Sorry for hijacking your thread for a moment Kevin but this needs to be said based on some other comments that might be taken the wrong way.

The voice is like a stove. It cooks best once it's warmed up otherwise your vocal will come out half baked. So however you choose to warm it up - keep in mind ALL pro singers warm up before they do a recording take (or even a live show.) Because what happens when a singer doesn't warm up by whatever method they choose is at best the first part of the song sounds considerably worse than the last as the voice starts to get loose. Half baked. And that's the best case scenario. Usually it doesn't go that well.

So for people reading this, if you don't warm up your voice before singing you're risking straining your voice just as if you were going to run a race without stretching first. You may hobble to the finish but odds are you're going to cramp.

People reading this who don't sing often and who don't practice and who don't know how to warm up their voice may see the above posts and think they're just going to pop on the mic and find some elusive "magic" in that first take - ain't going to happen.

That's why Bud said when Janice is "ready" to sing. I'm sure being an athlete in addition to singing she knows from experience (as do all singers I know) to warm her voice up first.

The magic happens when the voice like the stove is preheated and ready to cook.

Hijack over. grin

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