Vocal Hormones

Not much to post but I feel the need to write... something... so I'm going with another one of those, "open the window and the words will come" moments.

Ok, here's something I've noticed over the past... well, more than the past year. I hope it's not a TMI type entry... that said...

Monthly cycles. We've all heard (unless you haven't, in which case, now you have) that the hormone changes affect your voice. Water retention and who knows what else, right? Well for me, I have noticed that just before my period, during the infamous PMS time when I hate everyone and everything, my voice sounds great. To me. Fascinating, because you'd think that I'd be even harsher on myself at that particular time in my cycle, since I am for everything else about myself. The mom guilt, the extra weight and so on... but I am pleased by how I can sing during PMS. In fact I can tell by the change in my voice that my period is coming in a few days. How wacky is that? Imagine how I'd feel about how I sound then if I sounded that way two weeks later. Or earlier. You do the math.
So I feel lucky that while I'm busy beating myself up for all the other stupid stuff, I don't do it about my singing. And also I know that if I ever do get the urge to have my singing skills beaten down during that time, I can always call my mom and sing for her. As much as she'll brag to the relatives, she doesn't hesitate to tell me to stop singing. At least she's consistent. Just like the monthly changes in my voice.

New Link: Wonder of Voice

Thanks to the incestuous nature of social networking sites, I have discovered another great blog out there. The Wonder of Voice is written by a voice teacher from (possibly in?) Finland. Really good advice there and she's only just started! Writing the blog, that is... not teaching voice. And how did I find her? I got an email notification from Twitter that a new person was following me. I always check out the profiles of people who follow me (and of people who leave comments on YouTube videos I've posted) and her Twitter profile has a link to her blog.

I think I just got dizzy, going in that circle. I better get used to it.


PS: The reason to view the profiles of people who follow you on twitter is because the porno sites follow you in hopes, I suppose, that you won't notice... I like the twitter block function almost as much as the facebook one... It occasionally happens on YouTube too.