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muteKi:
Though for singing more so than a lot of other things, talent definitely counts for a lot.
For example, I'm an okay singer, but I don't think I could ever become a major solo artist regardless of training. Part of this has to do with my range, part with a less-than-perfect ear as well.

SusurrusIgnoramus:
i have a remedy for a sore throat that might sound a little strange, but hear me out.  i learned this while traveling with a choir where we sang A LOT every day and our voices got really tired:

get a packet or two of JELL-O (gelatin, not pudding) and prepare it and put it in the fridge.  don't let it gelatinize all the way... just enough to be kind of slushy and drinkable.  drink this before you go to bed.  you're gonna have to time the preperation right and keep a watchful eye on it so it doesn't get too hard (or be too watery) before you're ready to sleep.  don't drink anything else afterwards, and try not to swallow too much (heh heh... that's what she said).  the liquid will coat your vocal chords (actually, they're folds, and not chords, but vocal folds sounds too strange to me) and allow them to heal better.  it's not a magic cure, and won't make you totally better right away, but it helps.  there is no substitute for good, old fashioned rest, and lots of vitamin C.  also tea as others have said.

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: muteKi on 22 Oct 2007, 22:35 ---Though for singing more so than a lot of other things, talent definitely counts for a lot.
For example, I'm an okay singer, but I don't think I could ever become a major solo artist regardless of training. Part of this has to do with my range, part with a less-than-perfect ear as well.

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Uh, you know there are ways and means to expand both your range and your power. As for your ear, that can be trained as well. People with perfect ears go insane, because nothing EVER sounds in tune to them.

Scandanavian War Machine:
i don't know if vocals chords are a muscle so this may or may not be relevent but two seperate groups of scientists somewhere just came to the same conclusion that chocolate milk is the best thing to drink for muscle recovery (say, after working out).

i'm not really sure how this applies to the throat since the drink is actually passing through the area you want to recover so it might affect it differently.

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