| Body
& Soul Vocal care with DAVID
M. ALESSI, MD
DRUG USE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
MBADC: It always amazes me that
sometimes the one thing that will make an addict quit, no matter what else is happening
around them, is, you tell them they’re damaging their vocal cords, and they’re
like "Oh my God, get me to rehab quick."
DA: You actually have a different audience nowadays, of course drug use
in rock and roll is still rampant as you know, but the people who are really good are much
more serious. I’ve been at this now since 1989, and I wish I could say theses
guys’ names so you’d know who they all are, but I can’t. But some of the
older guys, back then, they rarely would take care of their vocal cords; they weren’t
serious about it. And the guys that are still around were just basically plain old lucky
because they just happen to have cords that are a little bit tougher than others--and
there’s no way of predicting that or training that. But nowadays, these guys are like
talented business people. They understand what’s going on, they know how to get from
Point A to Point B. They still have problems with addiction and things like that, but
it’s so easy to work with them and get them off of it and send them to therapists,
because they really, basically just want to perform. And it’s far easier to work with
them today. And I think if you made a really strong pitch as to some of the things that
can happen with the vocal cords in your career as a rock and roller on some of these
drugs, then you’ll help a lot of people. They’ll listen more than they would a
few years ago.
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