keep practicing singing every day. The idea was that eventually my voice would "remember" what it was supposed to do, and that all of the proper apparatus would begin working together again to produce the desired result.
It took time, but eventually I did begin singing in my church choir again, and sometime after that I started doing solo work again. Not quite a year later I headed back out onto the road and began singing again full time. There were some residual problems left over, the stress of the previous three years left me with a slightly diminished vocal range, but overall, I've been as good as new.
Muscle Tension Dysphonia can be a frustrating and frightening problem to go through. You're not expecting it, and when it hits you are certain your voice will never be the same again. But it can be, with proper rest, exercise, and therapy, you can be back to speaking or singing again soon enough.
Muscle Tension Dysphonia: What Is It?
Billy D. Ritchie
Director Of Content
Leadsbyfone, LLC
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