WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAVE TO COUGH DURNING A PERFORMANCE?

I get asked this question all the time. It's a pretty good question when you think about it. What do you do? I tell artists to try to swallow harder. If that doesn't help, you can take the mic away from your mouth and turn your head the other way. However my favorite way is to casually turn around and face the band for a brief moment while taking the mic away from the mouth. Cough facing the band while still moving your body to the beat of the song. Now continue your turn to face the audience. So you've actually turned in a full circle, got the cough out and the only ones that have to know are you and your band.