From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs
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What are cool downs, part 1
From the course: Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs
What are cool downs, part 1
- Some years ago I was working with a particular singer and his technique was great. He had incorporated all of the different elements that I had worked with him on, practiced diligently, everything was cool, he did warm ups, and then he was doing these long gigs and for two days afterwards, sometimes three, his voice would be hoarse. So, it was very perplexing, what in the world is going on? And I troubleshooted, that's not really a word, I troubleshot, ha ha, what was going on and little by little I started discovering a few things. I did a little bit further research on muscles and it all came together for me. He needed to do cool down. Now this is back in the day when nobody had ever heard of cool down, nobody knew about it, it was not considered. Though dancers and athletes do it. In other words, if you have studied dance, for example, remember how you limber up, then you do all the exercises, then you start moving across the floor and incorporate them in more dance-like…
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