Kendall, good luck with your vocal chords. Pavarottis method of getting his voice ready to perform was to sing very socftly and quietly during the day, prior to performing in the evening.
here's a song to help you on the way..

Day after day,
Alone on a mule,
The man with the foolish grin is
keeping perfectly cool
But everyone wants to know him,
they can see that he's so cool,
And he never gives an answer,
for the fool on the mule,
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.
Well on the way,
Head in a cloud,
The man of a 1000 voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,
for the fool on the mule,
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.
And he never listens to them,
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like mules,
Ooh, ooh,
Round and round and round.

The fool on the mule
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.

Ooh,
Round and round and round

oops, apols to some infamous insects...