Megan - many commiserations. I hope you're singing again now. One of the things which gets me very angry is the attitude some people have that some people are 'creative' and some aren't, or that some people can sing and some can't.

Maybe we can't all sing like [insert famous singer here], but that's no reason for people to get prejudiced against any individual voice. Grr!

Hey Mbo - When I was very young, I always used to pretend that I could hear angels singing in the sound of the vacuum cleaner. I'd sing along, too.
I guess the harmonics of my mother's Hoover sounded really good to me!
I still write my best melodies over a drone...
I'd forgotten about that, thank you!

This Yma Sumac person sounds pretty cool, I wonder what I can find about her on the net...