dangerous singing technique

[merciful evans]

i read in a book ('the bad & the beautiful') about sammy davis jnr. it said that he had a technique where he would sing the note as he exhaled.

i thought everybody did this. but apparently this is bad as it can burn out your voice box. nat king cole apparently warned sdj about this, but it didnt stop him.

sdr did damage his voice later in his career too, although not permanently. anyone know anything about this sort of thing?

[Alistair]

Yeah, I thought everybody did this.

Maybe he means singing from your diaphragm so you rely less on exhaliing.

[Steve]

Eh?

[johnthebank]

Most dangerous singing technique I have is opening my gob. Dangerous for everyone else that is !

[ATom2]

I believe this had to do with exhaling cigarette smoke while singing. That will kill the old froat.

[ATom2]

.... imagine guys inhaling ETHER and THEN singing while they EXHALE...

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...or posting!

[phantomengineer]

Why Philadelphia?

[johnthebank]

I think he may be having a WC FIELDS moment

[phantomengineer]

Uh-oh boys. I think we have the first ever Nose-Bandit on our hands...

[merciful evans]

Tom, u were right. this is to do with smoking. it wasnt clear when i first read it. so dont nobody smoke while singing.

and it were throat cancer sdj developed later on.

[Rudi]

Anyway... SMOKE anything you like.

bye!

H.

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kippers

These are also bad for your throat. So we'd better not smoke kippers either.

[hariossa]

I found THIS article.

Check it out

[john]

I found THIS article.

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Hey Hari

Interesting article. Thanks!

Cheers

John

[Rudi]

Fascinating. I clearly do everything wrong. No wonder I lose my voice after every gig.

I’m not sure that our punters will dig the operatic Italian style though.

Thanks Hari

[hariossa]

Fascinating. I clearly do everything wrong. No wonder I lose my voice after every gig.

I’m not sure that our punters will dig the operatic Italian style though.

Thanks Hari

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I tend to loose my voice after 15 minutes singing, so you're way ahead!!

[john]

Hey

I have a dangerous singing technique. I sing. It's dangerous. :

[FinnArild]

I found THIS article.

Check it out

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Very interesting article, Hari. Thanks.

[hariossa]

ONE thing I KNOW from my own Xperience is a DANGEROUS singing tecnique:

Singing in FALSETTO.

You 'thin' out yer voice to get real, REAL high, until you sound like the 'Bee Gees'...

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so how does Prince get away with it?

[euphoriamorning]

i think it depends what kinda vocal style you want to adopt.

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singing from your diaghram and exhaling exenuates more of a breathy warm tone.. i guess this is a 'correct' singing style that promotes an unforced character.

but is apparantly 'dangerous' oh well..

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if your a screecher then you'll sing harder relying more on your throat registers for power which doesn't rely on so much lung capacity as your larynx is squeezing the s.hit outta your throat. oh well..

either way your screwed. :

scream for me sooooooooooooongstuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuff!.. <choke>

[Steve]

I'll stick to playing guitar then! Much safer...