If I've got a packed nose and a gig coming up, I snort warm salt water. A pinch of salt dissolved in a warm glass of filtered water, I'll snort a bit up each side, blow it out, and continue several times. The first time I did it, it burned like the dickens, now it's no problem (except I'm growing gills).

The day of the gig watch out, some medications that dry out your snotter will also dry out your throat and you'll squeak and squawk. Backstage, if you are able, stand on your head for a while, or sit "upside down" in a chair or couch so your head is the lowest part of your body. This rushes the blood to your head, warming up the larynx and making you feel pleasantly dizzy (this was an old trick among opera singers). Do some deep breathing and a few jumping jacks before going on stage. Warming up the body helps open the sinuses (for example, take a hot bath and you'll notice while you're in the bath, you can breathe much more clearly.)

Well, I hope Doc Lynman agrees with these crazy remedies, they've worked for me for years.

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

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-niteshift

Mike Dunbar Music