OnTheRoad

Good question renegade. It has been my experience that the more you sing, the better your voice gets. It's just like if you sang at a dance every weekend in a month and sang some in between, your voice would be tough. You're exercising your voice this way. If you sing once or twice a month for a little while, you'll be hoarse quickly. I think 4 hours at once wouldnt hurt. But if you really want to work it out, sing a couple of hours every other day or so, you want to work on it consistantly. Kinda like power lifting vs. conditioning. Can anyone offer an answer?

OTR

BPlenty

I agree with OTR that you should definitely sing during the week. I try to sing some every day. The more you sing, the better. If you don't sing during the week at all and then you sing for four hours at practice, you're more apt to messing up your throat. If you sing a lot during the week or everyday, then four hours shouldn't be that bad. Our group has been practicing every week for about 2-3 hours, and we've been fine but all of our guys practice at home as well. I think that's the key. It also helps with learning songs Hope that helps

tigger

BPlenty,
must be nice to be able to be able to practice every weekend with a group. me, i just practice when i'm driving down the road. that's all i ever listen to anymore.


keith

BPlenty

Aw, come on Keith, its only 8 hours to practice and back, you could make it. LOL

Singing in the car is great...but you get some wierd stares

OnTheRoad

Stares, what stares? Hehe. Actually, I usually sing to regular music in my car. In regular music, you have a broader spectrum of voice range, depending on the type of music of course. Our group sings together once or twice a week, depending on work schedules. The advantage we have is that we all live within 30 minutes of each other. Makes it even easier when half the drum lives in the same house!

OTR

nik harvey

if you really want stares, bust out the drum stick on the dash at the same time!!