About those looooooonnnnnngggggg notes
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DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Give us a song example please.
Chicken Man
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I think they can manage breath and work the mic on a way that isn't possible in a live performance setting. It's also possible that the tour lifestyle has an increasingly deleterious effect on the voice box.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I can tell you it takes practice.... breath control... and knowing when the note is coming to make sure your lungs are ready. I know that we have some songs where those really long sustaining notes are part of the song (usually last verse or chorus).... let me see if I can find a video. If I can't find one where I'm singing, I know where I can find you one from one of the vocal coaches that I follow on youtube.
I listen to some of these coaches when driving so I can sing along in the car and make use of that time, especially when it's a long trip. I was working on virtual insanity last week and had a two hour drive. That song alternates between strong head voice to more breathy, and then stacatto rap, so you definitely have to manage breath control or you'll run out of air mid way through a verse.
I listen to some of these coaches when driving so I can sing along in the car and make use of that time, especially when it's a long trip. I was working on virtual insanity last week and had a two hour drive. That song alternates between strong head voice to more breathy, and then stacatto rap, so you definitely have to manage breath control or you'll run out of air mid way through a verse.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Ah crap... this one is just a clip. Back when my old band (in the vid) would play the casinos... when the crowd was singing along, I would hold certain notes longer and longer.... to see who could keep up, who would stop and wonder what the fuck... and who would just start back up an yell. 
If I can find a video from the Grooveheads of the Dishwalla tune or Like a Stone, I know both of those had notes that I would literally try to hold until my feet went numb. 
If I can find a video from the Grooveheads of the Dishwalla tune or Like a Stone, I know both of those had notes that I would literally try to hold until my feet went numb. 
Dexter Inferno
Serious error
Another factor in a live performance is you're rarely as relaxed as in a controlled studio environment. Adrenaline, moving around, nervousness and things like that.
Learning the classical techniques really helps in minimizing fatigue and avoiding lasting damage.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
We play a lot of outdoor gigs. One of the festivals we play is always in the middle of July. Out of the past 9 years of playing that show, there have been several years where it was high 90's with the sun reflecting off of the metal stage. I've guzzled gatoraid and still gotten dehydrated causing my voice to tighten up, my fretting arm to cramp up.. and I remember one year I tilted my head back and held out the last note of a song, only to feel my knees buckle.
I looked over at the other guitar player and said... "You need to sing one... I need a sec.
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Dexter Inferno
Serious error
We play a lot of outdoor gigs. One of the festivals we play is always in the middle of July. Out of the past 9 years of playing that show, there have been several years where it was high 90's with the sun reflecting off of the metal stage. I've guzzled gatoraid and still gotten dehydrated causing my voice to tighten up, my fretting arm to cramp up.. and I remember one year I tilted my head back and held out the last note of a song, only to feel my knees buckle.
I looked over at the other guitar player and said... "You need to sing one... I need a sec.
Yep, dehydration is fun.
I remember I nearly fainted on stage once, and that was indoors. Middle of summer on a small stage and the lighting were 8 1000-watt old PAR cans (thank fuck it's all LED these days).
That long high note I had to sing towards the end of one of the songs nearly took me out.
I've learned to always keep a good amount of water within reach since then.
