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

FinsburyParkCarrots
FinsburyParkCarrots 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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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    tea with honey?


    do all tom waits songs?


    :)
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    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
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I only do originals, and tea is piss. Next!!!! :D
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 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"
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat 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
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots 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



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


    Yeah, but the view sucks.
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat 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
  • norm
    norm 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
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 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"
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots 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.
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule 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
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Lots of sleep, lots of water, veggies/fruits, fruit juices

    Yep, good plan!
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat 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
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots 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 Helen
    Heineken 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_soup
    vedder_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

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  • dunkman
    dunkman 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.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany 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_soup
    vedder_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!

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