Hey brilliant vocal hive mind! I come seeking possible answers; I have been getting the sensation of my ears being blocked or plugged, like you get with altitude changes when I sing. I can't "pop" my ears when thos happen and if you know what I mean. It really messes with my hearing when it happens, it's usually when I am singing in choir. I've asked other singers and voice teachers, and everyone is baffled. It's been happening on and off for a year now, not allergies or ear infections. I'm not having this happen randomly when speaking. Dan mentioned a connection between the tongue and one of the ear bones in the recent "make your tongue your friend" video. (Honestly bursting to make dirty jokes here!) I DO struggle with tongue tension, I swear it's too big for my mouth. Could I be doing something with my tongue that is causing the ear thing? Anyone else ever have this? How do you release it? Thank you for your thoughts and wisdom!

Realized this week that I've been using this phrase as an excuse -- A couple of dreams I have that involve having a lot of money are -- Creating a scholarship fund at the Conservatory so that the pedagogy program is fully funded (and retro-paying all previous students' loans and tuition). And producing new and exciting new musical theatre work -- others' and my own. And I thought -- what could I do that did a similar thing as the scholarship? I could give my knowledge away to the best of my ability -- what if I put everything I teach and have learned on YouTube for anyone to access?? That feels satisfying and possible. And the shows -- dang, I work at the freaking Boston Conservatory. I wonder where I might find some musicians and singing actors to workshop some things. I don't need the idyllic barn on my farm (yet). I want to see what I can do from the wealth I already have. What can you do today from the wealth you already have? Love much

The boys were banging forks and utensils together yesterday -- using the cutting board, the counter top, and a loaf of bread as experimental drums. "That's a note! That's a note!" "Yes, it is." One of them said, "Daddy, everything's a note!" Quantum mechanics would agree. Everything is indeed a note. When it comes to singing, remember -- we FEEL a voice when we hear the voice. Our bodies map the vibrational pattern the voice come from. How does this change your singing when you think about it? What if we thought more about how our singing feels, therefore, how it's going to feel to the hearer?

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