A World Voice Day Special. Jeremy and Gillyanne interview Kate Bassett on her vocal surgery and recovery. This year's World Voice Day topic is Your Voice Matters. In this 2-Part podcast, singer Kate Bassett shares her story of acute vocal injury, therapy, vocal fold surgery and voice rehabilitation In Part 1 0:00 stigma and vocal injury 5:13 how the vocal injury happened 6:48 what happened next 9:10 the missing piece of information 11:22 needing more than just voice rest 12.43 going to the voice clinic 17:43 the impact of a voice problem 21.07 the diagnosis and therapy 24:49 habilitating the voice with Gillyanne 28.14 speech therapist or singing teacher - the difference 30:05 the first gig after the injury 33.22 where to find more on Kate's case history   It's a fascinating and generous story that could happen to any singer (spoiler alert, everything is now fine) In part 2 (Season 7 Episode 6) Kate will be sharing why she opted for vocal surgery, going through the process, why a conversation about rucksacks tipped the balance, and how Gillyanne helped her back into full-time gigging within 3 months. Mentioned in this episode: Our recommended SOVT (semi-occluded vocal tract) course with Gillyanne, Jeremy and Oren Boder - SOVT part 1 with the Bonus voice science videos in the Learning Lounge Essentials here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-1-essentials/ SOVT part 2 in the Learning Lounge Deep Dive here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/ 12 More Hours to Better Singing Teaching course (part of our Teacher Pathway) is here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/12-more-hours-to-better-singing-teaching/ Find out more about Kate Bassett here https://Katebassettsinger.co.uk  or Instagram @katebassettsinger  Find our more about Gatsby's Jukebox here https://Gatsbysjukebox.com  Instagram @gatsbysjukebox