![]() ![]() One of the singers on our Spellbinding Voices list, Stevie Nicks, benefitted from professional guidance. It’s quite difficult not to obsess it’s very difficult not to worry about it.” With all this disappointment, for artists, fans or booking agencies, it might become a requirement for talented singers not to trust their natural talents solely, and visit a professional coach from time to time. Simon Le Bon is another singer who is hanuted by vocal problems: ‘I’ve had six semi-tones wiped off the top of my range and nobody, myself included, has really been able to explain what has happened. It’s the worst case scenario for a singer who earns a living through their voice. Therapy for her vocal technique, coaching and complete rest for her voice were recommended by Narula in the same article, otherwise she might risk ‘permanent damage’. “It can happen with very powerful singers who are trying to achieve too much volume but without the correct technique,” professor Antony Narula, a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, told the ‘Evening Standard’. Over-usage and trying to achieve too much volume could lead to voice damage. It just became weaker and weaker, until it eventually broke. Her voice never fully recovered its strength. I follow all the advice I’m given and stick to regimes, rules and practice to the best of my ability, but it seems to simply not be enough.” She informs her fans about her vocal problems and explains that the problems started with a bout of flu. ![]() It’s really disgusting but my vocal cords can’t shut properly and then I can’t sing.” The loss of voice can be incredibly emotional for a singer, as exemplified by Adele who wrote an open letter to her fans on her weblog: “Guys, I’m heartbroken and worried to tell you that, yet again, I’m experiencing problems with my voice. I keep getting hemorrhages and I get lumps. What causes these vocal problem? Is it stress, strain, wrong application, smoking, drugs, drinking, a lack of technique or technical practice, or just simply that the voice is ‘tired’? Staples, Adele and Le Bon are just a few recent examples, and, there are many more, including Caleb Followil from the Kings of Leon, John Mayer and Justin Young from The Vaccines, who stated on the website of Dutch radio station 3FM: “I have got to have another operation on my voice. Only a few singers that feature on the ‘Spellbinding voices’ list have ever undertaken truly technical vocal training. As Staples identified he just started singing to express his inner emotions and poetical visions, and, he did not have professional training from a vocal coach. According to ear, nose and throat surgeons most of the problems are caused by a lack of technique. Sorry!” Reading our interview with Staples once again it seems almost inevitable that one day he would be confronted with vocal problems. Simon Le Bon Why is it that so many singers encounter problems with their voices? Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, Adele, and last week, one of the singers who features on our ‘Spellbinding Voices’ list, Stuart Staples, lead singer of the Tindersticks, announced on the band’s website: “Unfortunately we had to cancel the BBC session tonight as Stuart needs to rest his voice. ![]()
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A strong current order book of 1,200 megawatts (MW) and investor confidence place Inox Wind, and Devansh, in a sweet spot. And in five years, he steered the company onto the path of profitability-a rarity among local wind energy firms. With a corpus of Rs 40 crore borrowed from Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited, he started Inox Wind in 2009, at a time when major players like Suzlon and Bharat Forge were stumbling. But the Inox Group was looking to diversify, and given India’s energy deficit and the global thrust towards cleaner forms of energy, Devansh convinced his family of the power of wind. Neither his father nor his uncle Pavan (chairman and managing director of Inox Air Products) had prior experience in this sector. When he returned to India from the US in 2007, he shadowed his father Vivek (managing director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited) for two years before deciding to enter the renewable energy sector. “We have a market cap of almost a billion-and-a-half dollars,” says Devansh, who, as director of his company, is the youngest family member to hold a position in the chemicals-to-multiplexes Inox Group. His company, Inox Wind, the renewable wind energy solutions provider, raised Rs 1,000 crore and was oversubscribed 18 times. ![]() In March 2015, the 28-year-old third-generation scion of Inox Group led one of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) that India has seen in the last two years. No one can accuse Devansh Jain of false pride. The Inox Group had no expertise in renewable energy, but backed by a successful IPO, third-generation scion Devansh Jain proved that there is profit in the sector
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