Here's a clue, Orac. I have been singing--in public--for fifty years. I have sung long engagements in clubs and coffeehouses, I have sung concerts all over the Pacific Northwest, California, and Canada, I have sung at folk festivals and hootenannies, and I've been on television a number of times (I had my own show in 1959). For much of my life I made my living by singing and playing the guitar. All sitting down. Due to polio at the age of two, I have walked with crutches all my life. No problem with breath support. My voice is big, and it projects.

I'm now 71 years old. Because my shoulders are worn out from a lifetime of walking with crutches, I sit in a wheelchair now when I sing. My voice is still big because I take care of it. And I have a singing engagement ten days from now.

Whether you sing standing up, sitting down, or hanging by your toes from the chandelier makes not difference. It's the songs that matter.

Don Firth