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This offered some awesome tips! Thank you!

I might add, iffin I may, the ENVIRONMENT in which you're recording makes such a huge difference. If you've got a sound guy there who's tapping his watch and rolling his eyes every time you have to (or just WANT to) do another take, it's causes so much stress and anxiety, it actually prolongs the session.

I've been lucky enough to find someone who darkens the studio, lights candles, and talks to me in a very soothing voice (yes, we're making music, not porn! LOL) I get things in the first or second take now, because the ENVIRONMENT is so pleasant and non-threatening. I wish more recording engineers would be aware of this trick, especially with female vocalists. It could become a cash cow for them. Singing is mental and emotional. We can't change strings or drumheads. It's produced from our bodies. If the least little thing is wrong with us, not enough sleep, a cold, stress, any number of things, we can be off of our game. It sucks to be a singer. But when we are ON, we're REALLY ON!