I have done so much research on Miles that I could probably have published a book on him. Instead, I’ll be putting it All into this newsletter, piece by piece, in between posts of other research. None of my Miles research has ever been in print anywhere—the only people who have been exposed to it are those who have taken classes with me.
Thanks for the detailed background - I'd always heard that he'd had an operation and was told to avoid using his voice until it had properly healed but got into a shouting match which resulted in permanent damage. Is there any truth to that? ... N
Isn’t it true that Miles made his own bad luck on this by shouting at someone after his surgery, after he was told by the doctor to not speak for several days? Here’s what his natural voice sounded like in 1953: https://youtu.be/5CvG3jEGr9w
Thanks for the sympathetic and deep research. I mean who would make fun of a voice characteristic?
Exactly!
Thanks for the detailed background - I'd always heard that he'd had an operation and was told to avoid using his voice until it had properly healed but got into a shouting match which resulted in permanent damage. Is there any truth to that? ... N
We're going to discuss that in some detail in Part Two! THANKS
Per my own comment on this subject, I’ll be very interested in Pt. Deux
Isn’t it true that Miles made his own bad luck on this by shouting at someone after his surgery, after he was told by the doctor to not speak for several days? Here’s what his natural voice sounded like in 1953: https://youtu.be/5CvG3jEGr9w
As you've already noted, there will be info about this in Part Two!
Miles interviewed in 1953 before his vocal problems: https://youtu.be/5CvG3jEGr9w