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You don't have to be a proffesioal, but if you can sing well, and know it I need to ask some help figuring somethings out.

Do any of you guys not sing for an extended period of time (week+), and feel like you're losing that edge, or special something you had in your voice? Or can't achieve the level of vibrato you usually can? Or reach the notes you can usually hit, effortlessly? I feel like my voice is just rubbish at the moment. I lose it every couple of weeks because I have a horrible immune system and am prone to seasonal ailments, but as soon as it comes back, I do not sing as well. It makes me upset. I recently went back to eating meat after being vegetaria for so long, could that have something to do with it? Or could it have something to do with the fact that I don't sing frequently anymore? Maybe vocal inactivity has something to do with it?

I guess what I'm wondering is if anyone has any tips to sound my absolute best? I've tried singing on the treadmill ad drinking tons of water, but I think it's more than that. I think I must have damaged my voice the last time I got sick.
 
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You could have nodes on your vocal chords. You would have to go to the doctor to find out though.
 
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Could be nodes, as Epiphany said, but vocal inactivity will have a lot to do with it as well, especially if you over-sing. (Which will just damage things further.)

A suggestion: Humming will exercise your vocal cords better than singing full out. Spend a couple of days doing nothing but humming up and down your comfortable range, then use it to warm up for a few minutes before actually singing and see if it makes a difference for you.

Don't try for power or reach out of your comfortable zone when you do sing out, just see how the voice feels. If you haven't been singing for a while, the worst thing you can do to yourself is try to hit those high notes cold. Prolonged inactivity will mean you'll have to stretch those vocal cords slowly and patiently to get back to where you were.

I sing with an award-winning chorus and in a barbershop quartet, in case you're wondering.
 
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