Ok...to get to the point,Im pretty curious about this topic in particulary,and thats effect of cigarettes on vocal chords,and larynx itself.
Today,i woke up,got some coffe,did some vocal exercises and got on to singing(new gigs just around the corner:)) and,im wth,I realise Ive got some new notes(not really,but they have been unusable because of laryngitis for some time),and then i try singing Out on the Tiles (Led Zeppelin),cuz thats one of the songs were currently covering.And then,i find out that I cant get belted nose in a good "order" to sing this songs with such an effect:(.
Then I think "well ok,I havent been singing for some time"(since of laryngitis).Then I try harder and "wake up" the parts I need to use in order to sing the song with such an effect.Its good,but not how it should been,but anyways,not to bore You,I got to singing Dream On by Aerosmith.Now,quite weird;i can belt the notes on that one easily.(that might be due to nasal resonating of Plants voice)Now,I think some time of it,and i feel quite tense at the same time.Then i go make a cup of coffe,and one of my friends come to my house.We try Out on te Tiles again.and while he(guitar) gets it all right,im frustrated cuz of wrong resonating of my voice.Then comes the part when I went for a smoke,and BOOM I can now hit the notes exactly how i want them.So,my friend and I are wondering,how could this be,since cigarettes should (and do) damage voice.Then I realise,for the notes i want to hit,I needed some other effects included,besides vocal chords itself,and since they irritate larynx,I think they might also "awaken" the parts of my voice that I couldnt use this very morning(keep in mind that I have not been singing for a two and a half weeks).So my question would be:
Can some people on here,explain this troughly to me,and by that I mean the effects of a single cigarette on a human voice,not the bad effects on health(I assure You that Im quite aware of them really)
Srry for a long and I imagine,boring posts,but I felt like I need to explain everything in detail
Cheers:)