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How the fook am I going to get my voice in full flow for Wednesday?

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
My cold is nearly gone but my voice is a bit croaky. I've a London gig on Wednesday, and one on Thursday. I'm not after gearhead tips. I want advice from anyone with a throat. So, AET-ers. Fix me!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    tea with honey?


    do all tom waits songs?


    :)
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,961
    I'm not a singer, but what about hot tea and honey. Usually helps me when I have a sore throat. Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I only do originals, and tea is piss. Next!!!! :D
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    vicks in a washbasin with a towel over your head?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Bourbon will knock out the phlegm.
    Don't drink milk or intake any dairy if possible...not good for the vocal chords.
    Pure local honey the day of.
    :)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Bourbon will knock out the phlegm.
    Don't drink milk or intake any dairy if possible...not good for the vocal chords.
    Pure local honey the day of.
    :)


    I'll have to look out for some bees at Kings Cross, then. :D



    :)
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    vicks in a washbasin with a towel over your head?


    Yeah, but the view sucks.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I'll have to look out for some bees at Kings Cross, then. :D



    :)
    I sang for years...remember me for your next album. :)
    The dairy is a big thing.
    It may be allergies??? If so, the local honey is the best. Don't go buying the cute little plastic teddy bear full of honey at the market. Get good, pure honey.
    I have been taking a tsp every morning, trying to ward off the allergy season. Ok so far.
    Break a leg at your gigs! :)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I only do originals, and tea is piss. Next!!!! :D


    fine!...then my advice to you is to start drinking heavily......:p :D
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Yeah, but the view sucks.
    Man up.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I sang for years...remember me for your next album. :)
    The dairy is a big thing.
    It may be allergies??? If so, the local honey is the best. Don't go buying the cute little plastic teddy bear full of honey at the market. Get good, pure honey.
    I have been taking a tsp every morning, trying to ward off the allergy season. Ok so far.
    Break a leg at your gigs! :)


    Nope, it's a bronchial thing. I often get bronchitis/pneumonia in April. Just fighting hard to prevent it, this year, at the chesty cough stage.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Lots of sleep, lots of water, veggies/fruits, fruit juices
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Lots of sleep, lots of water, veggies/fruits, fruit juices

    Yep, good plan!
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Nope, it's a bronchial thing. I often get bronchitis/pneumonia in April. Just fighting hard to prevent it, this year, at the chesty cough stage.
    You don't smoke ciggies do you? :(
    Bourbon then. :)
    If Failed Persephone were ever around, she might say the same thing. :)
    I hope you feel better R!
    Gargle salt and warm water.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    TrixieCat wrote:
    You don't smoke ciggies do you? :(
    Bourbon then. :)
    If Failed Persephone were ever around, she might say the same thing. :)
    I hope you feel better R!
    Gargle salt and warm water.


    Nope. Not a smoker. Trying the Greene King Export Strength IPA self-med, then bed!

    :)
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Fins, I know it's rotten but drink guinness and talk as little as possible... from my 5 songs a night career days :D

    I used to always lose my voice and have a sore throat... guinness was fantastic... soooooooooooo soothing!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Fins, I know it's rotten but drink guinness and talk as little as possible... from my 5 songs a night career days :D

    I used to always lose my voice and have a sore throat... guinness was fantastic... soooooooooooo soothing!

    that is your secret! that is what keeps you inj full voice all night!

    the gift of the gab is not kissing the blarney stone, it is all in the liffy water!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    sing 'smelly cat' a lot... also.. when was the last time you watched a porn movie and the lady had a sore throat??? exactly! they never have a sore throat!!! so do what they do and make a porno... problem solved.

    i ask for no fee. :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    I've heard lemon juice works...or maybe lemonade if straight lemon juice is too much.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    dunkman wrote:
    sing 'smelly cat' a lot... also.. when was the last time you watched a porn movie and the lady had a sore throat??? exactly! they never have a sore throat!!! so do what they do and make a porno... problem solved.

    i ask for no fee. :)

    :eek:
    the moan alot! and swear alot, f##k me f@@k me
    i don't see how that could help!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Seems to be a lot better today, but no singing until tomorrow, to be on the safe side. Thanks, everyone!
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Fresh Semen is great......plenty at Kings Cross :D

    If unavailable there's a throat spray available.Think vicks make it,antibacterial type thing.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    stargirl69 wrote:
    Fresh Semen is great......plenty at Kings Cross :D

    If unavailable there's a throat spray available.Think vicks make it,antibacterial type thing.


    Er, given my preference for the lady variety, I'll pass on the semen, thank you. The Vicks sounds good though, just as long as it's Victoria, not Victor. :D
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Er, given my preference for the lady variety, I'll pass on the semen, thank you. The Vicks sounds good though, just as long as it's Victoria, not Victor. :D

    :D
    Vick it is.It comes in a spray bottle with a nozzle that goes right to the back of the throat.:D
    My friends a singer and he swears by it when there's no fresh young semen around.LOL :D
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Break a leg at your gigs!
    Boy thats just mean right there. He already has a sore throat. :D j/k












    Good God I have lame humor.....
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Shit, have I got a rattly right lung. Fuck it. Gigs! Die for one's art! :D
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Shit, have I got a rattly right lung. Fuck it. Gigs! Die for one's art! :D
    aww still feelin' poorly??

    have you tried honey???

    honey and lemon with hot water is really good...if it is rattling you might want to go with feverfew tea (or chamomile)


    personally I drink a shot of whiskey and then hot water with lemon in it.

    that gives my throat a good break...course I can't even sing in the shower...
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    That's what I'm doing now. I'm being kept up, coughing. I'll do the gigs, regardless. It's putting me in bad humour, though. So, humour me. I've decided to stay away from any sub-forum that might irritate me, as I'm not suffering fools gladly. The AET is full of my kinda fools. Cool ones. :D
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,961
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    That's what I'm doing now. I'm being kept up, coughing. I'll do the gigs, regardless. It's putting me in bad humour, though. So, humour me. I've decided to stay away from any sub-forum that might irritate me, as I'm not suffering fools gladly. The AET is full of my kinda fools. Cool ones. :D


    Gargle with a shot of whiskey, swallow it. Take two extra strength paracetamol, another shot of whiskey with lemon and honey and hot water, take a warm bath, and then go to bed. It'll knock you out and sweat out whatever you have.
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Fifthelement wrote:
    Gargle with a shot of whiskey, swallow it. Take two extra strength paracetamol, another shot of whiskey with lemon and honey and hot water, take a warm bath, and then go to bed. It'll knock you out and sweat out whatever you have.


    I like the swallowing whiskey part.
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