It's pretty remarkable to note the difference between a dry throat during a song and a tea-relieved performance. Tea seems to revitalize the vocal chords and sharpen one's tone. That being said I usually keep a beer with me on stage, but my experience has shown me a glass of tea sometime before the show, say as far back as 4 hours before a performance, still has a positive effect on vocal reach, balance and sustainability.
Ones stamina is entirely up to conditioning involving the stomach and cardiovascular activity, but a strong voice can be achieved by several sincere practices before the show date and a soft and mellow run through on the date of the show so the entire package is not squandered prior to the actual performance. Please, don't forget the honey...it does wonders.
Friday, Sept 9, 2011 at the Shadow Lounge. Part of the "Idiomatic Tour" with Cash Metah & Wonder Brown of the Scribbling Idiots, w/ EF Cuttin, myself and Fortified PhonetX.
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i too drank tea before the show...i was on the old vanilla chai and honey...hot tea is one of my pre show rituals...actually i think its the only one i have...the one downside, if any, to drinking a nice steamy cup of mashed leave extraction right before you get to the venue is having to piss every ten minutes..thats why your advice on drinking it a couple hours prior to arriving at the spot clear headed and cleansed ready to unleash invisible poison phonetical vomit on fools is correct
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