A World Voice Day Special In part 2 of "Vocal Surgery and Beyond", Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher interview singer Kate Bassett on why she decided to go for vocal fold surgery. Kate talks through the decision and the second opinion, and the sentence that helped her decide (it involves rucksacks) How the surgery went and how long she was on "voice rest" (it might surprise you!). The voice therapy sequences she used and how Gillyanne built on them to move from speaking voice to singing voice The deadline for Kate's next full-time singing role after surgery (3 months!) and the differences that Gillyanne helped her to embed Red flags and boundaries for a singer And Kate shares the one piece of advice she'd give herself and every other singer. 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Making the decision to have vocal surgery - the rucksack 3:25 Getting a second opinion 6:23 Getting financial help for the operation 7:45 Going through the vocal fold surgery and the risks 11:00 How long recovery took (it surprised us) 14:02 When did the singing start again? 15.11 Going back to full-time singing 17.15 Tour behaviour, tailor-made warmups & drunk Frida 20:29 What has changed since the voice operation? 23:56 What advice would Kate today give to singers? 26:32 Finding out more about Kate This 2-part podcast is a #worldvoice day special. The theme for World Voice Day 2023 is Your Voice Matters. You can watch Vocal Surgery and Beyond Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/sElRIbxmyfs We've also got this! ↓ For real 1-1 attention on your own voice, book a voice coaching session in the singing studio with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://drgillyannekayesjeremyfisherinspirationsession.as.me/schedule.php The 12 Hours to Better Singing Teaching course online, with voice coaching techniques, vocal articulation exercises and a LOT more for the up-to-date singing teacher is here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/12-hours-to-better-singing-teaching/ For the best self-guided learning, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 22 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson. Click  on the link and choose a Level https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/ If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort23. Sign up for the Vocal Process newsletter https://vocalprocess.co.uk/news-and-media/freebies/ Get the One Minute Voice Warmup app here, it's got a 4.9star rating Appstore https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/one-minute-voice-warmup/id1212802251 Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.speechtools.warmup&hl=en_GB&pli=1 Check out our brand new Voice Journal, written with Rayvox's Oren Boder  https://www.rayvox.co.uk/products/voice-journal Find us - follow us on the socials! 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Vocalprocess 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vocalprocess 📖 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vocalprocess  #thisisavoice #vocalcoach #singingteacher #voice #vocalhealth #voicetraining