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It's really important to warm up before you start singing. I recommend some relaxing breathing exercises and gentle humming. Then pure vocal and bubble slides throughout your range. This really opens up up the voice and eases tension in the lips and eases the flow of air through the vocal cords while using strong support of the diaphragm and your abdominal muscles. Complete your warm-up before you start to sing.

Find a few songs that you love in the low part of your range or that are less than an octave range. you can sing along to a CD or not. After you've warmed up, pick one (or two) of these songs and sing them softly one time through using good breathe support. Once you've sung through the tune at least twice your voice will be ready to sing - provided that you're in good voice to begin with. If you're very tired, have a cold or your voice is strained in any way - warm up at least a full 20 minutes. Once again, it's really important to warm up before you start singing. I mean...it's really important to warm up before you start singing.