fish24 wrote:My wife says that my singing is making me sick. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Yes. Your wife just called and she said my singing is making her sick too.
On the serious side, it's all about posture. The standing thing is good too. Given that standing is working for you, I'm betting that you have too low of a chair, or that you are slumping in it, or you are sitting too deeply in the chair or something like that. If you want to continue to sit, try a high stool like a barstool where you can't sit too deeply or slump too much or you'll fall off. That's exactly why I have ever fallen off a barstool. Too much slouching. No other reason. Nuh-uh. Nope.
I first played bass as classical upright bass in an orchestra. So now even when I play blues or country bass on an electric, I still stand. It just feels wrong to play bass when sitting for some reason. Guitar I sit, but I sit on the edge of the chair (the way Momma taught me not to) and I try my best to keep my back up straight (just the way Momma wanted me to but I never did).
If you're having too many adult beverages with dinner, perhaps the problem has nothing to do with guitar.
If you feel nauseous whenever you eat a meal, you might have a medical problem too, like gallstones or too much stomach acid or something. It it's only when you play guitar, then it's almost certainly posture.
- Zurf
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