was never my primary focus. In terms of your own vocal craft, how do you regularly rehearse? Do you practice each day? J: The number one thing I would say about me and other singers in my experience is to do extreme aerobic exercise so that your lungs become rather mutated, so that they can become more powerful than the average human. I'm working with Renee, who is trained as a soprano, and I can hold out notes five times as long as she can. That's because I have focused on physical activity, having pummeled myself to the point of abuse. If you can contain that breath exhalation in a note, then you can take that extra capacity to your advantage. Now, I had a number of years of vocal training earlier in life, taught to sing with no breath at all, something that's not contemporary music. So I can move between the lines, but I don't sing scales or anything like that. In my mind, when I fall asleep or I'm in the shower or whatever, I'm always singing in my head, so I'm always ready for the emotive character that I'm going to become. As corny as it sounds, I'm going to "channel" - though I think that word has gotten close to being overused. You really visualise what you see as the character of those lyrics, like you visualise a person, who they are, what they eat, what they do, and then you extend that from that