{"id":526,"date":"2010-03-24T03:05:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T09:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:37:48","slug":"information-for-vocalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/musicians\/information-for-vocalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Vocalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

a song should begin in the heart, not in the throat<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m taking a group of seven women into a recording studio. As I’m in charge of the production, I will prepare the singers and make the experience an enjoyable one. To prepare them, I sought advice from experts. From my immediate network: I phoned an audio engineer. He suggested I talk to a vocal coach. I don’t sing so I don’t know any vocal coaches. That doesn’t stop me from asking questions however. I queried singers in my Twitter music stream. They ignored me. I talked with a family member who had vocal coaching. They weren’t given any information; they hadn’t any recording studio experience. Upon inquiring, the studio suggested that I tell them to bring room-temperature fruit juice.<\/p>\n

I furthered that information with my own research. Most information from Google\/Bing\/Yahoo\/About\/Lycos searching provided a lot of information on problems with the voice.  The advice given by the studio recording company matches information supplied by other singers who have mentioned particular juices being better than others for hydration:  first pineapple juice, then strawberry juice.<\/p>\n

If you want to view images of vocal chords, vocaldoctor.org presents video clips of vocal chords moving as singers with healthy as well as problematic vocal chords sing.<\/p>\n

After many hours filtering through the noise, I gleaned the following information that deals with the concept of hydrating the vocal chords to help the singers function at their best and to prevent vocal injury. To hydrate the voice:<\/p>\n