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  1. Ah yeah - sometimes I prefer Springsteen over albums like that one. Or at least metal anyway. There's the other Joe Perry album too - which I started out with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Guitar,_Will_Travel.

    Not as fast as the other one but still nice.



    I think the next Springsteen album I go with is likely to be Nebraska or Darkness. And just doing some recording I lost my voice. Great!
  2. Forgot to warm up?

  3. I never warm up. I usually go into it and find sometimes my voice is far stronger than it should be.

    I recorded something the other day and managed to hit a real high note and hold it for a good length of time.
  4. I would advice to do at least some short warm up. Feels like it helps me

    I usually do some short warm ups from this youtube channel
    But I don't have the discipline to to a proper warm up, but it feels much better with just a few minutes. Sometimes I just have to sing and just sing though.
  5. Just like 'ahhhhhh' and 'oooooooh' for a few minutes before you mean?

    I really should before doing a big song before though - yet I listened back to something and you can hear how hard I went at the note. I will upload something...what's coming is what I was like with a sore throat and probably shouldn't have attempted it.
  6. With a bad throat singing is a poor idea But for those of us that can't resist warm up is more important than ever.

    I mean maybe some up and down your voice, starting low in chest voice transcending into head voice and back down again. I usually do this with some lip bubbles (that you can find on that channel), and some "he e ey" that you kinda go up and then swallow down to a lower tone in your chest voice.

    I hate those days when the voice isn't right, and losing it sucks, I really lost mine being sick in February and it took a month or something before it was really back. I didn't warm up much back then, but after that I'm a little bit more careful with my voice, since losing it sucked.
  7. I know but I love pushing it as far as possible and seeing just how awesome it can sound. Then again I use phasing a lot when editing so it kinda covers the mistakes. Not a legit one-take process but I find when you go to hit a big note and just doing something to one of the parts there it sounds totally off.

    I'll definitely take the warm-up bits into mind next time, don't want it to completely go like last time. I sounded like a frog!!! I think in the one below, I still do. Judge for yourself. If you want to hear how bad it was: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jdgoetx4b60g1jb

    Oh and I need to remember to drink when doing 10-minute songs without a break. That hurts.
  8. Will listen to it after listening to Lonesome Day by the Boss. I think I may just buy both.

  9. Go for it, 'specially if you can. Bruce usually isn't disappointing - on the new album (Working On A Dream) it has some nice songs and some real crap, so that's about as disappointing an album as he's ever done that I've heard so far. Lucky Town isn't bad either.
  10. About drinking... it should be water, and the tip that has really helped me, try to drink half a litre or something 30 minutes before singing. Because it actually takes 20 minutes for the water to get out in your system and hydrate you. Learning that helped me
  11. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:About drinking... it should be water, and the tip that has really helped me, try to drink half a litre or something 30 minutes before singing. Because it actually takes 20 minutes for the water to get out in your system and hydrate you. Learning that helped me

    I usually have plenty of water, especially between longer songs - or at least with an instrumental in the background, I go off during the little instrumental breaks and drink at least a cup right there so that usually works, or do a quick run around and then come back just in time for the next part.

    I'm still learning though...
  12. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]
    I usually have plenty of water, especially between longer songs - or at least with an instrumental in the background, I go off during the little instrumental breaks and drink at least a cup right there so that usually works, or do a quick run around and then come back just in time for the next part.

    I'm still learning though...


    Me too! Now I feel like an know-it-all ass... but if you have time, try to drink lukewarm water, cold water makes the vocal cords contract. Like any muscle being exposed to cold. But cold water is better than no

    I really have started taking some care of my voice. Losing it like that made me a little more careful. And I would like to have a voice at higher ages too.
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