Drone Zone

We often want to go straight to the complicated vocal exercises. We reason that we'll rise to meet the challenge - we feel tough. But sometimes the simple exercises give us the most payoff for our time. Try droning on a single note for as long as you can stand - breathing whenever you need to. This exercise should be meditative, observational. Start with a friendly syllable like YOU. How easy can you make this drone feel? Shoot for steady, unforced airflow, and a consistent resonance. Does your resonance change as you move from the Y to the OO? Move through this syllable in slow motion, keeping the air steady through the Y glide and resonance forward as you move to OO.  How does it FEEL? If you try this on a word with more mouth movement, and more open vowels, like WOW, can you still maintain a consistent resonance and airflow, the same ease of sound production? Try it out, take your time, get in the drone zone :)