Thanks for the note, Carol. Yes, I am a singer. This picture was taken when I sang in a band that is local to where I used to live in California. The band split on good terms after 8 years because we all...well, ok, 4 of the 5 of us wanted to pursue other adventures. I just wanted to stop travelling. only one guy from our band joined another band. As for me, I packed up and moved to Houston. I sing Karaoke now for my outlet but have been considering finding another band...if only I could find a group of people as great as those I played with before.

I can't imagine having sinus surgery! I'd be afraid to find out how it affects my voice. I am certain you will do just fine. If I needed it, I would also have done the same.

I often think about pursuing my singing interests in other than Rock, like chorus. I did glee club one year as a kid, but now that I'm in my 50s I'm starting to look twice at Drama.

The reason chorus or drama sound good to me is I can't play an instrument and sing at the same time. Everytime I've tried, it was disastrous.

I wish you all the best in pursuit of financial success through affiliate marketing! I also pray that your sinuses heal well and that you can return to delivering your message in good time!

Take care.

John

Hi John. Really enjoyed hearing from you. Are you a baritone? Don't know why, guess just you looked like one to me. How many were in your band? What type of band was it?

I don't blame you for being concerned about your voice. My dad had a gorgeous baritone voice before he had surgery for thyroid cancer in the 60s. There was no recurrence of his cancer, but he refused to sing after that. Said it didn't sound right to him.

Have you considered singing in a community chorus? I'm sure there would be one in the Houston area. Or, as you mentioned drama, you probably have a "little theatre" in the area.

I sing second alto in the Haywood Community Chorus. I, too, am concerned how it will affect my voice, as I haven't attempted to sing yet. I had the balloon surgery they do, similar to the way they treat clogged arteries, but also had to have quite a bit of debridement of inflamed, diseased tissue as well. That's why I have a technicolor nose at the present time!

I had planned to go to rehearsal Monday night and not sing, just so I would have the director's comments, but didn't feel up to going. I can't blow my nose until after after my followup visit on 4/4, but am allowed to use my CPAP. Seems strange, but I did seem to do OK with it last night (for the first time since the surgery).

I'm feeling anxious about practicing because I haven't rehearsed for 2 weeks, and our concert is coming up the first Sunday in May. But don't want to do anything that will damage the repairs to my sinuses. Guess a call to my surgeon's office is in order.

A friend and I were in the chorus of our HART Theatre (little theatre of Haywood County, NC) production of "Hello Dolly" a couple years ago. A friend of ours from the chorus, who was "Dolly" sent us an email saying they needed chorus members. Told us it would be minimal rehearsal time, and we had the impression we would be singing off stage behind the curtain. WRONG! The first rehearsal we were singing and dancing, with 3 hour rehearsals 4 nights/week. It was a ton of fun, but I'm not up to that type of schedule any more. They're going to be doing "Mama Mia Here We Go Again" this spring, which I would love to do, since I love a lot of Abba's songs, but just don't have the energy for it.

Since you're a musician, you would probably enjoy meeting Kaju if you haven't already. He is a fabulous guitarist, but is having difficulties with his left hand. His screen name is jetrbby80376. His band is Kaju's Off the Hook Band.

Take care, and please keep in touch. It's always fun knowing other musicians and or artists. Best wishes for your WA success.

Carol

Hey Carol. No. I'm not baritone. I guess I don't know what I would be considered.

My band was a cover band of classic rock like Van Morrisson, John Mellencamp, The Eagles and Tom Petty to name a few. I was the front man, so imagine the range and that's where I fit. I can sing low but I don't have much flexibility on the low end. I cheat by bringing the mic very close to my mouth to let its dynamic action fool the speakers into believing I am hitting lows. On the high end, I am much more flexible, and I do alright with falsetto (Think Bee Gees, not AC/DC.

Anyway, my dad was a crooner who, oddly enough looked very much like Bing Crosby. But he never sang anywhere but at church and with the family on Holidays.

I hope that your recovery goes well. I can't imagine that you could hurt your sinuses by singing, but once the swelling goes down, I do imagine that singing might inflame them again. As for me, I wouldn't try anything publicly before singing through the entire performance at home and at 100% to ensure that my sinuses won't clog up during my performance.

