"My breathings fine. I usually do a verse and chorus of the Rocky Road To Dublin for each breath"

Jim, that's not all there is to breath support. Lots of good advice in Foolestroupe's post of 16 Mar 07 - 04:39 AM. Using your diaphragm—feeling like, when you're inhaling, that you're breathing all the way down into your abdomen. Then, when you're reaching for the high notes, don't tense the throat, tense your abdominal muscles, hear the note you want to sing in your head, and go for it. That's the way opera singers do it. But don't worry—it won't make you sound like an opera singer unless you were born with that kind of voice, and not everyone is. I will, however, help you hit the higher notes.

But major warning! If your larynx feels uncomfortable and your throat tenses up, back off!! That's nature's way of telling you you're doing it wrong, and if you keep pushing it, you can do severe damage to your vocal mechanism. Laryngitis, eventually nodes (requiring a most unpleasant operation), and such.

One way to get your voice up and out of your throat:    yawn, relax your throat and neck muscles, and hum a note in your middle, comfortable range. Feel the vibration in you nasal passages, cheek bones, and forehead. Don't make the tone sound nasal or "nosey," or allow it to sound that way, just feel the vibration—resonance—in your sinuses. Then try to maintain that feeling with all the notes you sing.

But never—ever—push your voice into a range where it starts feeling tense and uncomfortable.

Take a few voice lessons from a good teacher. It's a good investment.

Don Firth