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Location: Fort worth Texas | Hey everyone, I havent been on the board in a while,..lost job , gig, learning more about sound..etc etc
Just wanted to say that this past Saturday I played the first gig with the new Legend 1867 and it sounded pretty damn good,.. after a long time of dicking with the OP40 I think I finally got it figured out. My vocals were rough since Ive been sick, actually this was the first time I have sang sick so that was a trip in itself. Anyways I was using lemon and honey ,... all the remedys, but nothing was making my voice cut through like it should. so I turned to Jack Daniels, did about five shots trhough the night and stayed away from the beer and it worked like a charm,... I put this up here in case someone might not know of the great powers of Jack Daniels to a lead vocalist. Ya'll take care |
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Location: Upper Left USA | And Jesus loves Texans too! |
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Location: Scotland | Jack doesn't cure anything, he just tricks you into believing you're cured. |
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Location: NJ | Thank God that trick still works for me. |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Alcohol kills germs very reliably and should be a first line of defense against any upper respiratory infection. (Repeat 3 times & call me in the morning if you can.) |
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Location: Fort worth Texas | I wasnt using Jack as a cure, but it worked really well for helping my voice hold and sustain notes without breaking especially when I was at the top of my range and for those songs that if the drummer plays a little too fast and you hardly have enough time to catch air to sing the next line at regulat tempo. You guys should try it if ever in the situation I was in. |
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Location: SoCal | Hey, at the OFC jam, I'll sound great (at least to me) after the first hour of food and drink. |
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Location: NJ | My partner Rick & I use a phrase at our gigs:
"The more you DRINK, the better we SOUND".
Bartenders/BarOwners LOVE to hear that one! |
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Location: NJ | Actually, alcohol's probably the worse thing to be treating your throat with, as the properties of alcohol tend to DRY your throat/vocal chords.
The style in which I sing (combined with the repertoire that we play) has a tendency of wreaking havoc on my pipes. I use this stuff called "Throat Tea" made by a company called Yogi (which I believe is some hippie-dippie ashram out in Oregon). This stuff really works! (for me any way). I keep a stash in my gig bag and the first thing that I do when we show up is ask the barmaid for a big cup of hot water and throw in a teabag (or two, if a goodly-sized mug) and I let it steep (covered with a saucer) while setting up. I just sip it throughout the night, occasionally "rolling" it around the back of my throat (like gargling) if the opportunity permits itself. I usually do two cups a night (one for each two hour set). It's made with cammomile, licorice root, and a bunch of other stuff. I thinks it's probably the licorice root offering the therapeutic value. The taste takes a little getting used to, but at gigs I have enough other shit on my mind that I don't even notice it anymore.
I usually wait until the last half of the last set before I start ordering the shots of Patron. ;) |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Cayan Pepper added to room temp Vodka.
no explanation needed. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Another thing that you may want to try is is "Slippery Elm" Lozenges. They are a natural, herbal lozenge which really helps sooth the pipes. That and a good old H2O normally does the trick for me. I try to stay away from the "good" stuff until after the gig is over and I can relax. I have enough trouble singing and playing without drinking :rolleyes: |
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Location: Shelton, Washington, USA | i've always used half and half mix of hot water and collins mix.... works great for keeping me singing.... |
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Location: NJ | Am I the only one hear TRYING for the whisky and ciggarette vocal style? |
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Location: NJ | Oh . . I can GET that, if I WANT it . . . the thing is you don't want it all the time (at least I don't). |
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Location: NJ | cliff
with my vocal ability you want it ALL THE TIME |
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Location: Waurika OK | Cliff,
Where do you buy "Throat Tea". Preaching is beginning to ruin my singing voice, gradually limiting the range of my voice. I would like to try the tea.
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Location: NJ | I get it in local supermarkets in the "herbal tea" section. It's called Yogi "Throat Tea". Or else, find an herbal tea with licorice root (or slippery elm, as John B. suggested). Just keep in mind that ingesting large amounts of licorice can possibly create problems if you have any kind of blood pressure "issues". There IS this other stuff that I've found online called "Entertainer's Secret". It's a spray that you lightly "inhale" as you spray it into your mouth. It's pretty good at keeping your throat from drying out. They label it ". . . pleasing "Honey Apple" flavor . . .".
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Location: NJ | WARNING!!!!!!!!!!1
IF YOU HAVE ANY BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES YOU SHOULD LIMIT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE OFC!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Is that what the ringing in my ears has been? |
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Location: hatzic lake, bc, canada. | hot damn!!! when i first read cliffs post i thought he was joking,can he really be serious or am i missing something? |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | I just got on my latest health kick, Al: Lite beer, Doral smokes and walking to the mailbox everyday! |
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Location: SoCal | Goob:
Beer is one of God's most perfect foods. Vitamins to keep you healthy, made from grains for good roughage to keep you regular, plenty of liquid to keep you hydrated, and enough booze to keep you minding all the insanity in the world! |
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