Also -- one of the side effects of adrenalin coursing through your system is that your throat and mouth get dry. So when you perform, if you're nervous and your fight-or-flight reflex gets activated, your mouth and throat get dry and some soreness can present itself at the woist possible moment. A lot of singers grab for the Chloraseptic or some similar stuff, and that might make you feel better for just a little while, but it really does exacerbate the problem.

I usually try to have a glass of water with lemon in it right beside me so I can take a sip between songs. Having a drink of some kind (alcohol) quells the anxiety a bit, but is a bad idea because it, too, is drying. And, of course, more than a glass or so of wine and, lightweight that I am, I start getting too fuzzy to have a good edge in my performance.

I'm happy to hear of these two sprays and I'll certainly check them out. I wonder if I can buy them in my local health food store?

WW