wow, thanks for the replies.
i did practice scales, arpeggios, skipping thirds up & down the scale, well pretty much a lot of the stuff i practice on the guitar. it did seem to help a lot.
like you were saying eggman (?) :) , i was not blessed with a good voice,
and could not hear myself when i sang, so i didn't know just how bad it was.
i found a tape recorder to be a very revealing experience, and the scale practice brought me from horrid with no range, to actually being able to do a handful of songs without everybody in the room suddenly having someplace else they had to be.
but i couldn't quit smoking, so it was an uphill battle, get better, get worse, very frustrating, and probably doing more harm than good. so i decided to quit working on it until i could stop smoking. i'm wanting to try it again, and i'm going to quit smoking, and give it a shot again.
so i guess i wanted some input, i don't know exactly what. but back when i was working on it, i always found myself wondering, if i had lessons, a vocal coach, what would they have me work on? what kind of exercises would they have me do?
thanks for the list holly. i didn't know that about clearing you're throat.
sorry about rambling :)