The importance of vocal warm-ups

In the past, I didn't dedicate much time in warming up my voice before singing. I felt that gradually through practicing a song, I would warm up my voice anyway, however it would sometimes lead to a strained voice and discomfort to my throat, especially when I would sing songs which required singing in a big range. Proper vocal warm up's aren't necessarily aimed at just the muscles in your voice, rather than your whole body including lip rolling, posture, torso and lip exercises in order to release and awaken tension build up in the muscles enabling more of a smoother sound. By learning to wake up the proper torso muscles, neck/throat tension can be greatly reduced and I've personally noticed more control in my voice after doing these sessions before practicing. I came across a 4 part warm up session from You tube which has been greatly beneficial to me. The clear instructions followed by demonstrations have proven to work for me and after the warm up exercises an improvement in my vocal range was noticed. As well as this, i am able to sing for much longer without feeling a strain on my voice. Here are the exercises i have been doing for a couple of weeks now.