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Even you must admit that there are some people who just have not the ability to sing in tune.

No I don't. Because every single tonedeaf person who has come to me & done the work, has left here being able to sing in tune. However, what I do say when someone who is labelled tone deaf comes to me is... 'you can be helped. However, because of this issue, it will take you longer to find your voice than most other people.'

I can't comment on the show, but I would say that unless the process was holistic, encouraging, gentle, included psychological observation and took place over a period of 6 months to a year... chances are it would not be successful.

I'm not saying that every vocal coach could do what I do, or have the patience to do what I do. People come and study with me *because* I teach people who can't sing how to sing. However, I absolutely refute the statement that someone who is tonedeaf is beyond help. I refute it because I have worked with dozens of extremely bad singers who left here being able to sing, and having the confidence to join a choir, or sing their own songs, or being able to join in on happy birthday or christmas carols without shame. It can be done, with the right approach, with the right attitude, and allowing that the process of discovering and releasing a trapped voice takes a considerable length of time because it is as much about the psychology of self-image+singing as it is about the mechanics of singing.

There is such a thing as art therapy, and music therapy. I consider myself a 'voice therapist'. In other words, through the process of finding out what constricts your voice so that you sound off-key... you grow your awareness of how your thinking & your habits limit you in all areas of your life. And as you slowly begin to realize how tension is manifested in your body, and how your thoughts are intentions that impact your voice... and as you are shown how to work with your body, connect to it, and remove the barriers... you find your voice is freeer, and more natural, so that through the work of becoming aware of how you approach singing (life) and how you think about your voice/singing (self) you move forward as a person. You think more positively about yourself, you feel more able to speak your truth, you feel more connected to yourself... and you find your voice starts to come right. It is warmer, and richer, and on pitch. What was unbalanced becomes balanced. The tonedeaf unsinger becomes the joyful singer.

Hummin'bird

PS - putting someone else down because they disagree with you is not the mark of an emotionally mature human being. Disagree with the opinion, sure, but do not make it personal. It should be possible to discuss the merits of vocal training, and to discuss the idea that anyone who wishes help to sing better can be helped, while still respecting the other person.