| How to heal vocal cords quickly and | | | | sleep.3. ALOE DRINK by KHEE BROS. This stuff |
| efficiently | | | | is the best! (No I don't get a commission |
| | | | form them.) I just tell you it |
| after a rough weekend of gigs or public | | | | works!Ingredients: Pure water, aloe gel, |
| speakingI hate taking drugs. I know that's | | | | fructose, honey, citric acid, calcium |
| hard to hear coming from a full time working | | | | lactate, vitamin C, aloe fruit.I usually find |
| musician. But it is true. I hate taking | | | | this drink at an Asian market. We have a |
| anti-histamines or sprays. I prefer the | | | | great Chinatown in Chicago where I live. But |
| holistic approach.The three ways to protect | | | | check any of your local yellow pages or |
| your voice: | | | | google them. It comes in a green plastic |
| | | | bottle. It actually real refreshing -- not |
| 1. Water: Distilled water is the best. | | | | like the aloe extract you get at the nature |
| Chlorinated water, even when filtered is the | | | | stores. It has helped immensely in healing my |
| worst. Why? Think about how your skin feels | | | | voice after a couple nights of gigging.Aloe |
| after you've been swimming. Chlorine does the | | | | Vera is a miracle plant. If you don't know |
| same thing to vocal cords - dries them out.If | | | | about it, you need to read up on it. It |
| you can not find steam distilled water, | | | | hydrates and it also helps allergies!! fat |
| Wal-Marts have water filtered by reverse | | | | grms, 0 trans fat grms, 0 sugar ( it does |
| osmosis. It's a charcoal based filtering | | | | have honey in it ), 11mg sodium, 0 |
| system that has no bacteria. Spring water is | | | | Cholesterol, 15gms of Carbohydrates.Dan |
| no good for that reason. You don't know what | | | | Gillogly is currently employed as a Saloon |
| spring it came from, so you don't what | | | | Singer about eight nights a week. His mother |
| organisms are still there.2. Sleep: Hard to | | | | still wants to know when he is going to get a |
| get enough sleep. If you're like me, you go, | | | | job. As a former Music Director at The |
| go, go. So 8 hours is tough. What I do is I | | | | Second City, he has written and performed |
| make sure I take a nap before every gig. | | | | music for A&E, FOX-TV and countless corporate |
| Even if I lay down for an hour it helps. The | | | | clients including AT&T, Sears and IKEA. |
| voice is never more relaxed then when at | | | | |