Summer is just eight days away and right now I am on a voice rest for the next few days from overusing my voice in the band.
I was making some gravelly sounds and it strained my vocal cords to the point they were raw.
I guess I can’t make those sounds anymore and will need to change my style of singing a bit. We are supposed to play tomorrow but I am not sure I’ll be ready yet, maybe waiting three more days is a better option to get my voice all the way back first. Our music’s heating up and we’ve been playing more for the HVAC supplier and around town, so I am going to need to preserve my voice as much as possible so that we can play a few times a week. My throat still feels a bit raw this morning so another day of not talking much is going to be necessary for me. The HVAC corp where I work will have me work in the back inventory room where I can just unbox cooling and heating equipment and not have to talk to anyone all day long. I guess I will see how my voice feels tomorrow when I wake up and whether I can play that day or not. Worst case scenario I can work at the cooling corp the next few days and rest my voice, then I’ll play this weekend with the heating technician when my voice is back to 100%. At least when I am typing my voice gets a rest!