I practice 3 hours a day on excercises on my days off of work. And there are certain times of the day I cannot practice. In the mornings, my voice is just like me. It's not a morning person. lol

So anyttime after ten I begin practicing. I do not practice three hours straight on excercises. I do one hour. Then wait and practice on some songs.

Wait...then practice an hour. Then later in the evening depending on band practice or playing out. I do warmups. I will practice again or I do it before bedtime.

So in all I possibly practice 4 hours on my days off. Three on excercises, not sure on just warmups. I practice at least a 45 minutes on just songs at seperate times. Not counting band practice two times a week.

I do not lose my voice and it doesn't hurt.

Now on the days I work(I work 12 hour shifts) I still practice. I just go to my car or go home. I don't live far from my job. And I work on a deck above the floor and I have some privacy. I work alone. So, I'm eiether singing or practicing excercises. Yes...people know I do this.

I just increased it the last couple of months. Not sure if this is bad. But I'm not doing it straight three hours all at once. So it's not causing problems. My voice is fine.

Jim Gilette once said he practiced 4 to 6 hours a day.


What about you Jaime? Anyone?

I used to practice as much as Jim but I was a freak too;) 3 hours is a lot. If your voice feels fine and you are improving then keep at it. It is all dependent upon the individual and how bad they want it.

JV

I want it bad. That's why I increased my time.

I practice about an hour a day on memorizing songs that my teacher gives me.And I practice about 30 minutes on strengthening my diapragm(good LORD it hurts)

I only practice about a half and hour to an hour a day, then a couple hours when i'm with the band... i think it's just dependent on the individual.

I played in a band in 91-93 called Chained Angel and e rehearsed 4-6 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, and that is not including my warmups and workouts. I was the only singer in the band.

JV

In university I used to practice 4 to 6 hours a day too. Now that I have a "real job", I can barely find time between getting ready for the next day of teaching, writing/practicing my own music and resting. I don't really practice voice per say that much except during the summer I only wish I could...

I am so busy with the revising of RYV, two other books, 4 other audio products, 3 digital products, a vocal system on CD, and various new shows, that I have absolutely no time for singing. AGGHHHHH, the one thing I love is put on hold to help the masses;)

JV

Why not write and sing at the same time? It could be a new cahpter for your book.

whoops...I meant chapter.

Just remember to type on the vowels ;).

I try to do an hr or hour and a half. depends on how long I can disappear b4 my wife comes looking for me lol.

I do 30-45 minutes on Mon, Wed & Fri which is scheduled, so I must do it.

Anything else is a bonus.

I usually do non vocal exercises on Tues, Thu, Sat & Sun. Which involves 500 consecutive bullfrogs with increasing resistance, rib expansion breathing exercises, tongue push ups and so on.

Keep a hardbound spiral journal and record what you do on a daily basis, a page per day. If you don't fill the page, put ideas on how to improve, affirmations and so on.

This is an excellent thread, I would like to see in depth regimen's of guys like Steve Augeri and Jeff Scott Soto and some of the newer high calibre guys. It would be interesting to see what Jim Gillete, Brett Manning and David Phelps schedules were when they were/are at their peak.

A lot of systems never reveal how much time and work it takes to get to this kind of level.

I have never thought of keeping a journal on this. cool advice.