UNFORTUNATELY...MANY PERFORMERS EMBRACE NEGATIVE RITUALS...RITUALS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY AND USELESS...RITUALS THAT OFTEN CREATE DEPENDANCY. BEYOND THIS...MANY RITUALS ARE ROADBLOCKS TO EFFECTIVE INTERACTON BETWEEN PERFORMERS. THEY BECOME FRUSTRATING, OPPRESSIVE AND SUFFOCATING TO THOSE PERFORMERS WHO ARE NOT ADDICTED TO RITUALS...PERFORMERS WHO ARE TRUE ARTISTS. ULTIMATELY, THEY BECOME NEGATIVE TO THE AUDIENCE AND CAN ACTUALLY NEGATE THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE!

THOUGH MANY OF THESE RITUALS HAVE BEEN PASSED FROM ONE PERFORMER TO ANOTHER...MOST HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY VOICE TEACHERS, VOCAL COACHES, CHOIR DIRECTORS AND OTHERS.

YOU MUST EVALUATE EVERY RITUAL PRESENTED TO YOU...EVERY RITUAL PRACTICED OR PREACHED. YOU MUST CONFRONT AND QUESTION ITS VALIDITY...ITS VALUE. WILL IT ENHANCE...OR DETRACT? WILL IT ALLOW CREATIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY...OR BIND AND RESTRICT? IS IT FOOLISH...DESTRUCTIVE...ADDICTIVE...ENSLAVING? WILL THE RESULT BE ORIGINAL, ARTISTIC AND FREE...OR RITUALISTIC, STEREOTYPICAL AND PREDICTABLE?