Water --> Throat Coat Tea w/honey --> Glenlivet straight up.

Vocals in the studio on Monday went like this:

It's been a long few weeks. I can't complain, because I've been singing nonstop. If I'm not in the studio working on the record, I'm lugging my keyboard to Redwood City Plaza for an outdoor show, or driving up to Redding for a backyard concert. It's been so much fun, but it is taking a toll on my voice. I'm so exhausted! Top it all off, I'm fighting off a cold.

So my trip to the studio on Monday was a bit of an uncertainty. We were set to record vocals for my songs "Taken" and "Fight or Flight," but I had no idea if I had the juice for it! I sipped on water, to stay hydrated and we got started. Half way through "Taken" I decided to dive into the Throat Coat - and let me tell you, if you haven't tried this miracle potion, you must! It's like a massage for your tired and swollen vocal chords - and I'm considering just ordering a boat-load online to keep for emergencies. That's right, me with no voice is a freakin' emergency. For me at least. I think for N it's sort of a God-send... But back to the studio: we surprisingly finished "Taken" with very little trouble and it was on to "Fight or Flight." I was a bit nervous because we've modified some of the lyrics and updated the bridge a bit - but we went head first. Adam pulled out the Glenlivet and I took a nice big glass into the vocal booth with me. Oh yeah, it was like 1:30 in the afternoon :) There's something about whiskey and singing - it's my go-to for shows and now its becoming my standard in the studio. Never more than 1 glass, because then it just turns into a sloppy karaoke session (oh how I miss those NY nights), but a little warm fuzzy whiskey helps loosen everything up. Crazy that I'm saying this, but so far, Fight or Flight has been my favorite song to record. Heading to the studio tonight to work on some editing...