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Singers! Tell me your secrets...
carrotosaurus:
You must literally eat cigarettes to sound like Tom Waits.
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--- Quote from: muteKi on 21 Oct 2007, 21:36 ---
--- Quote from: IronOxide on 20 Oct 2007, 06:33 ---
--- Quote from: muteKi on 20 Oct 2007, 00:51 ---PUSH FROM THE GUT!!!
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Actually, don't push from anywhere. Never push, that will ruin your voice, and you sound shitty while you're doing it.
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Okay, push is admittedly a bit extreme, but I'm an extreme kind of guy, and have had to do singing where I was at a near-shouting level before.
Show choir, the memories...
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I guess you mean breathe from the gut then. Abdominal breathing is a very good thing.
I'm not going to repeat what everyone has been saying, though (most) of them are good tips (not the alcohol/cigarettes stuff), but if your throat hurts these could make it better/go away: - try not to talk too much, as that just irritates your vocal chords more, so talk less or quieter until it feels better, - water! tea! good stuff!, - there's this process, I forget what it's called, where you pour some water through one nostril and you let it drain out your mouth and you do it for each nostril. I don't remember what it's called, but my voice teachers always recommended it if your throat and sinuses were icky.
But yeah, don't drink any milk or eat too much dairy, do good warm ups that use your whole range, and do some breathing exercises. And when you resonate, imagine you're resonating through your forehead - I don't remember why that was important, but for some reason it does help you sound better.
muteKi:
--- Quote from: Linds on 22 Oct 2007, 14:16 ---
--- Quote from: muteKi on 21 Oct 2007, 21:36 ---
--- Quote from: IronOxide on 20 Oct 2007, 06:33 ---
--- Quote from: muteKi on 20 Oct 2007, 00:51 ---PUSH FROM THE GUT!!!
--- End quote ---
Actually, don't push from anywhere. Never push, that will ruin your voice, and you sound shitty while you're doing it.
--- End quote ---
Okay, push is admittedly a bit extreme, but I'm an extreme kind of guy, and have had to do singing where I was at a near-shouting level before.
Show choir, the memories...
--- End quote ---
I guess you mean breathe from the gut then. Abdominal breathing is a very good thing.
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Yeah, I think that's probably a better way of expressing it.
Also, whispering is not recommended; talk quietly, maybe near the top of your range when you need to save your voice.
Scandanavian War Machine:
my only advice is to try to be born naturally talented because working at things is lame.
Clobbersaurus:
and even if you are naturally talented, you still have to take care of your throat to get good mileage out of it.
advice: lots of Tea.
if all you have is water, make sure its room temperature. if it isn't, hold it in your mouth until it is.
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