Even great singers sing better when they do a good warm up.  A warm up can be something as simple as humming or singing lightly until your voice feels more at ease to use.   The point of a warm up is to get blood flowing to the various organs involved in singing, so that they can do their job easily.   There are various small and delicate muscles involved in singing.  If you are loud dramatic singer and go full force into your most difficult singing without a warm up you are asking for damage.

Beyond the warm up’s you can do your self with vocal such as light singing or humming you can also do other things to encourage a good warm up before demanding singing, such as:

1. Warm Tea with honey and lemon.   Not a cure all but the warm tea will help bring blood to the throat area because of the heat.  The caffiene in the tea will give you a quick energy boost.  The honey will help coat the throat  and a small does of lemon will help clear light phlegm.

2. Inhale hot steam.   A hot shower or a personal humidifyer can do wonders to bring warmth and moisture to the throat and sinuses.  This is particularly helpful in dry climates or cold climates that cause everything to close off.

3. Hot compresses.  You can simply put some hot towels to your throat region to bring blood to the area.

4. Some quick cardio, such as jumping jacks.   This will cause you to take air into your lungs and open up the bronchials.  To sing at your best the lungs have to be open up to full capacity, particularly for dramatic loud singing.

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