I Can Barely Breathe

Since I tend to spend too much time reading stuff online/in magazines about bands I like, I know things about bands I like.  For the last Man O album, Andy Hull decided to start smoking a lot in order to make his voice scratchier and rougher-sounding (but not like he swallowed gravel, like Nickelback).  While I do not at all condone trying that at home/work/school/etc., it did make him sound pretty ridiculously awesome.  I was always curious what would happen if I tried something like that, since my voice is kinda wimpy and I could use a little more gruff for the rock and roll band I'm starting sometime in the near future.  I don't really wanna smoke a pack a day for a rock and roll band that won't ever start, but I always thought that sometimes for about an hour after loading hogs, my voice sounded like it got hijacked by a chain smoker.  So, after 3 hours of fantastic time spent with satan's little playpals, I decided to give the singing thing a shot, mostly because I was driving a loud tractor back home and was therefore alone and soundproofed from the world.  Turns out, it kinda works.  I tried a little bit of shake it out, and yes, my voice was rougher and even had the thing where if I sort of sing badly it sort of sounds ok because I have no idea why but andy hull does it sometimes and its cool.  None of you reading this care at all about this topic.  But I thought it was cool to have a cool-sounding voice when I sang.  Now if only I could use that setting when I wanted without requiring time spent in the hog barns.