What is the best way to prepare your throat before a performance?

Answer 1

I act...I think you sing? lol. But it is basically the same thing. One hour before show DO NOT eat or drink anything that contains dairy because it builds up mucus: milk, chocolate etc. Vocal warm ups are also a good tool to use. We use tongue twisters and scales to warm up. Make sure that you warm up because failing to do so could strain your vocal cords. Especially if you aren't using microphones/floor mics etc and you have to rely on your own projection skill. Another tip for loosening the throat is hot tea...mainly with honey and lemon. Make sure that the tea isn't too terribly hot though...that can cause damage and tighten the throat. Get it just warm enough to drink without blowing on it to cool it. :)

Answer 2

The best way to assure a happy throat is to keep it moisturized. For one or two days beforehand, make sure you drink plenty of water to keep yourself and your throat hydrated.

A great method I use before performances is what I call my magic drink. :P

It's a little odd to get used to at first but I quite enjoy it. Okay what you do is take a cup of water. Add a little honey and lemon juice. Then heat it up in the microwave. The proportions of the three ingredients is up to you, I use a whole glass of water, a tablespoon of honey, and half a tablespoon of lemon juice.

The water moisturizes your throat (as you can't sing, obviously, with a dry throat), while the warm honey is a kind of soother. The lemon juice serves no practical purpose other than to add flavor to your drink so that it doesn't seem your drinking sugar water. Just sip it over a period of time, don't gulp it or the effect will be lost.

This isn't a scientific thing, its simply something I do because it relaxes and soothes and moisturizes my throat, and seems to make it easier to sing.

Another thing to do to prepare, is really be warmed up. Make sure you've got your voice warmed up much higher and lower than your performance piece is, that way it will seem easier to hit those notes.

Have fun!
L

Answer 3

Best is relative, and very personal. I've worked with Divas who did anything from milk to pudding, to ice cream, to caviar.

BEST is also related to a natural approach in that a singing performer doesn't "Extend" the voice in every rehearsal. "MARK" when you feel the need.

You don't say if this is a real problem for you or a rhetorical question, so no one here can truly give you any "right" or wrong answers. It also depends in large measure on the Part, the duration of a number, solo, chorus, etc.

Steven Wolf

Answer 4

maybe a warm tea with honey and lemon if you want, but I think that's not the most important thing to prepare before a performance. The most important thing is that you have to prepare your mental. If you aren't mentally strong to perfrom it, of course whatever you drink before the performance will not be useful for you.

Answer 5

There are voice exercises you can do and a lot of performers drink hot tea with lemon and honey.

Answer 6

a friend of mine who sings daily at a club, about 10 minutes before getting on stage, drinks a small glass full of warm water with a spoon of honey mixed in it. i hope it helps!

Answer 7

Hot tea with a bit of lemon, but never drink milk.

Answer 8

It depends how big it is but if you want to take it deep, then an artificial lubricant can make the difference between being able to accept a significant size and an average one.

Answer 9

I always just drink water,lukewarm!..but Christian artist "Amy Grant" uses"Lays Potato Chips.". It's become her trademark she really believes it works,,,,,,different taste...for different throats!

Answer 10

I hear Linda Lovelace gargled with saltwater. Maybe that will work for you as well.