*walks out of the recording studio and seem tired* Woo, geez my voice is tired - I guess you were right about the genre change needing a lot of work; I figure death metal require screaming but you don't scream.
*gives Ibuki a water bottle* Here, I recommend you drink this - it'll help your throat from growing tired.
Oh hey thanks, so I should be drinking water?
Well it's warm, it'll help with your vocal range and you don't hurt your voice at so just drink that and will keep practicing.
I was often advise to drink warm water and unsweetened coconut water but I had a bad experience with coconuts so I tend to avoid that stuff.
Oh really? Sorry about that, well if not that then try herbal tea, low sugar plant based milk such as soy, low sugar and low acid juices and low sodium bone broth - usually those would help you out.
Oh yeah, I think my mom told me to drink that stuff before a concert so I don't strain my voice.
She even say don't drink milk either which is too bad since I really like milk.
Well your mom has some good advice you should take it next time.
Also just do breathing exercises to help with the range of your voice too; it should make singing a lot easier for you and I suggest hums as well to help with your throat muscle.
Whooa, despite being the Ultimate drummer you sure know a lot about vocal stuff; do you do singing as well?
Well... not really, it's just some tips I heard when my band perform at Tokyo Radio Tower and concerts, and I don't see myself singing all that much...
Oh but I did remember a time when the lead singer in our band was really sick and couldn't make it, it was a really important show too.
Holy crap, really?! What happen did you guys do?
Yeah, I think since mine and his voice were similar we decided I perform in his place.
I... will admit I was nervous since I never sung on stage at all or knew how, I didn't want to let anyone down; especially as this was on the spot too... I had to improvise...
But after getting comfortable and practicing a bit with my voice, I was able to learn to sing and the concert was a success.
Dude, that is like totally awesome man! It's no wonder your an awesome vocal coach, you got practice!
I remember my band mostly pick me because my singing voice was good for pop music even if it wasn't a genre I wasn't into but I wanted to perform.
Oh, right... you don't like pop music and prefer death metal, right?
Yeah and I had to perform pop music but I started to grow tired of it and wanted to change but we all had different genres we like.
It's why we all split up due to creative differences; we just wanted to take the band in certain directions but we weren't sure.
Yeah I kinda get that, it's usually hard to decide what music you want to do.
But hey, it's good to get out there and experiment, so glad to see you trying a different genre.
Wow, thanks Shoji - your the best!
*drinking the water* Ah, it's really refreshing after practice, thanks a bunch dude.
So are we gonna keep practicing like this?
Well yeah, gotta get practice in, but you should take breaks every once in a while.
You got it captain, I sure am enjoying this a lot more then I thought I would! Let's keep going after this break!
*After Ibuki takes a break and drinking water, she goes back to practice*