Still wishing you the best!

John

Would love to have heard your group. Bet you really miss performing, but not the travel. When you're in a chorus of 104 voices, it's not so scary....unless, of course, you're one of the soloists!

The first half of our concert is Hyden's Missa Sancti Nicolai, which is in Latin, but the second half of the program is usually secular, sometimes playful stuff. My first year in the chorus, we did selections from the sound track of Mama Mia, which was a blast.

We do 2 concerts/year, with 12 weeks' rehearsal for each one. Our fall concert is usually the end of Nov. or early Dec., and is a Christmas concert, but the spring concert can be most anything that Kathy (our director) chooses. This time we're doing a lot of Aaron Copeland's stuff. We often sing John Ritter's arrangements, but not this concert.

Will let you know how I get along singing tomorrow prior to going to rehearsal tomorrow night.

Carol

Welcome to WA Kerry!

Some people may believe in you, but may not believe in what you are doing. Ultimately, it is your prerogative to go in the direction that you think is best. My wife is one of those people that I talk about here and that's okay because, like most of us, she's been burned buy scammers who had an otherwise convincing sell.

Once she see's a modicum of success, she will support me whole-heartedly.

It is my wish that you will encounter a similar experience.

I sincerely hope for the very best in success for you!

Hey Alan! Sometimes, I don't understand the cards that are dealt to good people. Life sometimes seems unfair and then something comes out of it all to make us realize that it was all for the better.

Here is my wish that finding WA turns out to be just that thing for you and your wife!

Hoping great things will come to you during the next year and that by next Christmas you will be sharing successful stories with all of us!

Thanks for writing!

John

Thanks for the nice note Ruben and thanks for the follow!

I've been pretty hard on my body over the years. I wonder how it still holds up, but I've begun to take it easy and hopefully, I will be able to hobble around after I retire. I sometimes wonder if staying busy at work is what is keeping everything working.

Anyway, take care. I am glad that you can still do stuff to stay busy. With that, I wish you the most success!

John

You can always adjust your niche, it should help your rankings when you post about other topics. Readers will get an deeper knowledge of a topic.

Is it alright to realize that you've carved out too small of a niche?

- Yes, it is alright, however it actually works in your favor to start very specific and then broaden out as you go. Rather than constantly editing old posts, you can write new posts that reflect new opinions or new understanding, or as you've suggested, a broadened niche. Continue with the training and you'll find out about targeting low-hanging fruit keywords. To do that, you need to keep writing content. Just keep moving forward, and writing. No need to look back too terribly much, but it doesn't hurt to do so.

Does it change anything when you change wording on your published website to reflect its new direction?

- It can, yes, if you've already been indexed and you change the keywords of a post.

The articles haven't been indexed yet, so do these types of changes delay the indexing process?

- No, indexing occurs when Google crawls your site, which occurs at random intervals, depending on how their web bots do said crawling. That said, remember what I said above in my first answer. Also, keep in mind that I am not expert here. I am also fairly new, but have an understanding of how this process works. Keep moving forward, and best of luck to you!

The biggest thing to remember is if articles are not ranking making changes can go for the good of the article and help get it ranked.

Many of us are constantly adjusting our Niche. You will soon see if you're heading in the right direction, your rankings will let you know. Jim

Kevin, nice reply to John's questions.

Chuck

Thanks for the nice note, Jonathan.

It's amazing to me, maybe a little bit funny how so many of us are all together, in a supportive group, yet going in different directions.

Wealthy Affiliate has created a culture of support that is strong enough to do that.

As I read people's posts here, I think of new competitions and their new competitors. Sports like skateboarding, BMX, snowboarding and some 'reality' type competitions like American Ninja Warrior.

The participants truly want to see each other succeed.

It's a fairly new phenomenon, but watch the video of Tony Hawk pulling off his first 900 in the 1999 X Games. Do you see any of his competition standing there looking worried about their prospects for overcoming that moment?

Heck no!

All the skaters are jumping for joy. They love to watch others succeed...to achieve what was once thought to be impossible.

That is the Wealthy Affiliate community.

Thank you for welcoming me. I know I've made the right choice

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