Before I knew what I wanted to do vocally, I used to rag my voice a lot. Trying to get that rasp in it that at the time I thought was so cool. I started gong, Wait a minute, this is wrong, So I told myself, I am not going to do anything that is going to make me unable to sing. I am only going to sing things I can sing. I would get into some placement of what I do know, and not try to do things I could not do. That is what I started shooting for. I said to myself, I am not going to do anything that would hurt my voice. That thinking narrowed me down to certain sounds. That is what I am getting now. You have to be very self-disciplined. It is easy to parallel your lifestyle to an athletes. I think perhaps the vocalist has more of a physical cross to bear than any other musician. Yes, a guitarist can be sick with the flu and go out and play. The singer cant go out and buy a new voice or strings. You have the voice you came with and that is all you are going to get. Of course, there are kinds of surgery these days, you will never be the same, though. You are better off keeping what you have, and making sure you have it for a while. That takes discipline and it is frustrating. I enjoy going out partying and drinking with the guys as much as anybody. There are times I just have to go out and have a good time.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:00:01 +0000
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