Oct 15 2008
Breathing Lesson
The American Lung Association says that professional singers have an average life expectancy that is 25 years greater that the rest of the population because of the way they breathe. I have an image in my head of the world ending on a high note. 
I am constantly grateful for the set of lungs I’ve developed over the years. I was asthmatic as a child and have had little of that since developing my voice! But as a singer, and maybe because of my asthmatic condition, it took me a while to get the technique of good breathing. I finally sat down with several books, tapes and songs and tried everything I read until I got the results I wanted. The results I wanted were
1. Lots of air for long phrases
2. Effortless appearance
3. An improved sound through improved breathing.
I got all of the above and also better health and great abs!! If you’d like to try what I learned, I have included an audio track of a lesson in breathing here 06-how-to-breathe. Please download it and try it out! Let me know how it goes.
